WILKES-BARRE – Fresh off capturing its tenth straight MAC Freedom Championship, the Wilkes University women's tennis team is set to face Endicott College in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday at 2:00 p.m.
 
The winner between Endicott and Wilkes will then take on No. 2 nationally ranked Williams College in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, May 14, at 2:00 p.m. The Ephs are the defending NCAA champions, and have also won seven out of the last eight NCAA titles.
 
Wilkes also brings an impressive streak into the NCAA Tournament this Friday as the Lady Colonels have won the last 10 MAC Freedom league titles in a row. During that 10-year span, Wilkes has posted 15 or more wins in each season, and amassed a 180-24 (.882) overall record.
 
Wilkes captured the conference's 2015-16 automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament last Saturday as the Lady Colonels defeated Misericordia University, 5-0, in the MAC Freedom championship. The victory for Wilkes also established a new program record for wins in a season (20) surpassing the old mark of 19, which had been accomplished in three straight seasons from 2011-12 to 2013-14.
 
Endicott enters this weekend's NCAA Tournament as the five-time defending Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament champion. The Gulls (14-4) defeated Roger Williams, 5-3, in the CCC title match on October 10, 2015 to claim the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight year. During their current five-year run, the Blue and Green have compiled a 78-23 (.772) overall record and a 37-3 (.925) mark in conference play.