Senior Michael Mashkevich (right) and junior Tim Fayed have led the Skyhawks to their fifth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. |
Stonehill Earns Fifth-Straight NCAA Tournament Bid
Sixth-seeded Skyhawks will face third-seeded Bentley May 6 at Queens
EASTON, Mass. (April 28, 2010) – Stonehill College has earned its fifth-straight trip to the NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Tournament after being named the sixth-seed in the eight-team East Regional bracket hosted by Queens (N.Y.) College on May 6-7.
Stonehill (13-7, 9-2 NE-10), making its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history overall, are seeded sixth in the regional and will play an opening round match with third-seeded and rival Bentley University (16-5, 11-0 NE-10), regular season and tournament champions of the Northeast-10 Conference, on Thursday, May 6 at 11 a.m. Second-seeded Queens (17-2, 3-0 ECC) will face seventh-seeded Dowling College (8-4, 2-1 ECC) on the other side of the East Region Bracket #2 at 9 a.m. The winners will play on Friday at 9 a.m., for a spot in the NCAA Division II Championships in Altamonte Springs, Fla., May 12-15.
Queens is hosting both brackets of the East Regional, with top-seeded Concordia (N.Y.) College (22-3, 12-0 CACC), fourth-seeded Merrimack College (13-5, 10-1 NE-10), fifth-seeded Philadelphia University (19-6, 10-2 CACC) and eighth-seeded Adelphi University (9-7, 7-4 NE-10) making up East Region Bracket #1.
Stonehill, winners of six of its last seven after being edged by Merrimack, 5-2, in the NE-10 semifinals last week, are led by senior Michael Mashkevich (Goleta, Calif./Framingham (Mass.)), a two-time first team All-Northeast-10 Conference performer at No. 2 singles, and junior Tim Fayed (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury), the 2009 NE-10 Player of the Year and a three-time All-Conference performer. Mashkevich has won his last 12 singles matches and posted a 17-2 record overall to this point, including an 11-0 clip in NE-10 play. Fayed, ranked 13th in the East Region, is 11-3 overall at first singles since returning to the lineup this spring after spending the fall semester in Stonehill's study abroad program. The duo, ranked seventh in the East Region, have also combined to post a 13-4 record at first doubles, earning second team All-NE-10 honors.
Sophomore Aaron Bergeron (Gorham, Maine/Gorham) joined Mashkevich on the All-Northeast-10 first team at sixth singles, carrying a 15-4 singles record into the NCAA Tournament.
Stonehill has also earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The five-straight NCAA Tournament bids are tied for second most in Stonehill history along with the women's basketball team's current five-year run. They trail women's basketball's nine-straight NCAA Tournament bids from 1991-98.
2010 NCAA II Men's
Tennis
East Regionals
(hosted by Queens (N.Y.) College, Flushing,
N.Y.)
Thursday, May
6
Bracket #2
#7 Dowling (8-4, 2-1 NE-10) at #2 Queens (17-2, 3-0 NE-10), 9
a.m.
#6 Stonehill (13-7, 9-2 NE-10) vs. #3 Bentley (16-5, 11-0
NE-10), 11 a.m.
Bracket #1
#8 Adelphi (9-7, 7-4 NE-10) vs. #1 Concordia (22-3, 12-0 CACC), 2
p.m.
#5 Philadelphia (19-6, 10-2 CACC) vs. #4 Merrimack (13-5, 10-1
NE-10), 4 p.m.
Friday, May 7
Bracket #2 winners, 9 a.m.
Bracket #1 winner, 11 a.m.
