2017 CSAC Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament set to begin
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ASTON, Pa. – The 2017 Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Women’s Lacrosse Championship tournament is set to begin on Saturday with six teams competing for the title and the conference’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.
Two games will be played on Saturday, with third-seed Neumann University (8-8, 7-2 CSAC) hosting sixth-seed Keystone College (6-7, 4-5). The other first round game will be fourth-seed Immaculata University (9-6, 6-3) hosting fifth-seed Notre Dame University of Maryland (5-7, 4-5).
The winners of Saturday’s contest will move to Wednesday’s semifinals. The lowest remaining seed will head to top-seed and defending champion
Cabrini University (14-3, 9-0), while the highest remaining seed will travel to second-seed Marywood University (11-4, 8-1).
Wednesday’s winners will meet on Saturday at 1 p.m, in the championship game, as the highest remaining seed.
Looking at the field, Cabrini is making its 20
th appearance in the CSAC tournament, and have won the last five titles dating back to 2012. The Cavaliers have appeared in the CSAC title game 19 times, only missing it in 2011. The Cavaliers went a perfect 9-0 in CSAC play, and is a perfect 5-0 against the field.
Marywood is in the tournament for the eighth time in a row. The Pacers have made two trips to the CSAC title game. Against the field, the lone loss is to Cabrini back on March 18 by a 12-10 score in Radnor.
Neumann is in the playoffs for the 16
th time, and has reached the championship game the last four years. Against the field, Neumann is 3-2, with losses to Marywood (March 25, 16-7) and Cabrini (April 11, 20-5). The Pacers defeated Keystone back on April 5 by a 17-8 score in Aston.
Immaculata is in the field for the sixth time in a row. The Mighty Macs defeated Notre Dame back on April 11 by a 21-13 score in Baltimore. Against the field, they have losses to Cabrini (18-6, April 5), Marywood (17-7, April 8) and Neumann (13-12, April 13).
Notre Dame University of Maryland is in the playoffs for the fifth time and third time out of the last four years. Against the field, they have a win over Keystone back on March 25 at home.
Finally, Keystone is making its first appearance in the CSAC tournament in just its third year as a varsity program.