Saint Rose Claims Second Straight Regular Season Title;

Earn Top Seed in NE-10 Championship

Thursday, October 25, 2007

For Immediate Release

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South Easton, Mass. – The College of Saint Rose Golden Knights have earned the top seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Women’s Soccer Championship presented by Select Sport America.

The Golden Knights finished 12-0-2 in NE-10 action to claim the team’s second straight Northeast-10 Regular Season title. The Bulldogs of Bryant University (11-0-3) will be the second seed in the championship, while Franklin Pierce University (9-1-4) claimed the third seed.

Merrimack College (8-3-3, NE-10) followed as the fourth seed over Stonehill College (8-3-3) due to their regular season victory over the Skyhawks. Stonehill will be the fifth seed followed by Saint Anselm College (6-5-3) as the sixth seed and the University of Massachusetts Lowell (6-7-1, NE-10) as the seventh seed.

Bentley College (5-6-3, NE-10) claimed the eighth and final spot in the tournament over Southern New Hampshire University due to the Falcons regular season victory over the Penmen.

Quarterfinal matches include #8 Bentley at #1 Saint Rose at 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 28, while #6 Saint Anselm travels to #3 Franklin Pierce for a 3 p.m. contest. The other two quarterfinal match-ups, #7 UMass Lowell at #2 Bryant and #5 Stonehill at #4 Merrimack are slated for 5 p.m. starts.

The semifinal round will take place on Thursday, November 1 with winner of Stonehill/Merrimack taking on the winner of Bentley/Saint Rose and the winner of Saint Anselm/Franklin Pierce matching up against the winner of UMass Lowell/Bryant.

The championship game is slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday, November 4 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.