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South Easton, Mass. – The University of New Haven has earned the top seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Volleyball Championship which begins on Friday, November 14 at host site Pace University in Pleasantville, N.Y.

New Haven was perfect, finishing 14-0 in their inaugural season with the Northeast-10 Conference and are 25-3 overall. Merrimack College (18-8, 13-1 NE-10) claimed the second seed and Bentley University (20-10, 12-2 NE-10) will be the third. The Falcons are making their 28th straight appearance in the volleyball championship. They are the only NE-10 school to make the tournament each season since the championship debut in 1981.

Stonehill College (20-10, 8-6 NE-10) is fourth in the championship field due to their regular season victories over American International (12-12, 8-6 NE-10) and Franklin Pierce University (17-17, 8-6 NE-10). American International and Franklin Pierce are the fifth and sixth seeds respectively.

The University of Massachusetts Lowell (15-16, 7-7 NE-10) and Le Moyne College (14-12, 7-7 NE-10) round out the remaining seeds at seventh and eighth as determined by the conference tiebreak procedures.

Quarterfinal matches begin on Friday, November 14 at Pace University. The quarterfinal action includes #1 New Haven versus #8 Le Moyne and #4 Stonehill versus #5 American International at 5 p.m., followed by #2 Merrimack versus #7 UMass Lowell and #3 Bentley versus #6 Franklin Pierce at 7:30 p.m.

The semifinal round will take place on Saturday, November 15 with the winner of Ne w Haven/Le Moyne taking on the winner of Stonehill/American International and the winner of Merrimack/UMass Lowell matching up against the winner of Bentley/Franklin Pierce. The semi-final match ups will take place at 2 p.m.

The championship game is slated for 7 p.m. later that day.

With 15 member institutions the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.

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