ABOUT THE NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE
The Northeast-10 Conference is an NCAA Division II conference that was established in 1979. The conference consists of 15 member institutions located throughout the Northeast in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. The institutions that make up the Northeast-10 are Adelphi University (Garden City, N.Y.), American International College (Springfield, Mass.), Assumption College (Worcester, Mass.), Bentley University (Waltham, Mass.), Franklin Pierce University (Rindge, N.H.), Le Moyne College (Syracuse, N.Y.), Merrimack College (North Andover, Mass.), University of New Haven (West Haven, Conn.), Pace University (Pleasantville, N.Y.), Saint Anselm College (Manchester, N.H.), Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.), The College of Saint Rose (Albany, N.Y.), Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven, Conn.), Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, N.H.), and Stonehill College (Easton, Mass.). The conference’s 15 member institutions are spread geographically from Syracuse, N.Y. to Waltham, Mass. and from Colchester, Vt. to Garden City, N.Y. Many of the members are located in or around the metropolitan areas of Albany, Boston, Manchester, New Haven, Worcester, and New York City. The Northeast-10 was proud to welcome the New Haven and Adelphi in the conference’s latest expansion, adding to the powerful union of strong academic and athletic institutions. The Northeast-10 has evolved into a membership committed to competitive athletics programs that emphasize the education, both on and off the field, of more than 6,000 student athletes. Among the many accomplishments of these institutions are NCAA Division II national championships in women’s basketball, women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, women’s track and field, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Le Moyne claimed the 2013 NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship last May with an 11-10 victory over Mercyhurst in Philadelphia.
The conference is coming off a successful 2012-13 season, as the Le Moyne men’s lacrosse team won the Division II national championship with an 11-10 over Mercyhurst at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. The UMass Lowell field hockey team, now departed for Division I along with the rest of the school’s varsity programs, advanced to the national title game in December 2012. The Adelphi women’s lacrosse, Merrimack field hockey and Saint Rose women’s soccer teams were all national semifinalists. Four Northeast-10 programs also made the national quarterfinals in 2012-13: Franklin Pierce baseball and men’s basketball, New Haven volleyball and So. New Hampshire men’s soccer. Individually, Southern Connecticut’s Amanda Thomas (pictured, right) won the national title in the 200 IM at the 2013 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. The win was her third in the event in as many years, as she graduated a four-time national champion and was twice named Swimmer of the Meet at the NCAA Championships. In all, 50 different Northeast-10 teams representing 15 conference institutions were selected to participate in an NCAA Championship during the 2012-13 academic year. Including cross country, swimming & diving and track & field appearances in NCAA Championships, a total of 80 Northeast-10 teams were national qualifiers. From the field of play to inside the classroom, the Northeast-10 honored a number of student-athletes for their academic accomplishments. Over 50 percent of all conference student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA throughout the 2012-13 academic year and were named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll as a result. An astounding 138 student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall before 184 reached the benchmark in the spring. The Northeast-10 also honored 247 student-athletes as members of its academic all-conference teams.
Southern Connecticut’s Amanda Thomas was named the 2013 NCAA Championship Swimmer of the Meet.
The Northeast-10 also remains focused on its community endeavors, as its fundraising donations for Make-A-Wish is more than any other Division II conference in the country the past decade. The conference also announced a formal partnership last fall with Team IMPACT, a non-profit organization that matches children with life-threatening illnesses with college sports teams. Currently, more than 35 Northeast-10 programs are currently matched with a Team IMPACT teammate. Through the establishment and enforcement of regulations, the conference aims to encourage policies that enable intercollegiate athletics programs to contribute to and be considered an integral part of the total educational offerings at our member institutions. The Northeast-10 can look to a long history of success including the growth from seven original member institutions to more than double its size 34 years later, the contention for and winning of multiple national championships, and the recognition of student-athlete performances off the field and in the classroom.
2014 NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Tuesday, April 22 – First Round #6 Assumption at #3 Bentley - 2:00 p.m. #5 Stonehill at #4 Adelphi - 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 24 – Semifinals Adelphi/Stonehill winner at #1 Merrimack - 2:00 p.m. Bentley/Assumption winner at #2 So. New Hampshire - 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 26 – Championship at highest remaining seed - 1:00 p.m.
