After finishing the season with a 25-15 record, Brandeis was selected as the number one seed in the 2009 ECAC DIVISION III New England Softball Championship. The tournament is an eight-team field with a quarterfinal round followed by a double-elimination format for the remaining four teams.

In the first round contests on Wednesday, May 6, Brandeis (25-15) will host Curry (27-16) at 4 p.m. while the second seed Keene State (26-14) will face No. 7 Salve Regina (25-19) at 4 p.m. at Keene State.  No. 3 Saint Joseph's College of Maine (29-13) plays Plymouth State (22-16) at 4 p.m. at Saint Joseph's College of Maine and Western New England (29-14) will take on Lesley (27-13) at 4 p.m. in the No. 4/No. 5 match-up at Western New England.

The first-round winners will advance to play on Saturday, May 9, at the highest remaining seed.  The winner of Brandeis/Curry will face the winner of Western New England/Lesley at TBD a.m. in Game 1 of the double elimination format, and the winner of Keene State/Salve Regina will play the winner of St. Joseph's ME/Plymouth State at TBD p.m. in Game 2.  The loser of Game 1 and the loser of Game 2 will play an elimination game (Game 3) at TBD p.m.  The winner of Game 1 and the winner of Game 2 will square off in the Winner's Bracket (Game 4) at TBD p.m. On Sunday, May 10 (Game 5) will feature with winner of Game 3 and the loser of Game 4 in an elimination game at TBD p.m.  The Game 4 winner and the Game 5 winner will meet for the championship at TBD p.m.  If necessary, a Game 7 will be played immediately following Game 6 to complete the double elimination format.

2009 ECAC DIVISION III New England Softball Championship

Complete Bracket 

First Round - Wednesday, May 6

No. 8 Curry 0 at No. 1 Brandeis 1  Box Score  Game Story
No. 7 Salve Regina, 3 at No. 2 Keene State, 7  Box Score  Game Story
No. 6 Plymouth State 2 at No. 3 St. Joseph's of ME 1 Box Score  Box Score  Game Story
No. 5 Lesley 0 at No. 4 WNEC 2 Box Score  Game Story

Double Elimination (Day 1) - Saturday, May 9  at highest remaining seed

Game 1: No. 1 Brandeis 11 vs. No. 4 WNEC 3  Box Score
Game 2: No. 2 Keene State 4 vs. No. 6 Plymouth State 1
Game 3: WNEC 0 vs. Plymouth State 5
Game 4: Brandeis 3 vs. Keene State 6

Double Elimination (Day 2) - Sunday, May 10

Game 5: Plymouth State 4 vs. Brandeis 6
Game 6: Keene State 11 vs. Brandeis 1

Complete Release