Men's Water Polo Set to Compete at MPSF Championships

ERIE, Pa - The Penn State Behrend men's water polo team will travel to Los Angeles for the MPSF Championships hosted by UCLA at the Spieker Aquatics Center. The tournament will run from Friday, November 18-20.

The Lions joined the MPSF this season and will compete in the five-team championship tournament as the #5 seed. USC earned the #1 seed followed by #2 UCLA, #3 California, and #4 Stanford. The winner of the weeked will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Behrend will kick off the weekend on Friday with a 10 a.m. game against Stanford followed by a 6 p.m. game with USC.

For more information on the tournament, see below:

Friday-Sunday, November 18-20, 2016

Host: UCLA; Spieker Aquatics Center

Tournament Central:

http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/2016/10/26/2016-mpsf-mwaterpolo-championships.aspx

Live Video Stream (Games 1-5)

http://pac-12.com/live/ucla-3

Ticket Information:

https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/uclaathletics/EN/buy/quickbuy/1181

                  Bracket A=Seeds 1, 4, and 5                        Bracket B=Seeds 2 and 3

Friday, November 18

Game 1: 10 am-A4 (#4 seed Stanford) v A5 (#5 seed Penn St Behrend)

Game 2: 3 pm-A1 (#1 seed USC) v A4 (#4 seed Stanford)

Game 3: 4:30 pm-B2 (#2 seed UCLA) v B3 (#3 seed California)

Game 4: 6 pm-A1 (#1 seed USC) v A5 (#5 seed Penn St. Behrend)

Saturday, November 19

Game 5: 5 pm-3rd-Place "A" Team vs. 2nd-Place "B" Team

Sunday, November 20

Game 6: 11 am-(3rd-Place): Game 5 Winner vs. 2nd-Place "A"

Game 7: 1 pm-(Championship): Game 3 Winner vs. 1st-Place "A"

MPSF 3rd-Place and Championship games Live on Pac-12 Networks