Women's Basketball Yankee Conference Tournament Preview

Women's Basketball Yankee Conference Tournament Preview

Concord, NH - This year's Yankee Small College Conference Elite-8 Tournament will be held on the campus of NHTI in Concord, NH.  The Lady Mustangs enter the tournament unblemished in conference play (16-0) for the second straight year, and have earned the #1 seed in the Elite-8 Tournament.  The YSCC Regular Season Champions have won 24 straight games and are looking for their second straight Yankee Conference Tournament Championship.

Women's Basketball Final YSCC Standings:
1. Central Maine
2. UMaine-Augusta
3. Southern Maine Community College
4. NHTI
5. UMaine-Machias
6. Vermont Tech 

The tournament kicks off Thursday with the following games:
6:00pm #4 NHTI vs. #5 UMaine-Machias
8:00pm #3 Southern Maine Community College vs. #6 Vermont Tech

The All-Conference Awards Presentation will take place Friday at noon, on the campus of NHTI.

Your #1 seeded Lady Mustangs will play Saturday at noon against the winner of the NHTI/UMaine-Machias game.  The winner of this semi-final game will play in Sunday's championship contest at noon time.

Coach Morong's comments, "Well, to say these are familiar opponents is an understatement.  No matter who we are matched up with, we will be playing them for the third time this season, which means there is a certain amount of predictability involved.  Our first game of the tournament could be against the host school, and it is never easy to win on another teams court in February.  We just need to focus on playing our best basketball and working as hard as we can.  Everything we've done since late-August has been in preparation for moments like this, and we are looking forward to this opportunity."