Fresno State Athletics
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GCC champs matched with host school for NCAA Championship
4/29/2024 6:00:00 PM | Water Polo
FRESNO, Calif. - The NCAA Women's Water Polo committee announced tonight the seedings for the 2024 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship, hosted by Cal on May 10-12 at the Spieker Aquatics Center in Berkeley, Calif.
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The Golden Coast Conference tournament champion Fresno State will compete against the host school in No. 3 Cal (17-6) in the quarterfinal round on Friday, May 10. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m. PT.
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The Bulldogs (21-7) received an automatic bid to the NCAA championship as the conference tournament champions, along with five other conference champions. The remaining three teams were selected at-large without geographical restrictions. Cal was an at-large bid, falling to UCLA in the MPSF championship game. It was the first time since 2011 that Cal made it to the MPSF championship game.
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Fresno State and Cal have faced off twice already this season. The Bulldogs fell in both matches, first a 9-5 loss on Feb. 24 in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational and again 10-6 on March 28.
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Fresno State, in just its seventh year of competition, has made the NCAA tournament in each of the last four seasons as an automatic qualifier. The Bulldogs faced then-No. 2 USC in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 and 2023 championship, and defeated Cal Lutheran in the opening round play-in game in 2021.
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Fresno State looks for its first-ever trip to the NCAA semifinal round.
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For more information on the 2024 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, visit the NCAA website.
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The Golden Coast Conference tournament champion Fresno State will compete against the host school in No. 3 Cal (17-6) in the quarterfinal round on Friday, May 10. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m. PT.
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The Bulldogs (21-7) received an automatic bid to the NCAA championship as the conference tournament champions, along with five other conference champions. The remaining three teams were selected at-large without geographical restrictions. Cal was an at-large bid, falling to UCLA in the MPSF championship game. It was the first time since 2011 that Cal made it to the MPSF championship game.
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Fresno State and Cal have faced off twice already this season. The Bulldogs fell in both matches, first a 9-5 loss on Feb. 24 in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational and again 10-6 on March 28.
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Fresno State, in just its seventh year of competition, has made the NCAA tournament in each of the last four seasons as an automatic qualifier. The Bulldogs faced then-No. 2 USC in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 and 2023 championship, and defeated Cal Lutheran in the opening round play-in game in 2021.
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Fresno State looks for its first-ever trip to the NCAA semifinal round.
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For more information on the 2024 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, visit the NCAA website.
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