BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the bracket of games for the 2012 Northern Division Championship on Saturday-Sunday, November 3-4, at Brown University in Providence, R.I.

Action begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 3 and wraps-up on Sunday, November 4, as the host/No. 12-nationally ranked Bears, No. 14 St. Francis College, Harvard University, Iona College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Fordham University and Connecticut College contest 10-games to decide which four programs advance to the CWPA Eastern Championship on November 16-18 at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J.

Brown, which enters the tournament with the No. 1 seed, is guaranteed a spot in the CWPA Eastern field as the Bears will begin play in the semifinals versus either No. 4 seed Iona or No. 5 seed MIT at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.  The other semifinal will pit the victors of first round action featuring No. 2 seed St. Francis-vs.-No. 7 seed Connecticut and No. 3 seed Harvard-vs.-No. 6 seed Fordham at 6:00 p.m.