MEN'S BRACKET | WOMEN'S BRACKET
Franklin Pierce Men and Saint Rose Women Earn Top Seeds for the Second and Third Straight Seasons.
MANSFIELD, Mass. – The NCAA revealed its selections to the Division II Men's & Women's Soccer Championships on Monday night and eight Northeast-10 programs were selected to their respective fields. Five women's programs and three men's programs were selected, with action getting underway on Thursday.
On the men's side, Franklin Pierce (20-0-1) who was just crowned NE10 Champions over the weekend, earned the No. 1 seed in Super Region I for the second-straight season, along with a first-round bye. The Ravens will host the winner of No. 8 Notre Dame (OH) (15-4-2) and No. 9 Saint Rose (9-4-4) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 12. Adelphi (8-4-6) was seeded tenth and will travel to Charleston, WV to the second host site and play No. 7 Queens (NY) (13-6) on Thursday, November 10 at 3 p.m.
For the women, Saint Rose (17-0-3), who just won the progam's third-consecutive NE10 Championship Sunday afternoon, was placed atop the East Region for the third-straight season. The Golden Knights earned hosting rights and will face No. 8 Jefferson (11-6-1) in the first round in Albany, N.Y. this Friday, November 11 at 1 p.m. Also playing in Albany will be No. 5 Adelphi (12-5-2) against the recent ECC Champions, Mercy (12-5-2) at 10 a.m.
The second host site for the first round is Franklin Pierce (14-3-2) who is ranked second in the bracket. The Ravens will play No. 7 Southern New Hampshire at 6 p.m., following the match-up between No. 3 Bridgeport and No. 6 Saint Anselm.
It is the sixth-straight season that the NE10 has had at least three women's soccer programs in the NCAA Championship field.
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Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 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 NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
