February 15, 2007
Le Moyne Selected Preseason Favorite in Northeast-10 Regular Season Title
South Easton, Mass. - The Dolphins of Le Moyne College are the unanimous pick to capture the Northeast-10 regular season title as determined by the league's 10 lacrosse coaches.
Le Moyne received all 10 of the first place votes in the poll and 100 points. Bryant University (83) is picked to finish second, slightly ahead of Merrimack College (82). Saint Michael's College follows with 64 points, followed by Bentley College (56) to round out the top five.
The remainder of the field included, in order, Southern New Hampshire University (55), Pace University (41), Saint Anselm College (29), Assumption College (26), and Franklin Pierce College (14).
In the 2006 season, Le Moyne captured the Northeast-10 regular season title for the seventh straight year and defeated Merrimack 10-3 to claim its sixth straight Northeast-10 Championship title. The Dolphins went on to earn their fifth straight NCAA bid and hosted Limestone College in the semifinal, defeating the Saints 22-3 to advance to the NCAA National Championship game. Le Moyne won its second national championship in three seasons by defeating Dowling College 12-5.
The 2007 season gets under way on February 24 with two games scheduled as Saint Anselm matches up with Green Mountain and Adelphi travels to Bryant. The first Northeast-10 Conference game is slated for March 6 with Pace and Southern New Hampshire facing off at Manchester, N.H.
Sponsoring 23 championship sports and 15 full-time members, the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation and sponsors the most championships of any Division II conference.
[release courtesy of the Northeast-10 Conference]




















