UPDATE: In order to better accomodate travel and the safety of the student-athletes, coaches and spectators in light of the upcoming snowstorm, the ECAC administration has amended the championship bracket, where the No. 5 Presidents will now travel to No. 3 Waynesburg on Wednesday, March 4 at 5:30 p.m.
The Yellow Jackets won both of the Presidents' Athletic Conference match-ups between the two teams and W&J will be looking for revenge in the post-season match-up.
No. 6 Marywood will now travel to No. 4 Moravian, while the third quarterfinal, No. 7 Delaware Valley at No. 2 Lebanon Valley remains unchanged.
The winner of W&J/Waynesburg will square off with the winner of DVC/LVC at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 at No. 1 seed Albright.
------------------------------------------DANBURY, Conn. -- The Washington & Jefferson women's basketball team earned a bid to the 2015 ECAC Division III South Tournament, which begins on Wednesday, March 4.
The Presidents claimed the fifth seed and will travel to Bethlehem, Pa., for a 6 p.m. tip-off against fourth-seeded Moravian. The game will be contested at Johnston Hall on Moravian's campus. For Directions and the address to the facility,
click here.
Albright (20-7) earned the top seed and a quarterfinal bye before hosting the semifinals and finals on Saturday-Sunday, March 7-8. The winner of the W&J-Moravian game will take on Albright on Saturday at 2 p.m. Lebanon Valley (18-9) secured the second seed and will host seventh-seeded Delaware Valley (13-13), while number three seed Waynesburg (15-11) will welcome sixth seed Marywood (16-10) in the final quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Moravian enters the contest with a 14-11 overall record after going 10-6 and missing the Landmark Conference tournament. Head coach Mary Beth Spirk is in her 28th year at the helm and has the Greyhounds in their 25th postseason appearance under her leadership.W&J tied Albright for the best record in the field at 20-7 overall after posting a 13-5 showing in the PAC. Under the direction of 11th-year head coach
Jina DeRubbo, the Presidents will be making their sixth ECAC Tournament appearance, previously winning championships in 1994 and 2008.
The Presidents and the Greyhounds have met three times previously, with W&J holding a 2-1 record in those match-ups.
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