Mar 16, 2006
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South Easton, Mass. History repeats itself once again as the Greyhounds of Assumption College are unanimous favorites to repeat as Northeast-10 Conference men's tennis champions, according to this season's preseason coaches' poll.
The seven-time defending regular season and tournament champions received a maximum 144 points and all 12 first place votes. Bentley College came in second in the poll with 126 total votes.
Bryant University (111), Stonehill College (109), and Franklin Pierce College (88) rounded out the top five.
The remainder of the poll included Saint Michael's College (79), Pace University (71), Le Moyne College (60), Southern New Hampshire University (52), Merrimack College (46), Saint Anselm College (29), and American International College (21), respectively.
The Assumption program has not lost a regular season conference game since the 1998 season. The Greyhounds topped Franklin Pierce in last year's tournament championship.
The eight-team Northeast-10 Championship tournament takes place April 19 with quarterfinal matches at higher seeds and follows with a Final Four format April 22-23.
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.
