PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Big 5 today announced the pairings and game times for the inaugural Big 5 Women's Classic tripleheader which is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 6, at the Finneran Pavilion on the campus of Villanova University.  All three games can be seen live on NBC Philly Plus.
 
In the new women's format, the six schools were separated into three-team pods: Pod 1: Temple, La Salle, and Drexel; Pod 2: Villanova, Saint Joseph's, and Penn. Each team played the other two opponents from their pod at their individual on-campus arenas during the first couple weeks of the season. All six teams will be a part of the tripleheader with the first seed in each pod competing for the Big 5 championship, as well as respective games with the second seeds and third seeds.
 
Temple and Villanova won their respective pods, and the two schools will meet for the Big 5 championship at 8 p.m., on Friday. The tripleheader will kickoff at 3:30 p.m., with LaSalle playing Penn followed by Drexel against Saint Joseph's at 5:45 p.m.
 
WOMEN'S BIG 5 CLASSIC SCHEDULE:
Friday, Dec. 6 at Villanova's Finneran Pavilion
 
3:30 p.m.        LaSalle vs. Penn                 5^th Place Game
5:45 p.m.        Drexel vs. Saint Joseph's    3^rd Place Game
8 p.m.             Temple vs. Villanova            Championship
 
POD 1:                            POD 2:
Temple       2-0                Villanova             2-0
Drexel        1-1                Saint Joseph's    1-1
La Salle      0-2                Penn                   0-2