The 2018 NCWA National Duals will be held at the LaHaye Ice Center on the campus of Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA) this weekend, Jan. 26-27. This is the second time for Liberty to host the National Duals following a six-year run in Dalton, Ga., and two years at Middle Tennessee. The top-four seeds in the tournament are (1) Central Florida, (2) Liberty, (3) Grand Valley State and (4) Emmanuel College.

The remaining seeds are as follows: (5) Apprentice, (6) Middle Tennessee, (7) Springfield Tech, (8) UMBC, (9) Alfred State, (10) Grays Harbor, (11) Penn State WC, (12) Toledo, (13) Temple, (14) Maine, (15) Washington State and (16) RPI.

The action begins on Friday at 10 a.m. with the round-robin pool matches, and then finishes with the championship match at 6 p.m. Saturday. The pool assignments are as follows, which includes the conference membership:

Pool A: (#1) UCF (SEC); (#7) Springfield Tech (NEC), (#9) Alfred State (NEC), (#15) Washington State (NWC).
Pool B: (#4) Emmanuel College (SEC), (#6) Middle Tennessee (MAC), (#12) Toledo (GLC), (#14) Maine (NEC).
Pool C: (#3) Grand Valley State (GLC); (#5) Apprentice (MAC); (#11) Penn State WC (MEC); (#13) Temple (MEC).
Pool D: (#2) Liberty (MAC), (#8) UMBC (MEC), (#10) Grays Harbor (NWC), (#16) RPI (NEC).

For more information on the tournament please visit http://www.nationalduals.org