Posted: May 08, 2011
2011 NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN’S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS
INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Committee has selected the teams that will compete in the 2011 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
The championship provides for a 31-team tournament. Seventeen conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for the championship. Five teams have been selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final nine berths are reserved for Pool C, which are institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and the remaining Pool B teams.
Fifteen first-round games will be conducted May 11 at campus sites. Eight second-round games will be conducted on May 13 or May 14, and four quarterfinal-round games will be conducted on May 14 or May 15. The second- and quarterfinal-round games will be contested at four regional sites on the campuses of participating institutions. Winners of the four regionals will advance to the semifinals and final, to be played May 21-22 at Motamed Field at Adelphi University, in Garden City, New York. Adelphi will serve as host for the championship.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (17):
Capital Athletic Conference
Salisbury University (16-2)
Centennial Conference
Franklin & Marshall College (17-2)
Colonial States Athletic Conference
Gwynedd-Mercy College (11-7)
Commonwealth Coast Conference
Endicott College (14-6)
Empire 8
Stevens Institute of Technology (15-3)
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Norwich University (10-2)
Liberty League
Hamilton College (17-1)
Little East Athletic Conference
Keene State College (13-5)
Middle Atlantic States Conference
Messiah College (17-1)
North Coast Athletic Conference
Denison University (13-4)
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Trinity College (Connecticut) (17-0)
New England Women’s Lacrosse Alliance
Bridgewater State College (17-1)
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
Babson College (10-7)
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Washington and Lee University (14-4)
Skyline Conference
Montclair State University (13-5)
State University of New York Athletic Conference
State University of New York at Cortland (18-1)
USA South Athletic Conference
Christopher Newport University (13-5)
Pool B Berths (5):
Adrian College (16-4)
Catholic University (14-3)
Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges (15-2)
The College of New Jersey (17-0)
Rowan University (10-6)
Pool C Berths (9):
Bowdoin College (14-3)
College at Brockport, State University of New York (10-6)
Colby College (13-4)
Gettysburg College (14-4)
Ithaca College (11-6)
University of Mary Washington (13-7)
Middlebury College (10-5)
University of Redlands (13-4)
Tufts University (11-6)
For more information about the 2011 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship, including a complete bracket with dates, sites and pairings, log on to www.ncaa.com.
