The St. Thomas Aquinas College women's basketball team takes the #5 seed into the the East Region of the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament, setting the stage for a first round battle against #4 LeMoyne College. The East Regional will be hosted by top seeded University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, PA, with STAC and LeMoyne playing the final game of day one on Friday, March 15, at 7:30 pm.

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St. Thomas Aquinas captured the East Coast Conference regular-season title and with a 26-4 overall record, the have earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tourney. The Spartans posted a 17-1 record in conference play, and are making their second straight NCAA Tourney appearance, winning last year's first round contest against Caldwell University.

The winner of that first round game will advance to meet the winner of the #1 University of the Sciences battle with ECC Tournament champs and #8 seed NYIT.

2019 NCAA DIVISION II WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EAST REGION
No. 1 seed – University of the Sciences (30-4, 17-2 CACC)... CACC South Division Champions (at large bid)
No. 2 seed – Bentley University (28-3, 20-1 NE10)… NE10 Northeast Division Champions (at large bid)
No. 3 seed – Jefferson University (26-6, 16-3 CACC)… CACC Tournament Champions (automatic bid)
No. 4 seed – LeMoyne College (24-5, 15-5 NE10)… NE10 Tournament Champions (automatic bid)
No. 5 seed – St. Thomas Aquinas College (26-4, 17-1 ECC)… ECC Regular Season Champions (at large bid)
No. 6 seed – Stonehill College (19-9, 14-2 ECC)… NE10 Northeast Division Runners-up (at large bid)
No. 7 seed – St. Anselm College (19-9, 13-8 CACC)… NE10 Northeast Division 3rd Place (at large bid)
No. 8 seed – New York Institute of Technology (23-8, 12-6 ECC)… ECC Tournament Champions (automatic bid)

Friday, March 15 (East Region Quarterfinals)

Game 1 (12:00 p.m.): No. 3 (#10) Jefferson vs. No. 6 Stonehill

Game 2 (2:30 p.m.): No. 2 (#12) Bentley vs. No. 7 St. Anselm

Game 3 (5:00 p.m.): No. 1 (#6) USciences vs. No. 8 NYIT

Game 4 (7:30 p.m.): No. 4 (#RV) Le Moyne vs. No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas

 

Saturday, March 16 (East Region Semifinals)

Game 5 (5:00 p.m.): Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner

Game 6 (7:30 p.m.): Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

 

Monday, March 18 (East Region Final)

Game 7 (7:00 p.m.): Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner

 

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