Skyhawks Earn Bids to NCAA Championships

March 08, 2010

The Skyhawk basketball teams have both earned bids to the NCAA Division II Championships. The men's team was named the top seed and will host the East Regionals, beginning Saturday, March 13. The Skyhawks will play Felican College in one of four quarterfinal match-ups at Merkert Gymnasium that day. The women's team, seeded third, will face sixth-seeded Bentley College on Friday, March 12 in Fitchburg.

This marks the tenth NCAA bid for the men while the women have now earned 20 bids to the NCAA Tournament. The men hosted the East Regional Championships in 2006 when they advanced to the Final Four. The women reached the East Regional final last season before falling to eventual national runners-up Franklin Pierce.

For complete coverage of the NCAA Championships, including schedules and ticket info, visit www.stonehillskyhawks.com.

In other athletics news, first-year Corey Thomas was named the USTFCCCA Division II East Region Male Field Athlete of the Year and the Northeast-10 Male Athlete of the Year. He is the first East Region Field Athlete of the Year in program history.

Thomas is ranked first in Division II for the high jump entering this weekend's NCAA Division II Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. He regained the top spot for the second time this season when he cleared a school-record 7'2.25" to capture the New England Championship last weekend at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center.   

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