Gulls earn top seed in ECAC Tournament

Nov. 11, 2008

BEVERLY, Mass. - The Endicott College field hockey team continues its postseason schedule when it hosts an ECAC Semifinal match on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The Gulls will host the winner of the No.5 Worcester State/ No. 4 St. Joseph's game that will be held on Wednesday November, 12. The Gulls have been to the ECAC tournament the past six seasons and will look to win their second ECAC Championship.

The Gulls narrowly missed out on their first ever TCCC Championship last weekend as New England College took down the Gulls 1-0 in a game played at Endicott. NEC's Kate Carnaroli (Bellingham, Mass.) scored the game winning goal in the 60th minute of a defensive battle to win the TCCC title for the Pilgrims. With the win, NEC earned the automatic qualifier bid into the NCAA tournament as well as their seventh consecutive TCCC Championship.

Endicott now looks to win its second ECAC Championship in the program's history. The Gulls have a collection of first round exits in five of the past six years but were able to win the title in the 2006-2007 campaign.

The rest of the ECAC field includes a matchup between No. 6 Becker and No. 3 Westfield State in a game to be played on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. No.7 Framingham and No. 2 Plymouth State will face off on Wednesday as well in a game to be played at 1:30 p.m. The Gulls have earned a first round bye as the No. 1 seed and will face the winner of No.5 Worcester State/ No. 4 St. Joseph's who will play Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.