Franklin Pierce Claims Third Straight Regular Season Title;

Earn Top Seed in NE-10 Championship

Saturday, October 27, 2007

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South Easton, Mass. – The Ravens of Franklin Pierce University have earned the top seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Men’s Soccer Championship presented by Select Sport America.

The Ravens finished 11-0-2 in NE-10 action to claim the team’s third straight Northeast-10 Regular Season title. The University of Massachusetts Lowell River Hawks (10-2-1, NE-10) will be the second seed in the championship, while Southern Connecticut State University (9-1-3) claimed the third seed.

Le Moyne College (9-2-2, NE-10) followed as the fourth seed. The top four seeds will host a quarterfinal contest.

The final four seeds are as followed; Merrimack College (6-4-3, NE-10) will be the fifth seed, Saint Michael’s College (5-4-4, NE-10) is the sixth, Bryant University (6-7-0, NE-10) claimed the seventh seed, while Southern New Hampshire University (5-6-2, NE-10) secured the eighth and final slot.

Quarterfinal matches include #6 Saint Michael’s at #3 Southern Connecticut and #5 Merrimack at #4 Le Moyne at 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 28. #7 Bryant is at #2 UMass Lowell for a 5 p.m. contest, while #1 Franklin Pierce hosts #8 Southern New Hampshire at 6 p.m.

The semifinal round will take place on Wednesday, October 1 with winner of Merrimack/Le Moyne taking on the winner of Southern New Hampshire/Franklin Pierce and the winner of Saint Michael’s/Southern Connecticut matching up against the winner of Bryant/UMass Lowell.

The championship game is slated for 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 3 at the highest remaining seed.

Sponsoring 23 championship sports and 15 full-time members, the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation and sponsors the most championships of any Division II conference.