USC Claims No. 3 Seed Into 2007 NCAA Championships
May 01, 2007 | Women's Water Polo
May 1, 2007
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The USC women's water polo team has secured its fourth straight trip to the NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo Championships, earning the third seed into the 2007 tournament, which is set to be held at the USA Water Polo National Training Center in Los Alamitos, Calif. from May 11-13. The Women of Troy open their 2007 NCAA campaign with a first-round game against No. 6 seed Hartwick at 3:15 p.m. on Friday, May 11.
USC earned the No. 3 seed as an at-large selection thanks to a 20-5 overall record and its No. 3 national ranking and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation finish. Qualifying automatically for the 2007 NCAA Championships as conference champions were No. 2 seed UCLA (MPSF), No. 5 seed Loyola Marymount (WWPA), No. 6 Hartwick (CWPA), No. 7 Pomona-Pitzer (SCIAC) and No. 8 Wagner (MAAC). Receiving at-large bids along with USC are MPSF powers Stanford and San Diego State. Stanford is the top-seeded team, and San Diego State is seeded No. 4.
USC has won two national championships in program history. The first came in 1999 before the NCAA sponsored women's water polo. In 2004, the Trojans posted the first-ever undefeated season on the way to capturing the 2004 NCAA title. USC has since finished third in 2005 and placed second in 2006 in a championship match against UCLA.
2007 NCAA Championships Participating Teams
No. 1 Stanford (25-2)
No. 2 UCLA (25-2)
No. 3 USC (20-5)
No. 4 San Diego State (27-8)
No. 5 Loyola Marymount (26-5)
No. 6 Hartwick (29-9)
No. 7 Pomona-Pitzer (20-9)
No. 8 Wagner (17-13)
