Stonehill Top Seed In Upcoming
Women’s Basketball Tournament

Thursday, February 28, 2008

For Immediate Release

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South Easton, Mass. – The Skyhawks of Stonehill College will be the top seed in this year’s Northeast-10 Women’s Basketball Championship, presented by Spalding.

Stonehill (23-4, 19-3 NE-10) has won their first Northeast-10 Regular Season title since the 1995-96 season and first outright title since 1994-95. The Skyhawks shared the regular season title with Bentley College in 1995-96.

Franklin Pierce University will be seeded number two as the Ravens finished one game behind the Skyhawks in the NE-10 standings at 18-4. Assumption College (21-8, 15-7 NE-10) received the third seed after winning the tie break with Bentley (18-9, 15-7 NE-10) who claimed the fourth seed. All four teams earn first-round byes in the tournament. First round action begins on Sunday, March 2 with four games starting at 2 p.m. The winners move on to the quarterfinal round which is set for Tuesday, March 4.

First round games include #12 the College of Saint Rose (13-14, 9-13 NE-10) at #5 American International College (16-11, 12-10 NE-10), #11 Saint Michael’s College (13-14, 9-13 NE-10) at #6 Bryant University (17-10, 12-10 NE-10), #10 Southern New Hampshire University (13-14, 9-13 NE-10) at #7 Le Moyne College (14-12, 11-11 NE-10) and #9 Southern Connecticut State University (14-13, 10-12 NE-10) at #8 Pace University (11-16, 10-12 NE-10).

Quarterfinal games on March 4 tip-off at 7 p.m. and will feature the winner of Saint Rose/American International at #4 Bentley, the winner of Saint Michael’s/Bryant at #3 Assumption, the Southern New Hampshire/Le Moyne winner at #2 Franklin Pierce and the winner of Southern Connecticut/Pace at #1 Stonehill.

The semifinal round will take place at the higher seeds on Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m. The championship is slated for Sunday, March 9 at 1 p.m.

Northeast-10 Tournament contests can be seen over the internet on pay-per-view basis on NE10.TV for a fee of $6.99. Check the Northeast-10 website (www.northeast10.org) for scores and updates during the tournament.

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.