April 25, 2011

2011 GNAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament Schedule

The 2011 GNAC Women’s Lacrosse Playoff pairings are now available. The reigning 2010 GNAC tournament champions, Norwich University (8-0, 8-2) clinched first place in the conference. The Cadets played an extraordinary regular season, going undefeated in conference play and only suffering two overall losses to non-conference opponents.

The 2011 season was yet another highly competitive year for women’s lacrosse. Lasell College earned a second place finish with their only loss of the GNAC season coming to the Cadets (7-1, 10-5). Emerson (6-2, 6-8) earned a third place finish and Simmons (5-3, 7-4) took fourth place. Rounding out the final two playoff spots is #5 Mount Ida and #6 Rivier College.

The GNAC tournament will be a six team tournament bracket with the Quarter Finals beginning Wednesday April 27th at the #3 Emerson and #4 Simmons. The Semi-Finals will occur on Friday, April 29th at the #1 Norwich and #2 Lasell. Lastly, the Championship game will be Sunday, May 1st at the highest remaining seed.

Please see the link below for an updated view of the Tournament Bracket.

TOURNAMENT BRACKET - FINAL

Rankings and Schedule:

#1 Norwich              8-0

#2 Lasell                 7-1

#3 Emerson             6-2 

#4 Simmons            5-3

#5 Mount Ida           4-4

#6 Rivier                 3-5

Wednesday, April 27th: QUARTER FINALS

Game 1: #5 Mount Ida College (9) @ #4 Simmons College (8)

Game 2: #6 Rivier College (9) @ #3 Emerson College (18)

Friday, April 29th: SEMI-FINALS

Game 3: #5 Mount Ida (6) @ #1 Norwich (13)

Game 4: #3 Emerson (14) @ #2 Lasell (18)

Sunday, May 1st: CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 5: #2 Lasell (8) @ #1 Norwich (12)