April 19, 2007

MEN'S TENNIS SET TO HOST NE-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS

SMITHFIELD, RI - The Bryant University men's tennis team will serve as host of the 2007 Northeast-10 Men's Tennis Championship this weekend at the Bryant Tennis Courts.  Quarterfinal round play will begin today with Bryant facing Saint Michael's at 2 p.m.

Regular-season champion, the Greyhounds of Assumption College are the top seed for the 2007 Northeast-10 Conference Men's Tennis championship, presented by Webster Bank.

Assumption has claimed its ninth straight Northeast-10 regular season title, while finishing the season a perfect 13-0 overall and 11-0 in conference play.

Stonehill College (14-4, 10-1 NE-10) received the second seed just ahead of Bentley College (10-9, 9-2 NE-10) who earned the third seed. Bryant University (9-6, 8-3 NE-10) received the number four seed. All four teams will host quart erfinal matches on Thursday afternoon.

Quarterfinal matches include #8 Southern New Hampshire University (5-6, 5-6 NE-10) at #1 Assumption, #7 Pace University (6-9, 5-6 NE-10) at #2 Stonehill, #6 Merrimack College (8-9, 6-5 NE-10) at #3 Bentley and #5 Saint Michael's College (8-9, 6-5 NE-10) at #4 Bryant. Pace won the tie-break with Southern New Hampshire for the #7 seed due to their regular season conference win and Saint Michael's won the tie-break with Merrimack for the #5 seed due to their regular season conference win.

Quarterfinal matches are slated for 2 p.m. with the exception of the Pace/Stonehill match, which is set for 3:30 p.m. and the Merrimack/Bentley match which is still to be determined.

The semifinal round will take place at Bryant on Saturday, April 21 with the winner of Southern New Hampshire/Assumption matching up with the winner of Saint Michael's/Bryant at 1 p.m. followed by the winner of Pace/Stonehill and the winner of Merri mack/Bentley at 3:30 p.m.

The championship round is slated for 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 22 at Bryant.

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.