#1 MERRIMACK COLLEGE (12-7, 10-0 NE-10) Name Year Hometown / Previous School Chris Barnhart Sr. Longmeadow, Mass. / Longmeadow James Barnhart Fr. Longmeadow, Mass. / Longmeadow Miguel Belfort So. Caracas, Venezuela / I. E. Henry Clay Vince Bellino Jr. Amesbury, Mass. / Andover Matt Lipinski So. Arlington, Mass. / Arlington Nick Majewski Fr. Brewster, Mass. / Nauset Regional Matt Pronesti So. Mission Viejo, Calif./Advantage Tennis Acad. Tayyab Sheikh Fr. Longmeadow, Mass. / Longmeadow Head Coach: Peter Arsenault (Merrimack ‘06), First Season Assistant Coaches: Liam Hoare, Max Eppley, Andy Severance, Brian Reilly
#2 SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY (16-5, 8-2 NE-10) Name Year Hometown / Previous School Connor Craig So. West Warwick, R.I. / West Warwick Mark Dobek So. Westfield, Mass. / Saint Mary Mitch Dobek Sr. Westfield, Mass. / Saint Mary / WNEC Evan Eaton Jr. Winchester, Mass. / New Hampton Brad Malenich Jr. Sharon, Mass. / Sharon Alex Mukdaprakorn Sr. Hartford, Conn./Rocky Hill/Branford Hall Mike Wallace Jr. Mount Vernon, N.Y. / Salesian Dragomir Zivanovic Fr. Belgrade, Serbia / Third Belgrade Head Coach: Greg Coache (Springfield ‘80), Fifth Season Assistant Coaches: Frank Campolo, Rebecca Roy, Brent Noury
#3 BENTLEY UNIVERSITY (10-7, 8-2 NE-10) Name
Year
Hometown / Previous School
Jonathan Benoit Fr. Cotuit, Mass. / Cape Cod Academy Evan Chomka So. Warwick, R.I. / Bishop Hendricken Alex DeMuth Jr. Shaker Heights, Ohio / Univ. School Sam Frye So. Redlands, Calif. / Redlands Samuel Klau Fr. San Juan, Puerto Rico Robinson School Peter Koopman Jr. Whitinsville, Mass./Whitinsville Christian Jerry Liang Fr. Shanghai, China / Shanghai American Felipe Palacios So. Bogota, Columbia/Colegio Nueva Granada Kamil Pilch So. Wroclaw, Poland / IMG Pendleton Jimmy Rindo Sr. Lowell, Mass. / Lowell Chase Rosa Fr. Hampton, N.H. / Berwick Academy Andrew Waddington Sr. Granby, Conn. / Granby Memorial Head Coach: Rick Edelmann (Saint Michael’s ‘87), First Season Assistant Coach: Michael Kopelman
#4 ADELPHI UNIVERSITY (10-6, 8-2 NE-10) Name Year Hometown / Previous School Sander Brenner So. Port Washington, N.Y./Paul D. Schreiber Richard Ferguson Sr. Franklin Square, N.Y. / Holy Trinity Uladzislau Litvinchuk So. Brest, Belarus / School Number 14 Chiwete Njokanma Jr. Lagos, Nigeria / Atlantic Hall Jason Strudwick Fr. Valhalla, N.Y. / Valhalla Justin Vijungco Jr. Forest Hills, N.Y. / Forest Hills Ryan Villarruel Jr. Staten Island, N.Y. / St. Peter’s Boys Sebastian Zapata So. Toronto, Ontario / Northview Heights Head Coach: Michael Misiti (Fordham ‘07), Second Season Assistant Coach: Nikola Hubnerova
#5 STONEHILL COLLEGE (12-8, 6-4 NE-10) Name Year Hometown / Previous School Tom Alaimo Jr. North Andover, Mass./Central Catholic Brett Armstrong Sr. Manville, R.I./Mount Saint Charles Acad. William Brosnan So. Garden City, N.Y. / Chaminade Jared Drzal Jr. West Sayville, N.Y. / Sayville Sam Holland Fr. Falmouth, Maine / Falmouth Nick Hyzak Sr. Guilford, Conn. / Guilford Philip Klados So. Lake Forest, Calif./Santa Margarita Cath. Eric Ringstad Jr. Fairbanks, Alaska / Monroe Catholic Jonathan Sanders Jr. Holbrook, N.Y. / St. Anthony’s Gerard Tierney So. Marshfield, Mass. / Marshfield Larry Tran So. Reading, Mass. / Reading Memorial Taylor Whitcomb Sr. Round Top, N.Y. / Cairo-Durham Head Coach: Peter Miller (Stonehill ‘75), 34th season Assistant Coach: Michael Jasper
