Women's Water Polo 4/17/2021 12:00:00 AM

Seedings, GCC Championships Set

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ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - The 2021 Golden Coast Conference race came down to the final game on the final weekend and when the dust settled, it came down to a pair of three-way ties.

This year's 2021 GCC Championship is a four-team field with the top four teams earning a bid to this year's field. Fresno State, San Diego State and Pacific all finished the 2021 conference race at 6-1 and share the regular season championship. All three punched their ticket. The fourth place spot was also a three-way tie between California Baptist, Azusa Pacific and LMU at 3-4.

All four seeds went deep into the tiebreaker rules, with it being settled by goal differential in games played against the teams tied.

Fresno State earns the top spot with a goal differential of +2 against Pacific and San Diego State. The Aztecs take the No. 2 seed (even) and Pacific the No. 3 seed (-2). As for the fourth seed, CBU had a goal differential of +5, while Azusa Pacific was at -2 and LMU at -3.

2021 Golden Coast Conference Women's Championships Schedule


Date:	Friday, Apr. 23, 2021	Time
Semifinal #1	No. 2 Seed San Diego State vs. No. 3 Pacific	12 pm
Semifinal #2	No. 1 Fresno State vs. No. 4 California Baptist	3 pm
Date:	Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021	Time
Championship	Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2	12 pm

2021 GCC CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2021 GCC Women's Championships will be held at the University of the Pacific's Chris Kjeldsen Pool April 23-24. The Championships will take on a different look this season than in year's past. This year the tournament will feature the top four teams from the regular season with the top seed and regular season champion taking on the fourth seed in one semifinal and the No. 2 team from the regular season taking on the No. 3 team in the second semifinal. Both semifinals will be played on Friday, April 23. Game times are 12 and 3 pm. On #ChampionshipSaturday, the semifinal winners will play in the championship game on April 24 at noon. The winner earns the automatic bid to the 2021 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championships. NOTE: Following University of the Pacific policies, spectators will NOT be allowed at this year's championships. Please keep checking Championship Central >> as we will alert you if things changes.