Lake Forest College Sports Information
May 5, 2002 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Lake Forest Seeded First In Regional Tourney
Seeded second in the region is Benedictine University (27-14), who Lake Forest swept in a doubleheader at home on April 25th. The number three seed is host Illinois Wesleyan University (31-9). Webster University (27-5) is seeded fourth, Eureka College (21-13) fifth, and Washington University (23-17) sixth. Benedictine and Eureka of the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference and Washington University of the University Athletic Association were three of eight schools in the national field whose conference did not qualify for an automatic bid. Wesleyan won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championship and Webster won the title in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. On Friday (May 10th), day one of the double-elimination regional tournament, Webster will take on Eureka in the opening round and the winner will advance to play Lake Forest. The other half of the bracket has Wesleyan and Washington University playing each other and Benedictine taking on the winner. Play will continue Saturday through Monday (May 11-13th) until all but one team has lost twice. The tournament champion will join the other seven regional winners in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for the NCAA Division III National Tournament, which is scheduled for May 16-20th.
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