Women's tennis earns No. 3 seed in NEC Championships
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant women's tennis team has received the No. 3 seed for this weekend's Northeast Conference Championship tournament, the league office announced on Monday.
Bryant garners the No. 3 seed after posting a 2-2 record against league opponents in the regular season. The Bulldogs posted victories over St. Francis Brooklyn and Sacred Heart and fell to LIU Brooklyn and Fairleigh Dickinson.
The Bulldogs have advanced to the NEC semi-finals in each of the last five years, and have advanced to the championship match three times. Last year, Bryant fell to LIU Brooklyn, 4-1, the championship match.
Bryant will open the 2019 NEC Women's Tennis Championships on Thursday, April 18 against sixth-seeded Wagner College. The match will start at 10:00 a.m.
Admission is free for the event. Fans can follow the action on Twitter (@NECTennis, #NECTennis).
NEC Women's Championship Seeding
1 – LIU Brooklyn
2 – Fairleigh Dickinson
3 – Bryant
4 – Sacred Heart
5 – Saint Francis U
6 – Wagner
7 – Mount St. Mary's
8 – St. Francis Brooklyn