HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College women's basketball team will continue its exhilarating 2017-18 season in the NCAA tournament. Haverford learned on Monday afternoon that it will head to the Ashland, Va. campus of Randolph-Macon College to face off with Christopher Newport (23-4) in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Division III tournament. The meeting will be the first between the two squads.
Haverford (21-6) earns an at-large selection after falling to Gettysburg in the Centennial Conference Championship game on Saturday night by a final score of 44-35.
The Fords will be making their second trip to the NCAA tournament after reaching the second round during the 2013-14 campaign. Haverford traveled to Ithaca College for the first and second round contests that season, besting Rhode Island College in the first round before falling to the host Bombers in second round action.
Christopher Newport enters the contest as the ODAC runner-up after dropping a thrilling championship game to Marymount (Va). The Captains will be making their 19th tournament appearance and the fifth in the last five years. Christopher Newport advanced to the Final Four a season ago.
Host Randolph-Macon will face off with Valley Forge in the other game in the regional. Randolph-Macon is one of 16 schools hosting a regional in the upcoming weekend. The winner of each regional will advance to Sectionals on March 9-10.
More details on the Ashland Regional, including start times and other important information regarding ticketing and parking will be available later this week.