Article courtesy of GNAC communications.
The 2011 GNAC Women's Lacrosse Playoff pairings are now available. The reigning 2010 GNAC tournament champions, Norwich University (8-0, 8-2) clinched first place in the conference. The Cadets played an extraordinary regular season, going undefeated in conference play and only suffering two overall losses to non-conference opponents.
The 2011 season was yet another highly competitive year for women's lacrosse. Lasell College earned a second place finish with their only loss of the GNAC season coming to the Cadets (7-1, 10-5). Emerson (6-2, 6-8) earned a third place finish and Simmons (5-3, 7-4) took fourth place. Rounding out the final two playoff spots is #5 Mount Ida and #6 Rivier College.
The GNAC tournament will be a six team tournament bracket with the Quarter Finals beginning Wednesday April 27th at the #3 Emerson and #4 Simmons. The Semi-Finals will occur on Friday, April 29th at the #1 Norwich and #2 Lasell. Lastly, the Championship game will be Sunday, May 1st at the highest remaining seed.
Please see the link below for an updated view of the Tournament Bracket.
Rankings and Schedule:
#1 Norwich 8-0
#2 Lasell 7-1
#3 Emerson 6-2
#4 Simmons 5-3
#5 Mount Ida 4-4
#6 Rivier 3-5
Wednesday, April 27th: QUARTER FINALS
Game 1: #5 Mount Ida College @ #4 Simmons College- 7:00pm
Game 2: #6 Rivier College @ #3 Emerson College- 6:30pm
Friday, April 29th: SEMI-FINALS
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 @ #1 Norwich- 4:00pm
Game 4: Winner of Game 2 @ #2 Lasell- 3:30pm
Sunday, May 1st: CHAMPIONSHIP
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 @ highest remaining seed