WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- Closing out the Little East Conference Tournament with its first championship since the 2011 season, Eastern Connecticut State University Women's Soccer got more good news on Tuesday as the final IWSOC Division III Coaches Poll in Partnership with the United Soccer Coaches Regional Poll tabbed them at a season-high sixth in the region, as announced by the organization on Tuesday. 

The sixth-place ranking is the highest the program has been since September 13th, 2016, when they were fourth in the region after starting the season 3-0-0 in a year where they closed at 10th in the regional poll with a 13-4-2 record. The Warriors closed out the tournament with a 13-2-2 record overall heading into the NCAA Tournament this weekend hosted by MIT. 

Last week, Eastern started and finished their bid for the LEC crown, taking down fifth-seeded Rhode Island College at home, 3-0, before defeating second-seeded UMass Boston in the first championship matchup between the two programs over the weekend, 3-1, to capture their fifth championship and seventh NCAA Tournament berth.

With that berth, Eastern will take on #4/#16 MIT on Saturday at 11:00 AM in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament at 11:00 AM in Cambridge, Massachusetts.