November 2, 2009

Stonehill Earns Top Seed in NCAA Division II North Region; Bentley and UMass Lowell Also Receive Post-Season Bids



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INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division II Field Hockey Committee has announced the tournament field for the 2009 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship.

Bloomsburg (20-1) and Stonehill (17-4) will receive first-round byes in the six-team field. In the North region, Massachusetts-Lowell (16-5) will travel to Bentley (16-4) for a first-round contest at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Saturday, November 7. The winner will meet Stonehill in a semifinal matchup. Shippensburg (19-2) will host East Stroudsburg (14-6) in the South region first-round contest at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Saturday, November 7. The winner will meet Bloomsburg in a semifinal matchup.

Semifinals will be played at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Friday, November 13, with the championship final at 1 p.m., Sunday, November 15. These games will be played at WB Mason Stadium on the campus of Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.



North Region
1. Stonehill
2. Bentley
3. UMass Lowell
4. Merrimack
5. Adelphi
6. Franklin Pierce

South Region
1. Bloomsburg
2. Shippensburg
3. East Stroudsburg
4. Kutztown
5. Mercyhurst