FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2014
GNAC Tournament kicks off Wednesday
before next weekend's neutral-site final four
WINTHROP, Mass. – With an unblemished 6-0 record in league play, Simmons College has claimed the 2014 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Tennis regular-season title and will own the top seed in next week's GNAC Tournament.
Simmons, along with second-seeded Johnson & Wales University (4-1), will earn a first-round bye into next weekend's neutral-site Final Four, which will be played at the Winchester Indoor Tennis Center in Winchester, Mass.
In first-round action this Wednesday, October 22, third-seeded Suffolk University (4-2) will host sixth-seeded Mount Ida College (1-5) at 7:00 p.m. at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, and fifth-seeded Anna Maria College (2-4) will travel to fourth-seeded University of Saint Joseph (3-3) at 3:00 p.m. That match will be played at the East Hartford Racquet Club in East Hartford, Conn.
In Saturday's semifinals in Winchester, top seed Simmons will take on the Anna Maria-Saint Joseph winner at 2:00 p.m., while Johnson & Wales draws the Mount Ida-Suffolk winner at approximately 4:30 p.m.
Be sure to follow the GNAC on Twitter (@theGNAC) for all of the latest updates throughout the championship.
Johnson & Wales, which still has one regular-season contest remaining on Sunday, is locked into the No. 2 seed regardless of tomorrow's result.
Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 12 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 17 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement.
First Round - Wednesday, October 22
Match 1: #5 Anna Maria at #4 Saint Joseph (CT) - 3:00 p.m. (at East Hartford Racquet Club)
Match 2: #6 Mount Ida at #3 Suffolk - 7:00 p.m. (at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols)
-- Semifinals, Final played at Winchester Indoor Tennis Center --
Saturday, October 25
Match 3: #4/5 winner vs. #1 Simmons - 2:00 p.m.
Match 4: #3/6 winner vs. #2 Johnson & Wales - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 26
Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner - 12:30 p.m.
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