Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer Seeded Third in GNAC Tournament

Posted: Oct 29, 2021

WINTHROP, Mass. – Top-seeded Johnson & Wales University (RI), second-seeded Saint Joseph's College of Maine, third-seeded Lasell University, and fourth-seeded University of Saint Joseph (CT) are set to host 2021 GNAC Women's Soccer Tournament Quarterfinal contests on Saturday, after the league's regular season wrapped on Thursday.

The top-seed Wildcats are set to welcome eighth-seeded Emmanuel College at 8PM, while No. 4 USJ hosts in-state rival and fifth-seeded Albertus Magnus College.

The other side of the bracket features longtime GNAC power Lasell University looking to get back to the top, beginning with seventh-seeded Regis College. The Lasets will host Regis at Brandeis University Saturday at 7:30 PM, while SJC takes on sixth-seeded Elms College at 2PM in the Blazers' first-ever program appearance in the GNAC Tournament.

Quarterfinals - Saturday, Oct. 30
#8 Emmanuel at #1 JWU - 8PM
#5 Albertus Magnus at #4 USJ - 7PM
#6 Elms at #3 Saint Joseph's Maine - 2PM
#7 Regis vs. #2 Lasell - 7:30 PM (at Brandeis)

Semifinals - Wednesday, Nov. 3
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.