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Navy Earns No. 1 Seed for 2008 Men's Southern Division Championship
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The United States Naval Academy will enter the 2008 postseason in familiar territory as the Midshipmen were voted the No. 1 seed for the 2008 Southern Division Championship on November 7-9 at Princeton University's DeNunzio Pool.
Voted on by the Southern Division
coaches from both the East and West regions, the seedings weigh
conference head-to-head matchups between the division teams and all
other meetings, including non-conference games, from throughout the
season. In addition, the national poll rankings have bearing on the
voting.
Navy, which earned the No. 1 seed the past two seasons on the way
to winning the Southern and Eastern championships, was a unanimous
selection as the top team by the division's coaches as the
Midshipmen are followed by Princeton University, Bucknell
University, Mercyhurst College, Johns Hopkins University, Gannon
University, George Washington University, Washington &
Jefferson College, Penn State Erie-The Behrend College and Salem
International University in the seedings.
The Midshipmen's fellow Eastern Region institutions Princeton University and Bucknell University were also unanimous selections as the Tigers and Bison enter the field as the No. 2 and 3 seeds. Division II Eastern Champion Mercyhurst College is the top seeded Western Region team as the Lakers earned the No. 4 seed to edge out Division III Eastern Champion and No. 5 seed Johns Hopkins University of the East Region.
The Western Region controls most of the No. 6 through 10 seeds as Gannon, Washington & Jefferson, Penn State Behrend and Salem International earned the No. 5, 8, 9 and 10 seeds, while George Washington of the Eastern Region garnered the No. 7 seed.
The seedings mark the third consecutive year the Southern Division coaches have voted to seed the tournament as previously seeds were awarded based on each teams finish in their respective regions during the regular season with the top seed awarded to the division that won the Southern Division title the previous season.
The 2008 Southern Division Championship will begin at 8:00 p.m. on November 7 at Princeton with two games on November 7, 10 on November 8 and the final five contests on November 9.
