Article courtesy of GNAC communications.

The 2011 GNAC Women's Lacrosse Playoff pairings are now available. The reigning 2010 GNAC tournament champions, Norwich University (8-0, 8-2) clinched first place in the conference. The Cadets played an extraordinary regular season, going undefeated in conference play and only suffering two overall losses to non-conference opponents.

The 2011 season was yet another highly competitive year for women's lacrosse. Lasell College earned a second place finish with their only loss of the GNAC season coming to the Cadets (7-1, 10-5). Emerson (6-2, 6-8) earned a third place finish and Simmons (5-3, 7-4) took fourth place. Rounding out the final two playoff spots is #5 Mount Ida and #6 Rivier College.

The GNAC tournament will be a six team tournament bracket with the Quarter Finals beginning Wednesday April 27th at the #3 Emerson and #4 Simmons. The Semi-Finals will occur on Friday, April 29^th at the #1 Norwich and #2 Lasell. Lastly, the Championship game will be Sunday, May 1st at the highest remaining seed.

Please see the link below for an updated view of the Tournament Bracket.

Tournament Bracket

Rankings and Schedule:

#1 Norwich              8-0

#2 Lasell                 7-1

#3 Emerson             6-2 

#4 Simmons            5-3

#5 Mount Ida           4-4

#6 Rivier                 3-5

Wednesday, April 27th: QUARTER FINALS

Game 1: #5 Mount Ida College @ #4 Simmons College- 7:00pm

Game 2: #6 Rivier College @ #3 Emerson College- 6:30pm

Friday, April 29th: SEMI-FINALS

Game 3: Winner of Game 1 @ #1 Norwich- 4:00pm

Game 4: Winner of Game 2 @ #2 Lasell- 3:30pm

Sunday, May 1st: CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 @ highest remaining seed