MEC Placing Three In Atlantic Region.

The Notre Dame College Falcons were eliminated from MEC tournament action when they lost 83-68 to Glenville State College in the tournament quarterfinals at WesBanco Arena on Friday. Here were Coach Mark Richmond's thoughts afterwards:

"Obviously not the results we wanted. We have a really young team, and a lot of our guys had never been in that situation before. You have to grow, and learn from it,"Richmond explained.

The Coach continued:

"That game was kind of a microcosm of our whole season. We didn't start out so great, were playing really well in February, and we just couldn't get over the hump. It was a different year, and I am proud of our guys for battling though it."

The MEC did place a trio of teams in the Atlantic Region field that will begin on the campus of West Liberty on Saturday. Charleston (WV) got the two seed in the region after winning the regular season championship, the three seed went to West Liberty. The site of the tournament was predetermined, but West Liberty received an at large bid. Then on Sunday, Fairmont State played their way into the field as former NDC Coach Tim Koenig won his second MEC Championship in three years. Junior Isaiah Sanders, who won a championship at NDC as a Freshman won another yesterday as a Junior. Fifth year senior Jack Kelsheimer also won his second championship. Coaches Tim Baab and Pam Phillips were also amongst the group who won championships at both stops.

Koenig talked about the depth of the league (which should benefitNDC) after Sunday's win.

"You have to be ready every night in this league. We have had seven different champions since the MEC was formed in 2013, that speaks to the depth of the league. If their is a better league in the country I would like to see it,"Koenig explained.

NCAA Atlantic Region (Being Played Saturday-Tuesday at the "ASRC":)

1. Hillsdale (20-2)

2. (4) MercyHurst (11-0) vs (5) Fairmont State (15-4)

3. (2) Charleston (14-3)

4. (3) West Liberty (15-4) vs (6) Malone (17-6)

5. Sunday:Region Semifinals

6. Tuesday: Regional Final

Note: The NCAA Field is 48 teams (six per region) instead of the usual 64 (eight per region) due to COVID-19.

MEC Tournament Results:

First Round (3/1:)

Concord 107 Davis & Elkins 100 (2 OT)

Wheeling 97 Alderson Broaddus 91

MEC Quarterfinals (3/5)

Glenville State 83 NDC 68

West Liberty 102 Concord 68

Charleston 86 Wheeling 49

Fairmont State 95 West Virginia State 87

MEC Semifinals (3/6:)

Fairmont State 84 Charleston 69

West Liberty 95 Glenville State 92

MEC Finals (Sunday:)

Fairmont State 102 West Liberty 99