Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The NCAA Women''s Water Polo Championship has existed since the 2001 season. Three conferences have teams competing in women''s water polo, the Collegiate Water Polo Association, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Some teams compete at Division III either as members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or independently. The following conferences and institutions received automatic qualification for the 2009 Championships, which begin with first round games on May 8: Collegiate Water Polo Association, Michigan; Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Marist; Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, USC; Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Cal Lutheran; and Western Water Polo Association, Loyola Marymount. The following institutions received at-large bids to the championship field: Stanford, UCLA, and Hawai''i.
