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February 2, 2016
NE-10 Championships Begin Thursday, Run Through Sunday
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MANSFIELD, Mass. – The 2016 Northeast-10 Conference Swimming and Diving Championships are set to begin on Thursday, Feb. 4, and will run through Sunday, Feb. 7. The four-day event will be hosted by Assumption College and will take place at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
The NE-10 Championships can be viewed online for free, courtesy of Assumption, at assumptiongreyhounds.tv. For updates regarding this weekend’s championship action from Worcester, Mass., follow the @TheNortheast10 on Twitter.
Both defending champions, the Southern Connecticut men’s team and Assumption women’s team, were picked to repeat at NE-10 Champions by the league’s head coaches. The Owls’ men garnered 35 points and five first-place votes. The Greyhounds’ women collected 64 points and eight first-place votes.
For complete results of both polls, please see below.
Bentley was tabbed second in both the men’s and women’s coaches’ polls, receiving one first-place vote each. Coming in at No. 3 was Pace on the men’s side, which received the lone other vote for first place, while Southern Connecticut was chosen third on the women’s front.
Rounding out the seven-team men’s field in order were Saint Rose, Le Moyne, Adelphi and Saint Michael’s. Concluding the women’s field, which includes nine teams, were Pace, Le Moyne, Saint Rose, Saint Michael’s, Adelphi and Merrimack.
The Owls’ men’s team has won five straight league titles and has captured the NE-10 crown 11 times in the past 12 years. Meanwhile, the Greyhounds’ women’s squad is coming off back-to-back championships after ending Southern Connecticut’s run of 10 straight titles when the Hounds won the program’s first title back in 2014.
Last season, the Northeast-10 Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships saw 10 different conference records broken. For everything you need to know about this year’s NE-10 Championship, visit the Championship Central page.
2016 Northeast-10 Swimming and Diving Coaches' Polls
Men’s
1. So. Connecticut - 35 (5)
2. Bentley - 29 (1)
3. Pace - 25 (1)
4. Saint Rose - 22
5. Le Moyne - 19
6. Adelphi - 10
7. Saint Michael’s - 7
Women’s
1. Assumption - 64 (8)
2. Bentley - 54 (1)
3. So. Connecticut - 48
4. Pace - 39
5. Le Moyne 36
6. Saint Rose - 34
7. Saint Michael’s - 21
8. Adelphi - 20
9. Merrimack - 8
(#) - indicates first-place votes
ABOUT THE NORTHEAST-10
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 6,500 student-athletes.
Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
