Simmons Claims 2014 GNAC Women’s Tennis Regular-Season Title
With an unblemished 6-0 record in league play, Simmons has claimed the top seed seed in next week’s GNAC Women's Tennis Tournament.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2014
GNAC Tournament kicks off Wednesday
before next weekend's neutral-site final four
WINTHROP, Mass. – With an unblemished 6-0 record in league play, Simmons College has claimed the 2014 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Tennis regular-season title and will own the top seed in next week's GNAC Tournament.
Simmons, along with second-seeded Johnson & Wales University (4-1), will earn a first-round bye into next weekend's neutral-site Final Four, which will be played at the Winchester Indoor Tennis Center in Winchester, Mass.
In first-round action this Wednesday, October 22, third-seeded Suffolk University (4-2) will host sixth-seeded Mount Ida College (1-5) at 7:00 p.m. at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, and fifth-seeded Anna Maria College (2-4) will travel to fourth-seeded University of Saint Joseph (3-3) at 3:00 p.m. That match will be played at the East Hartford Racquet Club in East Hartford, Conn.
In Saturday's semifinals in Winchester, top seed Simmons will take on the Anna Maria-Saint Joseph winner at 2:00 p.m., while Johnson & Wales draws the Mount Ida-Suffolk winner at approximately 4:30 p.m.
Be sure to follow the GNAC on Twitter (@theGNAC) for all of the latest updates throughout the championship.
Johnson & Wales, which still has one regular-season contest remaining on Sunday, is locked into the No. 2 seed regardless of tomorrow's result.
Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 12 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 17 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement.
First Round - Wednesday, October 22
Match 1: #5 Anna Maria at #4 Saint Joseph (CT) - 3:00 p.m. (at East Hartford Racquet Club)
Match 2: #6 Mount Ida at #3 Suffolk - 7:00 p.m. (at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols)
-- Semifinals, Final played at Winchester Indoor Tennis Center --
Saturday, October 25
Match 3: #4/5 winner vs. #1 Simmons - 2:00 p.m.
Match 4: #3/6 winner vs. #2 Johnson & Wales - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 26
Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner - 12:30 p.m.
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