May 4, 2010
Men's Tennis Learns NCAA Opponent, Destination Tonight
HAMDEN,
Conn. - The 2010 Northeast Conference Champion Quinnipiac
University men's tennis team will learn its NCAA Tournament
opponent and destination this evening between 5-6 p.m., when the
pairings are unveiled on ESPNews. The third-seeded Bobcats earned
the NEC Championship by defeating a pair of teams that had defeated
them in the regular season. QU edged second-seeded Fairleigh
Dickinson, 4-3, in the semifinals, before outlasting top-seeded
Sacred Heart, 4-3, in the finals.
This year's
title marks the fourth time in the last seven years that the
Bobcats have reached the NCAA Tournament. In 2004, the Bobcats
faced Harvard in the first round, while Quinnipiac met Illinois in
2005. In 2006, the Bobcats traveled to Stanford.