Waterville, ME - Northern Vermont University-Lyndon has been seeded fourth in the East Division for the North Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championships.  The Hornets will travel to top seed Maine Maritime Academy for a quarterfinal contest at 5:30 pm on Friday evening.

The Hornets and Mariners played back to back games in Castine during the regular season, with Maine Maritime emerging victorious both times.  In the first meeting on January 27th, the Mariners jumped out to a 20-3 lead and cruised to a 76-40 victory.  Maria Barela paced the Mariners with 14 points and eight rebounds, while Sage Smith (Colebrook, NH) led Lyndon with eight points and eight rebounds.

The two teams ran it back the following day.  In that contest, the Hornets got off to a strong start and led by two points after the first quarter.  The Mariners used a big second quarter run to grab control of the game, then pulled away for a 79-40 win.  Jacquelin Castro came of the bench to lead MMA with a game high 26 points on 11/12 shooting and eight rebounds.  Smith again topped the Lyndon scorers, finishing with 15 points.

The winner of Friday's Lyndon-Maine Maritime matchup will advance to the semifinals and face the winner of Friday's other quarterfinal at Farmington between #2 Husson University and #3 University of Maine at Presque Isle.  The semifinal will be played at 2:00 pm on Saturday at Maine Maritime.

Two other quarterfinal contests will be played at SUNY Polytechnic Institute on Friday.  The host and top seeded Wildcats and #4 seed Northern Vermont University-Johnson will tip off at 5:30 pm, with #2 SUNY Cobleskill and #3 SUNY Canton to follow in the nightcap.  The winners of those games will play on Saturday in the semifinals.

The two teams who emerge from this weekend's quarterfinals and semifinals will play for the NAC Championship on Saturday, February 25th.  The NAC champion will earn automatic qualification to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship Tournament.

For full details for the 2023 NAC Women's Basketball Championship can be found HERE.