April 25, 2011

2011 GNAC Men's Lacrosse Tournament Schedule

The 2011 GNAC Men’s Lacrosse Playoff pairings are now available. For the GNAC inaugural season of men’s lacrosse, Mount Ida College (7-0, 9-7) is crowned the first regular season champions. The Mustangs played an incredible regular season, going undefeated in conference play and earning a clutch victory over conference rival Lasell College in order to clinch the top ranking.

Lasell College (6-1, 8-7) earned a close second place finish with their only loss of the GNAC season coming to the Mustangs. Norwich (5-2, 7-4) earned a third place finish and St. Joseph’s Maine (4-3, 9-7) took fourth place. Rounding out the final two playoff spots is #5 Becker College (3-4, 7-10) and #6 Emerson College (2-5, 2-11).

The GNAC tournament will be a six team tournament bracket with the Quarter Finals beginning Tuesday, April 26th at the #3 Norwich and #4 St. Joseph’s Maine, with Mount Ida and Lasell receiving byes. The Semi-Finals will occur on Thursday, April 28th at the #1 Mount Ida and #2 Lasell. Lastly, the Championship game will be Saturday, April 30th at the highest remaining seed.

Please see the link below for the updated tournament brackets.

Tournament Bracket- FINAL

Rankings and Schedule:

#1 Mount Ida           7-0

#2 Lasell                 6-1

#3 Norwich             5-2 

#4 St. Joseph’s        4-3

#5 Becker               3-4

#6 Emerson             2-5

Tuesday, April 26th: QUARTER FINALS

Game 1: #5 Becker College (9) @ #4 St. Joseph's Maine (10)

Game 2: #6 Emerson College (1) @ #3 Norwich University (19)

Thursday, April 28th: SEMI-FINALS

Game 3: #4 St. Joseph's Maine (0) @ #1 Mount Ida College (13) 

Game 4: #3 Norwich (9) @ #2 Lasell College (13)

Saturday, April 30th: CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 5: #2 Lasell (6) @  #1 Mount Ida College (9)