March 2, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The pairings and start times for the Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament, slated to begin Saturday, March 8, in West Point, N.Y., were announced by the league office late Saturday night.

Navy garnered the No. 7 seed in this year's tournament and will face second-seeded Holy Cross in the third quarterfinal game of the day. Approximate tip time for the game is 5 p.m.

Saturday's day of four quarterfinal round games begins with top-seeded American playing No. 8 Colgate at 12 Noon, followed by the host Black Knights, the tournament's No. 4 seed, taking on No. 5 Bucknell at 2:30 p.m. The Navy-Holy Cross tilt follows at 5 p.m., with No. 3 Lehigh facing No. 6 Lafayette in the final game of the day at 7:30 p.m.

The first semifinal round game (American/Colgate vs. Army/Bucknell) to be contested Sunday, March 9 in Army's Christl Arena will begin at 1 p.m., and will be immediately followed by the second semifinal at 3:30 p.m. (Holy Cross/Navy vs. Lehigh/Lafayette).

The championship game of the tournament will be played Wednesday, March 12 at the highest-seeded team playing in the game and will start at 6 p.m.

All of Navy's postseason games can be heard live locally on WNAV-AM 1430, with Navy All-Access subscribers being able to receive live audio and video streams of the games through www.navysports.com(.)

Tickets for the quarterfinal and semifinal round games are available by calling the Army Ticket Office at 1-877-TIX-ARMY (849-2769) or by visiting the Army Web site (www.goarmysports.com).

Holy Cross has defeated Navy in both of its meetings this season, winning 62-51 in Annapolis and 56-53 in Worcester.

The Mids have faced the Crusaders on five previous occasions in the league tournament, most recently in 2005, but Saturday will mark the first quarterfinal round game to be played between the two programs.