Men's Soccer

Men's Soccer Secures Top Seed in GNAC Tournament

Posted: Oct 28, 2021

WINTHROP, Mass. – The 2021 GNAC Men's Soccer regular season wrapped up on Wednesday evening, setting the stage for this weekend's GNAC Tournament Quarterfinals, with top-seeded Saint Joseph's of Maine, second-seeded Norwich University, third-seeded Johnson & Wales University (RI), and fourth-seed Albertus Magnus College hosting on Saturday afternoon.

The top seed Monks, which went an unblemished 12-0 in GNAC regular-season play, will take on eighth-seeded Colby-Sawyer College at 5PM. Without reseeding, that winner will face the winner of fifth-seeded University of Saint Joseph (CT) and Albertus Magnus in Tuesday's semifinals.

On the other side of the bracket field, JWU will host sixth-seeded Regis College at 5PM and Norwich will welcome seventh-seeded Emmanuel College.

Quarterfinals - Saturday, Oct. 30
#8 Colby-Sawyer at #1 Saint Joseph's Maine - 5PM
#5 USJ at #4 Albertus - TBD
#6 Regis at #3 JWU - 5PM
#7 Emmanuel at #2 Norwich - TBD

Semifinals - Tuesday, Nov. 2
1/8 winner vs 4/5 winner
3/6 winner vs 2/7 winner

Championship - Saturday, Nov. 6
at highest remaining seed

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 14 member institutions and over 3,500 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 22 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.