OCTOBER 29, 2007
KING'S FIELD HOCKEY, MEN'S SOCCER , VOLLEYBALL TEAMS TO OPEN CONFERENCE
TOURNEY PLAY WEDNESDAY
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College field hockey, men's soccer, and
women's volleyball team will all begin their quests for trip to the
Division III national tournament when Freedom Conference Tournament play
begins on Wednesday.
The Lady Monarch field hockey team will look to
defend its conference championship as King's earned the top-seed for the
event with a 13-4 record and a perfect 6-0 mark in the Freedom
Conference after a 1-0 victory over FDU-Florham on Sunday. The Lady
Monarchs will host fourth-seeded DeSales University Wednesday at 3:00
p.m. at Betzler Fields. The teams played earlier in the year at DeSales
with King's posting a 1-0 victory. Should King's emerge victorious, its
will host the Freedom Conference title game for the third straight
Saturday at a time to be announced.
The men's soccer team has earned the program's first post-season
conference playoff berth since the 2001 season after posting a 2-1 win
over FDU-Florham on Saturday. The Monarchs, who overcame an 0-4 start to
finish with an 8-8-1 overall record as well as a 4-2 mark in the Freedom
Conference, are seeded third in the tournament and will travel
cross-town to face Wilkes University at Ralston Field Wednesday at 3:00
p.m. The teams played earlier this year at Ralston Field as Wilkes came
away with a narrow 2-1 win.
