The Simmons tennis team was awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2008 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament.  The Sharks completed the regular season with a 9-5 overall record, and first place finish in the GNAC Conference with a 7-0 league mark.

"We're very excited for the GNAC tournament," said Head Coach Bob Rauseo.  "Not only are we coming off of a great showing at the NEWITT, we're healthy which is a bonus at this point in the season.  At this point, we're only concerned with playing the Emerson.  It should be a good match."

As the top seed in the GNAC Tournament, Simmons will play host to fifth seed Emerson College who defeated Emmanuel, 5-3 yesterday.  Simmons will kick off its 12th appearance in the GNAC Tournament on Saturday, October 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Winchester Indoor Club in Winchester, Mass. 

Emerson finished the regular season with a 6-6 overall record, 3-4 in conference play.  Simmons defeated Emerson, 8-1, in their regular season match on October 11.  The winner will advance to the conference finals to face the winner of the #2 Suffolk/#3 Johnson and Wales match, the finals will be played on Sunday, October 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Weymouth Club in Weymouth, Mass.

Simmons has won three GNAC Conference Tennis Championships, most recently in 2006.  Last year, Simmons lost to Suffolk University, 5-4, in the conference championship.