#6 ASSUMPTION COLLEGE (9-7, 5-5 NE-10) Name Year Hometown / Previous School Michael Breen Gr. Holden, Mass. / Saint John’s Matt Drolet Gr. Cumberland, R.I. / Mt. St. Charles Casey Hodor Fr. Wickford, R.I. / Bishop Hendricken Tom Knight Fr. Wilbraham, Mass. / Minnechaug Andrew LaMonica Fr. York, Maine / York Marco Leung Fr. Macao/The Int’l School of Macao Viljami Rahnasto So. Vantaa, Finland Zack Slepchuk Fr. Holyoke, Mass. / Saint Mary’s Matthew Surprenant So. Norwich, Conn. / Saint Bernard’s Chris Waung Fr. Bolton, Conn. / East Catholic Jakob Zylak Fr. Dunbar, N.H. / Coe Brown Head Coach: Dan Munsey (Colby-Sawyer ‘07), First Season
2014 NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
2013-14 Northeast-10 Men’s Tennis Final Standings
Conference Overall GP Record Win % GP Record Win % Merrimack 10 10-0 1.000 19 12-7 0.632 So. New Hampshire 10 8-2 0.800 21 16-5 0.762 Adelphi 10 8-2 0.800 16 10-6 0.625 Bentley 10 8-2 0.800 17 10-7 0.588 Stonehill 10 6-4 0.600 20 12-8 0.600 Assumption 10 5-5 0.500 16 9-7 0.562 Le Moyne 10 4-6 0.400 14 5-9 0.357 Franklin Pierce 10 3-7 0.300 12 4-8 0.333 Saint Michael’s 10 2-8 0.200 15 2-13 0.133 American Int’l 10 1-9 0.100 11 1-10 0.091 Saint Anselm 10 0-10 0.000 11 0-11 0.000 * Regular-Season Champion
Northeast-10 Men’s Tennis All-Time Championship Standings Team Yrs. W - L Pct. Semis Finals Titles Runner Up Assumption 10 22 - 2 .917 8 8 8 0 Bentley 13 19 - 12 .612 12 6 2 4 Merrimack 10 10 - 8 .555 6 4 2 2 Franklin Pierce 5 6 - 5 .545 4 2 0 2 Stonehill 14 11 - 13 .458 8 2 1 1 So. New Hampshire 9 6 - 9 .400 4 2 0 2 Adelphi 4 2 - 4 .333 2 0 0 0 Pace 11 3 - 11 .214 2 1 0 1 Saint Michael’s 9 2 - 9 .181 1 0 0 0 Le Moyne 8 0 - 8 .000 0 0 0 0 Saint Anselm 4 0 - 4 .000 0 0 0 0 American Int’l 1 0 - 1 .000 0 0 0 0 Bryant * 9 12 - 8 .600 9 3 1 2 * Former conference member Updated through 2013 Championship
Northeast-10 Men’s Tennis Championship History Year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
School Hartford Hartford Springfield Springfield Springfield - Bentley
Runner Up - - - - - - - Bentley/Springfield - Quinnipiac - Springfield - Bryant - Bryant - Springfield - Bentley - Quinnipiac - Quinnipiac - Assumption -
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Year School Runner Up 2000 Assumption Bryant 2001 Assumption Pace 2002 Assumption Bryant 2003 Assumption Franklin Pierce 2004 Assumption Bentley 2005 Assumption Franklin Pierce 2006 Assumption Bentley 2007 Assumption Bentley 2008 Bryant Stonehill 2009 Stonehill Merrimack 2010 Bentley Merrimack 2011 Bentley So. New Hampshire 2012 Merrimack Bentley 2013 Merrimack So. New Hampshire Team vs. Team Tournament Format Began in 2000
Score 5-0 5-1 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 5-3 5-0 5-4 5-1 5-1