COLBY BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE NINTH TIMEWATERVILLE, Maine -- Colby College, the fifth-ranked and New England Small College Athletic Conference champions, received an opening round bye and will begin NCAA Division III Tournament play next Sunday in the second round
The Mules will travel to Middlebury College for the second weekend in a row. The Panthers and Plymouth State play an opening round game Saturday. Colby will face the winner of that game on Sunday.
Should the Mules advance past the second round, Colby will play the winner of the Denison College/Brockport State game in the third round.
The Mules (15-3 overall) will be making their ninth appearance in the NCAA tourney. Colby has made the national quarterfinals four times.
Colby received an automatic bid to the national tourney after Sunday's 13-9 win over Trinity College in the NESCAC championship game.
Colby's favorite number was 20 on Sunday. The Mules won their 20th NESCAC playoff game after No. 20 Emilie Klein led the way with four goals. The upcoming NCAA game will be the 20th in school history, with the Mules holding an 11-8 record.
Besides Colby and Middlebury, the NESCAC has Trinity, Hamilton College, and Wesleyan University heading to the national tourney.
Printable bracket:
http://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/ ... 3_2017.pdfCOLBY'S NCAA APPEARANCES
2006
Plymouth State, 21-5 win, first round
Bowdoin, 11-8 loss, second round
2008
Eastern Connecticut, 19-3 win, first round
Hamilton, 13-6 loss, second round
2009
Middlebury, 9-3 loss, second round
2010
Southern Maine, 16-5 win, first round
Cortland, 10-9 win, second round
Hamilton, 14-9 loss, quarterfinal
2011
Norwich, 17-4 win, first round
Hamilton, 6-5 win, second round
Cortland, 15-4 loss, quarterfinal
2012
Endicott, 21-5 win, first round
Messiah, 16-5 win, second round
Trinity, 7-5 loss, quarterfinal
2013
Lasell, 19-3 win, first round
College of New Jersey, 11-9 loss, second round
2014
Plymouth State, 16-5 win, first round
Williams, 8-6 win, second round
Cortland, 16-7 loss, quarterfinal