Albertus Magnus, Suffolk Open Up ECAC Softball Championship Play Wednesday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WINTHROP, Mass. - Two Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) programs have been selected to the 2015 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Championship Tournament, as Albertus Magnus College has earned the No. 3 seed and Suffolk University was awarded with the No. 4 seed. 

Both teams will be in action on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in the single-elimination action, as Albertus Magnus will welcome sixth-seeded Newbury College at West Haven High School in West Haven, Conn. and Suffolk will take on fifth-seeded Becker College at Becker.

Top-seeded Brandeis University and second-seeded University of Southern Maine both received first-round byes into the four-team, double-elimination portion of the tournament. 

Albertus enters ECAC play after falling twice to NCAA Tournament bound Johnson & Wales University on the final day of the GNAC Tournament, 6-0 and 4-3, back on April 25. The Falcons have won 16 of 20 entering Wednesday's contest. 

Suffolk enters the tournament following one of their most successful regular seasons, as they finished with a 24-14 overall record. Suffolk was top seed in the GNAC Tournament after finishing with a league-best 17-5 conference record.

After finishing the regular-season with a 17-14 record, Brandeis was selected as the No. 1 seed. For the complete tournament schedule, please see below.

Information Provided by Albertus, Suffolk Athletics Communications.

Quarterfinals – Wednesday, May 6, 2015
No. 1 Brandeis (17-14) – First Round bye
No. 2 Southern Maine (23-18) – First Round bye
No. 3 Albertus Magnus (24-13) vs. No. 6 Newbury (20-13) – 4:00 p.m. (at West Haven HS)
No. 4 Suffolk (24-14) at No. 5 Becker (20-14) - 4:00 p.m.

Semifinals – Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Brandeis (double-elimination begins)
Game #1 - No. 1 Brandeis vs. winner of No. 4 Suffolk/No. 5 Becker- 10:00 am
Game #2 - No. 2 Southern Maine vs. winner of No. 3 Albertus Magnus/No. 6 Newbury – 12:00 pm
Game #3 - Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2 – 2:00 pm
Game #4 - Winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2 – 4:00 pm

Championship – Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Brandeis 
Game #5 - Loser of game 4 vs. winner of game 3 – 11:00 am
Game #6 - Winner of game 4 vs. winner of game 5 – 1:00 pm
Game #7 - Winner of game 6 vs. loser of game 6 (if necessary) – 3:00 pm