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Becker College Athletics Releases 2011-12 Men's & Women's Basketball Schedules
Leicester, Mass.- Becker College has released their 2011-12 men's and women's basketball schedules.
The men's team is coming off their first NCAA Tournament appearance, where they came from behind to defeat Scranton University 80-73 in the opening round. The men will begin the 2011 season on Thursday, November 17th, when they host Rhode Island College at 7:00 p.m. The men will then go on the road for three games against Brandeis University, Anna Maria and Fitchburg State, before returning home on December 3rd to host cross town rival WPI.
The Hawks will open conference play on December 10th, when the host the Nighhawks of Newbury College at 3p.m. After the holiday break the men get back to work on January 2nd, when the welcome Saint Joe's of Maine to the Leicester Gymnasium for a 3 o'clock tip-off. The Hawks will then host Albertus Magnus on Thursday, January 5th, at 3'o'clock. Albertus handed Becker their first loss last season, 99-82.
After the Albertus game, the Hawks final fifteen games are New
England Collegiate Conference contests, including two against the
three time defending champion Elms College. Becker will travel to
Elms on Tuesday, January 10th, before the Blazers return
to Leicester on Tuesday, February 7th, for the first
time since the NECC Final Four.
The men’s basketball schedule is a very challenging
one; which consists of four teams that made the NCAA
Tournament and three teams that made the ECAC New England
Tournament last year.
The women's basketball team will be looking to build upon a
successful 2010-2011 campaign that saw the Lady Hawks not only win
their final five regular season games, but also advanced to the
NECC Final Four.
The women's team will open the 2011 season by hosting Worcester State University in the Worcester City Tournament on Friday, November 18th at 7:30 p.m. After playing their first four games at the home, the Lady Hawks will take to the road on December 6th when they start their New England Collegiate Conference schedule at Regis. On Thursday, December 8th, the women will travel down Route 56 to play Anna Maria at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Hawks will then host Newbury College on Saturday, December 10th, in a rematch of last season's NECC quarterfinals. Becker will finish out the 2011 portion of their schedule when they travel to UMass Dartmouth on December 12th, at 7.p.m.
After the holiday break the Lady Hawks return to action on Saturday, January 7th, when they travel to Elms College for the start of eight consecutive NECC games, five of them being played on the road. After a non-conference game on January 26th at Framingham State University the Lady Hawks finish out their regular season schedule with eight more NECC games, including home games against Regis, Lesley, Bay Path, Wheelock and Elms.
