CHESTNUT HILL TO HOST THIS WEEKEND'S WOMEN'S LACROSSE AND MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENTS

April 25, 2014

CHESTNUT HILL TO HOST THIS WEEKEND'S WOMEN'S LACROSSE AND MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENTS

New Haven, Conn. (4/25/14) It will be busy weekend of the campus of Chestnut Hill College as the Griffins will host the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men’s Tennis and Women’s Lacrosse Championships on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27. Further information regarding the championships, including the individual sport home pages, are available on the CACC website at www.caccathletics.org.

Courtesy of the CACC Office

New Haven, Conn. (4/25/14) It will be busy weekend of the campus of Chestnut Hill College as the Griffins will host the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Tennis and Women's Lacrosse Championships on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27. Further information regarding the championships, including the individual sport home pages, are available on the CACC website at www.caccathletics.org.

#1 South seed Philadelphia University will be looking for its first CACC Women's Lacrosse Tournament Championship since 2009 beginning with its semifinal match against #2 North seed Dominican College at 12 Noon on Saturday. Three of the four participants in this year's final four have claimed a tournament championship, including #2 South seed and two-time defending tournament champion, Holy Family University who will take on #1 North seed and 2010 and 2011 champion Georgian Court University at 2 p.m. The two semifinal winners will battle for the CACC Women's Lacrosse Championship at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 27.

Concordia College will be searching for its fifth-consecutive CACC Men's Tennis Tournament Championship this weekend. The #6 nationally ranked Clippers will be the #1 seed once again in the tournament and will battle Post University at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. Following that match will be semifinal #2 with the hosts, Chestnut Hill, defending their #2 seed against #3 seed University of the Sciences at 1 p.m. The CACC Men's Tennis Championship match and automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament will be contested on Sunday, April 27 at Noon.

The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference composed of 14 institutions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The member institutions are Bloomfield College, Caldwell College, Chestnut Hill College, Concordia (NY) College, Dominican (N.Y.) College, Felician College, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Nyack College, Philadelphia University, Post University, University of the Sciences and Wilmington University.

Saturday, April 26 at Chestnut Hill

10 a.m. - CACC Men's Tennis Semifinal #1: #1 Concordia vs. #4 Post
Noon - CACC Women's Lacrosse Semifinal #1: #1S Philadelphia U. vs. #2N Dominican
1 p.m. - CACC Men's Tennis Semifinal #2: #2 Chestnut Hill vs. #3 USciences
2 p.m. - CACC Women's Lacrosse Semifinal #2: #1N Georgian Court vs. #2S Holy Family

Sunday, April 27 at Chestnut Hill

11 a.m. - CACC Women's Lacrosse Championship
Noon - CACC Men's Tennis Championship

CACC Men's Tennis Championship Home Page: http://www.caccathletics.org/sports/mten/2013-14/championship

CACC Women's Lacrosse Championship Home Page: http://www.caccathletics.org/sports/wlax/2013-14/championship

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.