New Haven, Conn. - (2/23/2017) – The 2016-2017 women's basketball regular season has officially come to a close. With that, Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Commissioner Dan Mara has announced the field for the upcoming CACC Championship Tournament. Caldwell University (23-4, 18-1) and the University of the Sciences (USciences) (23-5, 16-3) earned the respective #1 seeds in South and North Divisions, while Chestnut Hill College's 11-8 league record has garnered them the #3 seed in the South and a trip to #2N Bloomfield College for a 4:30 p.m. CACC Opening Round contest on Saturday, February 25 (LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO). All of the CACC Opening Round contests are crossover affair and will take place on Saturday at the home of the higher seed.
 
Behind CACC leading scorer junior guard Kristen Drogsler (Middle Village, N.Y.) (21.0 points/game), #1N Caldwell University defeated nearly every CACC opponent in their path as a 57-49 loss to Bloomfield College on January 26 was their only downfall in a 18-1 league record. The Cougars will host the defending CACC Champions, #4S Philadelphia University in a 2:00 p.m. contest.
 
USciences do not offer a player among the league's top-10 scorers, but provide a stingy defensive (51.4 points allowed/game) and a long-range offense (9.1-of-26.0 3PT attempts/game), .348) that produced a 16-3 CACC mark this season. They are led by the backcourt combination of junior Sarah Abbonizio (West Chester, Pa.) (12.6 PPG) and sophomore Alex Thomas (Hockessin, Del.) (16.5 PPG), who have combined to average 29.1 of the Devils' 61.6 points-per-game (PPG). The Devils will host #4N Concordia College (NY) in a 2:00 p.m. contest.
 
Chestnut Hill College (16-10, 11-8 CACC) continued to flourish under second-year Head Coach Mike West, breaking five team records that were established during the 2015-2016 campaign; total wins (16), conference wins (11), total points (2,045), field goals attempted (1,774), free throws made (363), and assists (472). The Griffins offered five players with double figure scoring averages, including senior guard Caity Kuhnen (Binghamton, N.Y.) (14.7 PPG), junior guard Vicky Tumasz (North Wales, Pa.) (13.8), sophomore forward Jaeda Wildgoose (Somerset, N.J.) (12.8), sophomore guard Mary Trossi (Somerset, N.J.) (11.2), and freshman forward Shannon Glenn (Philadelphia, Pa.) (10.5). Kuhnen (49-of-108, .454) and Wildgoose (133-of-246, .541) respectively lead the league in three point and field goal percentage, while Trossi was the conference's first female to record a triple-double – accomplishing the feat twice; 12/17/16 vs. Kutztown University (17 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists) and 2/7/17 at Georgian Court University (11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists), this season.
 
#2N Bloomfield College possess two of the league's top-10 scorers in senior guard Tianna Smith (Spring Valley, N.Y) (17.6 points/game) and junior forward Zhane Robinson (Newark, N.J.) (15.4 points/game). The Bears finished their CACC schedule with a 17-2 record (20-7 overall); a mark that included a narrow 73-72, last-second victory over the Griffins on January 14.
 
The fourth CACC Opening Round contest is a 2:00 p.m. tipoff between #2S Goldey-Beacom College and #3N Dominican College. The full CACC Championship Tournament Bracket is available using the provided link.