Women's Tennis Hosts NE-10 Quarterfinal Round Thursday
April 19, 2007
WOMEN'S TENNIS HOSTS SAINT ANSELM THURSDAY
SMITHFIELD, RI - The bryant women's tennis team will host Saint Anselm College on Thursday (April 19) for a Northeast-10 Conference quarterfinal round match starting at 2 p.m. The winner will advance to the semifinals on Saturday at Stonehill College.
The Purple Knights of Saint Michael's College claim the top seed
in the Northeast-10 Women's Tennis Championship, presented by
Webster Bank and a share of the regular season title.
Saint Michael's finished the season 12-6 overall and in a three-way
tie at 11-1 in conference play with Bentley College (13-9, 11-1
NE-10) and Bryant University (11-5, 11-1 NE-10). Using the
conference tie-break policy, Saint Michael's came out first
followed by Bentley at the number two spot and Bryant earning third
seed. Stonehill College (11-6, 8-4 NE-10) received the number four
seed. All fou r teams will host quarterfinal matches Thursday
afternoon.
Quarterfinal matches include #8 Assumption College (5-7, 5-7 NE-10)
at #1 Saint Michael's, #7 Le Moyne College (7-8, 6-6 NE-10) at #2
Bentley, #6 Saint Anselm (7-5, 7-5 NE-10) at #3 Bryant and #5
Southern New Hampshire (8-5, 8-4 NE-10) at #4 Stonehill. Stonehill
won the tie-break with Southern New Hampshire for the #4 seed due
to their regular season conference win.
Quarterfinal matches are slated for 2 p.m. with the exception of
the Southern New Hampshire/Stonehill match, which is set for 1
p.m., and the Le Moyne/Bentley match which is still to be
determined.
The semifinal round will take place at Stonehill on Saturday, April
21 with the winner of the Assumption/Saint Michael's matching up
with the winner of Southern New Hampshire/Stonehill at 1 p.m.
followed by the winner of Le Moyne/Bentley and the winner of Saint
Anselm/Bryant at 3:30 p.m.
The championship round is slated for 11 a. m. on Sunday, April 22
at Stonehill.
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.






