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South Easton, Mass. – The Northeast-10 will be represented by eight teams in the upcoming NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Tennis Championships. The NCAA announced the preliminary-round tournaments that will be conducted between May 7 and May 9, with the winner of each preliminary-round tournament advancing to the finals in Altamonte Springs, Fla., May 13-16.

On the men’s side, the Northeast-10 will feature three teams in the NCAA Regional. Stonehill College, the Northeast-10 Regular Season and Tournament Champion, are the highest seeded team at number three. Merrimack College is ranked fifth, while Bentley University is ranked seventh.

Stonehill will face sixth-seeded Philadelphia University in the First Round, while Merrimack will face fourth-seeded Adelphi University. Bentley will take on second-seeded Queens College and face the winner of the Stonehill/Philadelphia match. The winner of the Merrimack/Adelphi match will take on the winner of top-seed Concordia and eighth seed Philadelphia Sciences.

The women’s regional will include five Northeast-10 teams and could hold the potential of Northeast-10 Championship rematches. First Round matches include fifth-seeded Southern New Hampshire University facing fourth-seed and host Bentley University. Both teams faced each other in the Northeast-10 semifinals with the Falcons coming up on the winning end of a 5-3 match. The winner will face the winner of the other first-round match at Bentley between top-seeded Concordia (N.Y.) College and eighth-seeded Philadelphia University.

The other part of the East Region, which will be hosted by Stonehill College, involves second-seed Stonehill facing conference rival Merrimack. The Warriors are ranked seventh in the region. The other first-round match features third-seed Queens College versus sixth seeded Saint Michael’s College.

With 15 member institutions the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.

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