February 20, 2011

NO. 4 REGIS COLLEGE TO HOST FIRST CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UP

The No. 4 Regis College men’s basketball team will host its first The Commonwealth Coast Conference game Tuesday (Feb. 22) when it faces No. 5 Salve Regina University at 7:00 p.m. Head coach Nate Hager directed his team to a 15-10 overall record, and 8-5 TCCC finish.

WESTON, Mass.—The No. 4 Regis College men’s basketball team will host its first The Commonwealth Coast Conference game Tuesday (Feb. 22) when it faces No. 5 Salve Regina University at 7:00 p.m. Head coach Nate Hager directed his team to a 15-10 overall record, and 8-5 TCCC finish.

Salve Regina (14-10, 8-5 TCCC) and Regis College had the conference tiebreak policy implemented to determine seeding. Both Salve and Regis College compiled a 2-1 record over the four 8-5 teams. Since Regis College defeated Salve Regina (Jan. 11) 75-63 in its lone match-up, Regis College earned the highest seed of the four teams.

This will be Regis’ first appearance in the conference playoff in its four-year history as a varsity men’s sport at Regis College. It is also Hager’s first visit to the TCCC postseason as head coach.

Hager is from Franklin, Pennsylvania, and graduate of Juniata College where he played basketball for four years and served as team captain for two years. He was named the Jack Oller Most Valuable Player and earned the William R. Smaltz Award in 2001.

Hager was hired by Director of Athletics, Marybeth Lamb, to head coach the first men's basketball team in the 2007-08 season. Regis College went co-educational in the fall of 2007 after having served as a women's only institution since 1927.