Regis Earns Top Seed in Women's Basketball Tournament Following Perfect Regular Season

Regis College finished the regular season 18-0 and earned the top seed in the upcoming New England Collegiate Conference Women's Basketball Championship. The Pride (21-4 overall, 18-0 NECC) earned a first round bye and will host the semifinals and finals begining Friday, February 24.

Elms College (17-8, 14-4 NECC) earned the second seed and will play Bay Path (6-16, 6-12 NECC) in a first round game on Tuesday, February 21.

Newbury College (15-10, 13-5 NECC) will be the tournament's third seed and will host sixth-seeded Mitchell College (8-16, 7-11 NECC) in a first round game on Tuesday. The winner will advance to play a semifinal contest at Regis on Friday.

Fifth seed Becker College (8-17, 8-10 NECC) will travel to fourth seed Daniel Webster College (17-8, 13-5 NECC) for a first round matchup on Tuesday. The winner will meet top seed Regis on Friday in a semifinal game.

The top seven teams qualify for the NECC Championship. Predetermined tiebreaking procedures were used to seed teams with identical conference winning percentages.

First round games will be played on Tuesday, February 21 at the higher seed. Winners will advance to the semifinals held at Regis on Friday, February 24. Semifinal winners will play Saturday, February 25 at Regis.

Game times and dates are subject to change.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
#7 Bay Path at #2 Elms 
#6 Mitchell at #3 Newbury
#5 Becker at #4 Daniel Webster 

Friday, February 24, 2012 (Games played at Regis)
Winner 5/4 game at Regis - 6:00PM 
Winner 6/3 game at winner 7/2 game - 8:00PM 

Saturday, February 25, 2012 (game played at Regis)
Championship Game - 2:00PM 

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