Bentley Falcons Picked to Finish First in
NE-10
Preseason Volleyball Poll
Thursday, August 23, 2007
For Immediate Release
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South Easton, Mass. – The Falcons of Bentley College are
predicted to win the 2007 Northeast-10 Volleyball Regular Season
Title as determined by the conference’s 15 head coaches.
Bentley, the reigning Northeast-10 champion, received 12
first-place votes for the top point total of 221, beating out last
season’s regular season champion, the Golden Knights of the
College of Saint Rose (203). In 2006, Saint Rose won their
first-ever regular season title and went undefeated in conference
play. The Golden Knights also received two first-place votes.
Bryant University (12-2, NE-10) came in third in the poll, just
three points behind Saint Rose with 200 points. The Bulldogs
received the remaining first-place vote. Coming in fourth place in
the poll are the Ravens of Franklin Pierce University (9-5, NE-10)
with 173 points, followed by the University of Massachusetts Lowell
(10-4, NE-10) to round out the top five.
Le Moyne College (9-5, NE-10) and Pace University (8-6, NE-10) came
in sixth and seventh respectively, being separated by a mere three
points (136 to 133). Merrimack College (7-7, NE-10) received 121
points for eighth place followed by Southern New Hampshire
University (7-7, NE-10) at 117 points. Stonehill College (3-11,
NE-10) received 89 tallies to round out the top 10.
Southern Connecticut State University (72), Assumption College
(57), American International College (54), Saint Michael’s
College (44) and Saint Anselm College (31) round out the poll
respectively.
The 2007 season kicks-off tomorrow with Franklin Pierce
participating in the second annual Nova Southeastern Shark Classic.
The Ravens are scheduled to play two matches against Minnesota
State University-Mankato and Nova Southeastern University. Southern
Connecticut and Saint Michael’s begin NE-10 action with a
match-up on Tuesday, August 28.
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.