Bryant University will play at Southern Connecticut Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Division II football tournament. The NCAA announced the pairings today.
Bryant (8-2) won the Northeast-10 Conference championship Saturday with a 29-3 victory over Bentley. Southern Connecticut (8-3) finished second but was seeded ahead of Bryant in the Northeast Region as a result of its 56-28 victory over Bryant Nov. 2 at New Haven
California (Pa.), 11-0, is seeded first and Shepherd College of West Virginia, 9-1, second. They have first-round byes. Third-seeded West Chester, 9-2, will host sixth-seeded Indiana (Pa.), 8-2, in the other first-round regional game.
The Bryant-Southern Connecticut winner will play at California and the West Chester-Indiana winner at Shepherd next week.
This is Bryant second consecutive trip to the D-II playoffs. The Bulldogs lost to West Chester last year.
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