| Sullivan, the NE10 Midfielder of the Year, leads the Skyhawks into their ninth NCAA Tournament appearance this weekend (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
Top-seeded Skyhawks host East Regional in ninth and final NCAA II Tournament appearance
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EASTON, Mass. (May 12, 2022) – Top-seeded and Northeast-10 Conference champions Stonehill College, ranked No. 5 in this week’s Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II poll and No. 7 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Division II poll, opens its final dance at the NCAA Division II level this weekend when it hosts the East Regional of the 2022 NCAA Division II Women’s Lacrosse Championships Friday through Sunday on Timothy J. Coughlin, ’80 Memorial Field at W.B. Mason Stadium.
Admission each day to the East Regional is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children, students and senior citizens. Stonehill faculty, staff and students will be admitted free of charge to this weekend’s Stonehill games, courtesy of Student Affairs and the Spirit Committee, when presenting their HillCard at the ticket window. All three games of the East Regional will also be broadcast live by SkyhawksVision on NE10 Now, with Mason Stalph calling the action. Links to the broadcast and live stats are available at stonehillskyhawks.com, and NE10 Now viewers will also be able to watch the action live on their televisions through Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.
Stonehill (17-2, 12-1 NE10) will open the East Regional on Friday when it hosts fourth-seeded Mercy College (14-4, 6-0 ECC), the East Coast Conference regular season and tournament champions, who are ranked No. 13 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll and No. 14 by the IWLCA, for a first round matchup at 11 a.m. Friday’s second game at W.B. Mason Stadium will feature second-seeded Adelphi University (16-2, 12-1 NE10), who shared the NE10 regular season title with Stonehill, ranked No. 7 in the IWLCA poll and No. 8 by USA Lacrosse Magazine poll against third-seeded and No. 9/10 Le Moyne College, the NE10 Tournament runners up, at 3 p.m. Friday’s winners will advance to Sunday’s East Region championship at W.B. Mason Stadium at noon.
| Stonehill will host an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since winning the 2003 National Championship to cap Coach Conover’s playing career. |
Stonehill is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015, making its ninth and final appearance in the Division II event before beginning a transition to NCAA Division I status in the Northeast Conference on July 1. The Skyhawks are hosting NCAA Tournament lacrosse for the first time since winning its first of two national championships at what is …….
Source: https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220512qen8tq
