NCAA and ECAC Tournament Pairings Announced

BOSTON, Mass. – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference will have several programs competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championships, which begin later this week.

Men’s Soccer
The Albertus Magnus College men’s soccer program (15-3-3) earned the GNAC’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament and will face off against No. 15 Swarthmore College (14-2-2) on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 5:00 PM in Swarthmore, Pa.

Norwich University (11-5), who played Albertus to a 0-0 draw in the GNAC finals before falling in PK’s, 6-5, earned a bid to the ECAC New England Men’s Soccer tournament as the No. 4 seed and will host the No.5  seed, Husson College (15-5), at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Also earning an ECAC tourney bid were the Lasell College Lasers (15-4). Lasell was tabbed the No. 3 seed in the tourney and will head to Beverley, Mass. to face off against the No. 6 seed, Endicott College (9-7), at 6:00 PM.

Women’s Soccer

The Lasell College women’s soccer team (14-4-1) collected their third consecutive GNAC title to earn the automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament and will face off against No. 10 Amherst College (13-1-2) in Amherst, Mass. at 11:00 AM on Saturday, Nov. 10.

The University of Saint Joseph (CT) (14-2-2) earned the No. 1 seed in the ECAC New England Women’s Soccer tournament and will play host to No. 8 Regis College (11-2-3) at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

After playing their way to the GNAC Championship game, Simmons College (11-7-1) earned the No. 4 seed in the ECAC tourney and will host No. 5, Colby Sawyer College (14-3-4) at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Emmanuel College (13-6-1) earned the No. 6 seed in the ECAC tournament and will travel to Beverley, Mass. to take on the No. 3 seed, Endicott College (11-4-4) at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Rounding out the ECAC tourney field, Albertus Magnus College (11-6-2) qualified as the No. 7 seed and will hit the road to take on Keene State College (12-9-1) at 6:00 PM in Keene, N.H. on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Women’s Volleyball

The Emerson College women’s volleyball team (19-10) collected the GNAC’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament and will face off against Bowdoin College (26-4) on Friday, November 9 in New London, Conn. on the Coast Guard Academy campus.

Albertus Magnus College (12-12) earned their first-ever ECAC tournament bid as the No. 8 seed and will travel to Waltham, Mass. to take on the No. 1 seed, Brandeis University (19-13) at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, November 7.