ECAC Women's Basketball Tournament this Weekend

From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information:

Keene State College will host the semifinal and championship rounds of ECAC Division III New England Women’s Basketball Tournament this weekend at Spaulding Gym.

Looking for its first-ever ECAC Division III title, Keene State (18-9) will face fourth seed WPI (20-9) in Saturday’s first semifinal game at 1 p.m. Second seed Regis College (20-9) takes on sixth seed Plymouth State (16-10) in the second semifinal game at 3 p.m. The two semifinal winners will play for the championship on Sunday (1 p.m.).

The Owls are familiar with several teams remaining in the field. Earlier this season, KSC defeated Regis (73-64). They split their two games against rival Plymouth State, losing on the road (62-59) and winning at home (66-48). Keene State played in the WPI tournament back in 2007, defeating the Engineers (52-41) in the finals Keene State is making its fifth trip to the ECAC tournament. Last year, the Owls lost to top-seed Nichols College in the semifinals 58-53. In 2006, KSC dropped a first-round game to Emmanuel (73-64). They advanced to the semifinals round of the 2002 tournament before losing to Plymouth State (73-57). The following year, they dropped a quarterfinal game to Colby-Sawyer (52-48).

The Owls won the ECAC Championship as a Division II member in 1988 and 1989, and also reached the championship game in 1993.

For more on this year’s team — and to follow the tournament — visit the KSC Athletics site.