Top Seeded Le Moyne Seeks Eighth Straight NE-10 Title

in Upcoming Men’s Lacrosse Championship

Monday, April 28, 2008

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South Easton, Mass. – The Le Moyne College Dolphins claimed the top seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Men’s Lacrosse Championship.

The Dolphins finished conference play without a defeat with a 10-0 record to claim the team’s eighth Northeast-10 Regular Season Title in nine years. Le Moyne, currently undefeated with a 12-0 overall record, won the last seven Northeast-10 Championship Titles.

Last season’s regular season champions, the Bulldogs of Bryant University (12-3, 9-1 NE-10), claimed the second seed in the championship. Both Le Moyne and Bryant will receive quarterfinal byes and will each host a semifinal game.

Merrimack College (11-3, 8-2 NE-10) received the third seed in the tournament, while Saint Michael’s College (7-6, 6-4 NE-10) secured the fourth seed over Saint Anselm College (8-6, 6-4 NE-10) due to the Purple Knights regular season win over the Hawks. Bentley College (7-6, 5-5 NE-10) rounds out the tournament field as the sixth seed.

The quarterfinals begin on Tuesday, April 29 with #5 Saint Anselm at #4 Saint Michael’s at 4 p.m., while #6 Bentley is at #3 Merrimack for a 7 p.m. start.

The semifinal round will begin on Friday, May 2 with the winner of Saint Anselm/Saint Michael’s traveling to face #1 Le Moyne and the winner of Bentley/Merrimack will be at #2 Bryant. Semifinal games are set for a 4 p.m. start.

The championship game will take place at 12 p.m. on Sunday, May 4 between the two semifinal winners 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.

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