FEBRUARY 26, 2007
KING'S WOMEN AWARDED TOP SEED IN ECAC SOUTHERN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College women's
basketball team has been awarded the top seed at this week's Eastern
College Athletic Conference Championships.
The eight-team event will tip off Wednesday with first-round competition
and will resume Friday with semi-final action. The championship game is
scheduled for Saturday.
Despite being awarded the top-seed, King's will be unable to host its
first-round game due to preparation for the Thursday's NCAA national
tournament home men's game against Widener. With the Lady Monarchs
unable to host, King's will travel to face eighth-seeded Villa Julie
(19-9) Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Stevenson, MD.
Other first-round games on Wednesday include second-seeded Penn State
Behrend (21-5) hosting seventh-seeded Moravian (16-11; third-seeded
Albright (17-9) hosting sixth-seeded Neumann (18-9); and fourth-seeded
Washington & Jefferson (19-8) hosting fifth-seeded Cabrini (19-8).
With King's not applying for host status, should the Lady Monarchs win
its first-round game, the team would again travel to a site to be
determined for the semi-finals and finals, should they advance. PSU-Behrend
would host the semi-finals and finals should it register a first-round
victory. With Cabrini and Neumann also unable to host the semi-finals
and finals, they would then be hosted by either Albright, Washington &
Jefferson, or Moravian.
King's earned the top-seed after finishing second in the Freedom
Conference Tournament. The Lady Monarchs played two of the teams in the
field during the first semester, dropping games to both Neumann and
Cabrini. But King's finished the season strong, winning 14 of its last
17 games, with two loses coming to national power Scranton. Cabrini went
on to finish second in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament while
Neumann fell in the PAC semi-finals to eventual champion Gwynedd-Mercy.
ECAC Southern Region Championships:
First-Round - Wednesday, February 28, 2007
#1 King's (19-8) @ #8 Villa Julie (19-9), 7:00 p.m.
#5 Cabrini (19-8) @ #4 Washington & Jefferson (19-8), 7:00 p.m.
#6 Neumann (18-9) @ #3 Albright (17-9), 7:00 p.m.
#7 Moravian (16-11) @ #2 Penn State Behrend (21-5), 7:00 p.m.
Semi-Finals - Friday, March 2, 2007
King's-Villa Julie winner vs. Cabrini-W&J winner, TBA
Neumann-Albright winner vs. Moravian-Penn State Behrend winner, TBA
Finals - Saturday, March 3, 2007
Winners of semi-finals, TBA
