VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO PLAY AT ENDICOTT IN ECAC TOURNAMENT

CENTERVILLE, Mass. – The Emmanuel College Women's Volleyball Team has earned the No. 6 seed in the upcoming Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Tournament.  The Saints are slated to play at No. 3 Endicott College on Wednesday night, November 13, at 7:00 PM.

Emmanuel finished the regular season at 21-12, before picking up a pair of wins in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament.  The Saints fell to GNAC rival Rivier University, 3-1, in the tournament championship match on Saturday afternoon in Nashua, N.H.

With an overall record of 23-13, the 6th-seeded Saints will travel to Beverly, Mass. to take on the 22-15 Gulls of Endicott.  The Gulls reached the finals of their conference tournament as well, falling to Roger Williams University, 3-0, in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championship.

Emmanuel and Endicott have not played during the past two seasons.  The two squads have met previously though on many occasions, with the last five-set battle coming on November 9, 2011, in the opening round of the ECAC Tournament.  With the same seeds as they've received this season, the Saints fell to the Gulls, 3-2, in the 2011 tourney in Beverly.

Livestats for Wednesday night's match can be viewed HERE.

After finishing the regular-season with a 25-4 record, Salve Regina University was selected as the No. 1 seed in the 2013 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Women's Volleyball Championship. The tournament is an eight-team field with a quarterfinal round followed by a semifinal and championship round.

In the first-round contests on Wednesday, Nov. 13, Salve Regina (25-4) will host Emerson College (15-12) at 7 p.m., while the second seed, Western New England University (22-9), will face No. 7 University of New England (14-10) at 7 p.m. at Western New England.  No. 3 Endicott College (22-15) plays Emmanuel College (23-13) at 7 p.m. at Endicott and Smith College (21-8) will take on Framingham State University (25-7) at 7 p.m. in the No. 4/No. 5 match-up at Smith.

The first-round winners will advance to the semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 16 hosted by the highest remaining seed. The winner of No. 1 Salve Regina/No. 8 Emerson will face the winner of No. 4 Smith/No. 5 Framingham State in one semifinal and the winner of No. 2 Western New England/No. 7 University of New England and the winner of No. 3 Endicott /No. 6 Emmanuel in the other semifinal. The semifinal winners will meet later on Saturday, Nov. 17 for the championship at the same site.

First Round – Wednesday, Nov. 13
No. 8 Emerson at No. 1 Salve Regina, 7:00 PM
No. 7 University of New England at No. 2 Western New England, 7:00 PM
No. 6 Emmanuel at No. 3 Endicott, 7:00 PM

Semifinals – Saturday, Nov. 16 at Highest Remaining Seed
No. 1 Salve Regina /No. 8 Emerson Winner vs. No. 4 Smith /No. 5 Framingham State Winner, TBD
No. 2 Western New England /No. 7 University of New England Winner vs. No. 3 Endicott /No. 6 Emmanuel, TBD

Championship – Saturday, Nov. 16 at Highest Remaining Seed

Two Semifinal Winners, TBD

About the ECAC
The ECAC is the nation's largest and the only multi-divisional athletic conference in the country with more than 300 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities. The ECAC stretches from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Colorado. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men's and women's sports and assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports. The ECAC also administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues, and through the public relations arm of the conference, more than 2,500 student-athletes in 23 sports are recognized annually. Finally, the ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men's and women's ice hockey and men's lacrosse.