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May 2, 2012
South Easton, Mass. – A week after dropping to fourth in the country, Le Moyne College again came in at No. 1 nationally in the most recent Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) poll, which was released on Monday.
Le Moyne, which is currently 15-1 overall after finishing 12-0 in league play, enters this year’s Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Lacrosse Championship as the top seed and Final Four host.
First-round action of the six-team championship begins on Wednesday, with the semifinals in Syracuse, N.Y. taking place on Saturday and the title game on Sunday.
Adelphi University (14-2, 11-1 NE-10) dropped out of the top spot in the nation to No. 2 in this week’s poll. The Panthers will serve as the second seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Championship.
Wednesday’s first-round matchups in this year’s championship includes third-seeded Stonehill College (13-4, 10-2 NE-10) hosting sixth-seeded Merrimack College (7-8, 7-5 NE-10) and fifth-seeded University of New Haven (13-4, 8-4 NE-10) traveling to fourth-seeded Bentley University (12-5, 9-3 NE-10). Both games will get underway at 7:00 p.m.
Le Moyne awaits the New Haven-Bentley winner on Saturday at 11:00 a.m., while Adelphi will take on the Merrimack-Stonehill winner at 2:00 p.m.
All six teams competing in the Northeast-10 Championship are currently ranked in the IWLCA rankings and conference members also make up half of the poll’s top-10. No. 15 Saint Anselm College (8-8, 6-6 NE-10) is nationally ranked as well, although the Hawks did not qualify for the conference championship.
Be sure to follow the Northeast-10 on Twitter (@TheNortheast10) for championship updates all this week and throughout the weekend.
The Northeast-10 is an association of 16 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 5,500 student-athletes. Each year, 4,000 of those student-athletes compete in Conference championships in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country. 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.
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