Men's Water Polo | 11/2/2017 2:30:00 PM

ERIE, Pa. -- The Mercyhurst men's water polo begins its title defense in the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) West Region Championship to be held this weekend at the Prep-Villa Event Center's Hallman Aquatic Center Nov. 4-5.
 
The Lakers (9-9) enter Westerns as the number-two seed and have won their last three games, all of which were against current tournament participants. The Lakers are 7-5 this season against teams in the tournament field.
 
Mercyhurst won the 2016 West Region Championship, taking down W&J, Gannon, and Connecticut College to collect the first-ever Westerns crown.
 
Mercyhurst takes on seventh-seed Monmouth in the first round on Saturday, Nov. 4, scheduled for noon. They defeated Fighting Scots (1-11) 14-9 in their only matchup this season.
 
Other first round matchups include top-seed Gannon (14-6) facing off with number-eight Washington & Jefferson (1-15), fourth-seed Connecticut College (7-12) taking on five-seed LaSalle (5-16), and number-three Salem International (10-12) battling number-six McKendree (6-16).
 
The full tournament schedule is listed below. All games will be live-streamed by the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) at the following link: CWPA PORTAL.

 

2017 MAWPC West Region Championship | Hallman Aquatic Center | Erie, Pa.
Saturday, November 4	9:00AM	Game 1 - #1 Gannon vs. #8 Washington & Jefferson
Saturday, November 4	10:30AM	Game 2 - #4 Connecticut vs. #5 LaSalle
Saturday, November 4	12:00PM	Game 3 - #2 Mercyhurst vs. #7 Monmouth
Saturday, November 4	1:30PM	Game 4 - #3 Salem International vs #6 McKendree
Saturday, November 4	3:00PM	Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 1 (Game 5)
Saturday, November 4	4:30PM	Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3 (Game 6)
Saturday, November 4	6:00PM	Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 (Game 7)
Saturday, November 4	7:30PM	Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 (Game 8)
Sunday, November 5	9:00AM	Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 5 (7th Place)
Sunday, November 5	10:30AM	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (5th Place)
Sunday, November 5	12:00PM	Loser Game 8 vs. Loser Game 7 (3rd Place)
Sunday, November 5	1:30PM	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (1st Place)