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2019 GNAC Tournament
tips off Tuesday evening

WINTHROP, Mass. – Saint Joseph's College of Maine rounded out the 2018-19 GNAC regular season with an unblemished 12-0 mark following its 90-48 victory over Lasell College on Saturday afternoon, marking the second straight season the Monks have gone unbeaten in league play. SJC will again be the top seed in next week's GNAC Women's Basketball Tournament, hosting eighth-seeded Johnson & Wales University on Tuesday, February 19.

Emmanuel College has solidified the No. 2 seed and will match up with seventh-seeded Colby-Sawyer College, which qualifies for the league tournament in its first year as a GNAC member. That quarterfinal will tip off at 5:30 PM in Boston.

The other quarterfinal matchups will feature third-seeded Albertus Magnus College hosting sixth-seeded Regis College and fifth-seeded Anna Maria College traveling to fourth-seeded Suffolk University. Albertus captured the No. 3 seed over Suffolk with a crucial 68-62 home victory on Saturday. 

There is no reseeding in the GNAC Tournament, with the semifinal contests scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 21 and the league championship game slated for Saturday, Feb. 23. The conference champion will receive the GNAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. 

Be sure to catch all of the tournament action live on thegnac.tv or watch on one of our four custom digital streaming apps (broadcasts are produced by host institutions). Fans can also purchase GNAC co-branded and championship apparel through the conference's partnership with SquadLocker. For more information, please click HERE.  

Tuesday, February 19 - Quarterfinals
Game 1: #8 JWU at #1 Saint Joseph's (Maine) - 6:00 PM
Game 2: #5 Anna Maria at #4 Suffolk - 5:00 PM 
Game 3: #6 Regis at #3 Albertus Magnus - 6:00 PM
Game 4: #7 Colby-Sawyer at #2 Emmanuel - 5:30 PM

Thursday, February 21 - Semifinals (at higher seeds)
Game 5: 4/5 winner vs. 1/8 winner
Game 6: 3/6 winner vs. 2/7 winner

Saturday, February 23 - Championship 
Game 7: at highest remaining seed

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 13 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 20 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience. 

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