INDIANAPOLIS- The Eckerd women's basketball team will play in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year.
The No. 8 Tritons (24-5) earned the No. 2 seed in the South Region after earning an at-large bid on Sunday and will face the No. 7 seed, Nova Southeastern, on Friday in the first round. The tournament is hosted by top-seeded Tampa at the Bob Martinez Center.
It marks the seventh time in eight seasons that head coach Paul Honsinger '98 has appeared in the tournament. Honsinger elevated the program to the national stage in 2014-15.
The matchup with the Sharks will be the third contest of the season between the two squads. Eckerd won the first two contests, 93-83, in overtime on the road and 80-63 at home two weeks ago.
NSU (21-8) is led by Madison Frederick, who averages 17.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, and Hailey Conley, who averages 13.9 points per game.
Eckerd was one of four Sunshine State Conference schools to advance to the regional tournament along with No. 1 Tampa, No. 5 Lynn, and No. 7 Nova Southeastern. The remaining qualifiers are No. 3 Union, No. 4 Lee, and No. 6 Valdosta State, No. 8 Tuskegee.
Game times for the first round will be announced on Monday.
