MAAC Receives Automatic Qualification Into NCAA Women\'s Lacrosse Championship

Courtesy: MAAC Sports Release: 1 0/21/2009

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Edison, NJ – For the first time since 2003 the MAAC will receive direct entry into the NCAA Women\’s Lacrosse Championship.

From 2004 through 2009, the MAAC champion advanced to an NCAA Play-In Game, where they met another conference\’s champion. The winner received a spot in the 16-team NCAA Championship.

Last season, Fairfield University defeated Sacred Heart in the Play-In Game and advanced to the NCAA Championship, where they fell 10-8 to the University of Pennsylvania. The MAAC is 2-1 in the last three Play-In Games.

The MAAC received direct entry to the NCAA Championship in 2002 and 2003, the first two years it received an automatic bid.

Direct entry into the NCAA Championship is determined by a conference\’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI).