NEC Tiebreaker Scenarios (updated after games on 4/19/25)



Robert Morris, Le Moyne and LIU have clinched NEC Tournament berths.

The winner of RMU and Le Moyne will claim the #1 seed and host the NEC Tournament.

RMU can be seeded no lower than #2.

LIU locks up the #2 seed with a win over VMI, combined with a Le Moyne loss to RMU.

Le Moyne can secure the #2 seed with a loss if LIU loses to VMI.

Detroit Mercy clinches the final tournament spot with a win over Cleveland State.

VMI qualifies for the tournament and secures the #3 seed with a win over LIU and a UDM loss to Cleveland State.

* If VMI falls to LIU and CSU beats UDM, the #4 seed will be determined by the fewest goals allowed in the head-to-head matchups between CSU, UDM and VMI:

CSU - L 9-11 vs. VMI, TBD vs. UDM - 11 goals allowed
UDM - W 10-9 vs. VMI, TBD vs. CSU - 9 goals allowed
VMI - W 11-9 vs. CSU, L 9-10 vs. UDM - 19 goals allowed

Wagner has been eliminated from NEC Tournament contention.

Mercyhurst is ineligible for the NEC Tournament.
  
NEC Lacrosse Tiebreaker Policy:

Two-Way Tiebreaker
In the event of a two-way tie in the standings, the following tiebreaker system shall be used, in order, until the tie is broken:

1. Winning percentage of each team in head-to-head competition.

2. Winning percentage of each team vs. the first-place team, or their composite winning percentage against any teams tying for first place.

3. Winning percentage of each team vs. the second-place team, or their composite winning percentage against any teams tying for second place.

4. This process continues with winning percentage vs. the third-place team, fourth-place team, etc., as necessary, until the tie is broken and seeding is complete.

5. If a tie still exists after exhausting steps 1-4, the team allowing fewest goals in Conference games will be seeded highest.

Three-Way (or more) Tiebreaker
In the event of a three-way tie (or a tie involving more than three teams) in the standings, the following tiebreaker system shall be used in the order listed.

1. The winning percentages of the teams involved in the tie vs. each other shall be compared. If one team’s winning percentage is superior to the others, that team shall be removed from the tie and seeded highest of the teams involved in the tie. If two teams subsequently remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.

2. If no single team has a superior winning percentage after the comparison described in No. 1, but multiple teams have the same superior percentage to the other teams involved in the tie, those teams with the superior percentage will be compared using either the two-way or threeway tiebreaker procedure. The team that has the advantage will be seeded highest of all teams involved in the original tie. The other team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate tiebreaker) will again be compared to the remaining teams in the tie, beginning with step No. 1 of the two-way or three-way tiebreaker.

3. If all winning percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie are the same, each team’s winning percentage vs. the first-place team or teams tying for first place shallbe compared. If one team’s winning percentage is superior to the others, that team shall be removed from the tie and seeded highest of the teams involved in the tie. If two teams remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.

4. If all winning percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie are the same, each team’s winning percentage vs. the first-place team or teams tying for first place shall be compared. If multiple teams have a superior winning percentage to any other team in the original tie, those teams with the superior percentage will be compared using either the two-way or three-way tiebreaker procedure. The team that has the advantage will be seeded highest of all teams involved in the original tie. The other team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate tiebreaker) will again be compared to the remaining teams in the tie, beginning with step No. 1 of the two-way or three-way tiebreaker.

5. This process continues as necessary, comparing winning percentages of teams in the tie vs. the second-place team or their composite percentages vs. teams tying for second place, third place, etc., until all ties are broken and seeding is complete.

6. If a tie still exists, the team allowing the fewest goals between the teams involved in the tie will be the highest seed. If two teams remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.

7. If a tie still exists after exhausting all previous steps, the team allowing fewest goals in Conference games will be seeded highest. If two teams remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker procedure.