Le Moyne Favored to Capture NE-10 Softball Title

Thursday, February 14, 2008

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South Easton, Mass. – Last year’s regular season champions, the Le Moyne College Dolphins, are predicted to claim the title once more as voted by the conference’s 15 coaches.

The Dolphins finished conference play with a 23-4 record and claimed their fourth Northeast-10 Regular Season Title in five years. Le Moyne received seven of the 15 possible first-place votes for a total of 215 points.

Bryant University (19-9, NE-10), picked to finish second in the conference, received four first-place votes and 194 points. Following the Bulldogs with 189 points are the Owls of Southern Connecticut State University (21-7, NE-10). The Owls picked up three first-place votes. Southern New Hampshire University (21-7, NE-10) is picked to finish fourth with a 179 points, followed by Merrimack College (17-11, NE-10) with 161.

The University of Massachusetts Lowell (19-9, NE-10) received the final first-place vote and is predicted to finish sixth. The River Hawks defeated Merrimack 3-2 in last year’s championship game to win their first-ever conference championship. American International College (15-12-1, NE-10) received 137 points and are predicted to finish seventh, followed by Stonehill College (12-15-1, NE-10). The College of Saint Rose (11-17, NE-10) and Pace University (9-19, NE-10) are picked to finish ninth and tenth in that order.

Assumption College (5-21, NE-10), Saint Michael’s College (16-12, NE-10), Saint Anselm College (10-15, NE-10), Bentley College (2-26, NE-10) and Franklin Pierce University (6-22, NE-10) round out the poll respectively.

The 2008 season begins on Sunday, March 2 as four teams, Assumption, Le Moyne, Saint Anselm and Stonehill head south to participate in their annual spring trip. Northeast-10 play gets underway on Saturday, March 29 with a full slate of games scheduled. The NE-10 Championship will begin on Friday, May 2 and will conclude on May 4 at the highest 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.