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Two-time defending Elite 8 champion Salisbury is back looking for a three-peat in the 2015 NEPSIHA Stuart/Corkery Elite 8 Tournament. The Knights enter the tournament as the No. 5 seed and will travel to face Loomis Chaffee in the first round.
Seeds:
1. Exeter
2. Cushing
3. Nobles
4. Loomis-Chaffee
5. Salisbury
6. Gunnery
7. Dexter
8. Kimball Union
First Round Match-ups and Wednesday Schedule:
No. 7 Dexter at No. 2 Cushing (3:30 p.m.)
No. 5 Salibsury at No. 4 Loomis-Chaffee (4 p.m.)
No. 8 Kimball Union at No. 1 Exeter (5 p.m.)
No. 6 Gunnery at No. 3 Nobles (5:30 p.m.)
Team Capsules:
| Seed | Team | Record | Coach | Committed Players | Top Uncommitted Players |
| 1 | Exeter | 24-3-2 | Dana Barbin | -- | '96 F Ted Hart '97 F Ben Solin '96 G Brian Botcher '97 D Peter Christie '98 F Bradley Ingersoll '97 D Trevor Cosgrove |
| 2 | Cushing | 24-2-4 | Rob Gagnon | F David Cotton (BC) F Bailey Conger (SLU) F Marc McLaughlin (SLU) G Joey Daccord (ASU) D Brian Scoville (UMass) |
'97 D Matt Dillon '97 Brent Hill '98 F Max Brainin |
| 3 | Nobles | 21-4-1 | Brian Day | F Miles Wood (BC) F Luke Stevens (Yale) F Cam Burke (ND) D Billy Sweezey (Yale) F Michael Fahie (Brown) |
'96 F Cody Todesco '97 D Billy Carrabino |
| 4 | Loomis-Chaffee | 21-4-1 | J.R. Zavisza | F Alex Esposito (UVM) F Eric Esposito (UNH) F Jacob Bryson (PC) D Zach Giuttari (Brown) |
'97 G Tim Birarelli |
| 5 | Salisbury | 20-4-2 | Andrew Will | F Michael O'Leary (Cornell) | '95 G Bailey MacBurnie '96 F Vimal Sukumaram '96 F Kale Kane '96 D James Gobetz '98 D Nathan Ellis |
| 6 | Gunnery | 19-5-2 | Chris Baudo | F Jordan Robert (Clarkson) '96 D Nick Quillan (Colgate) |
'97 G Trevin Kozlowski '99 F Zach Pellegrino '98 Cameron Donaldson '97 D McKay Flanagan '97 F Shawn Knowlton |
| 7 | Dexter | 18-2-5 | Dan Donato | F Ryan Donato (Harvard) D Luke McInnis (BC) |
'99 D Jack Rathbone '99 D Sean Keohan '96 F Kevin Hock |
| 8 | Kimball Union | 23-6-1 | Tim Whitehead | Dominic Franco (Army) Jack McCarthy (Brown) F Pat Shea (Maine) Elijah Harris (Brown) |
'97 D Jake Massie '97 F Nic Hamre '97 D J.J. Layton '98 F Bobby Young '97 F George Sennot '98 D Dennis Cesana '97 D Ben Finklestein |
Predictions:
First Round:
No. 1 Exeter 3, No. 2 Kimball Union 2
No. 5 Salisbury 3, No. 4 Loomis Chaffee 2
No. 2 Cushing 4, No. 7 Dexter 3
No. 6 Gunnery 4, No. 3 Nobles 3
Semifinals:
No. 5 Salisbury 3, No. 1 Exeter 1
No. 2 Cushing 3, No. 6 Gunnery 2
Final:
No. 2 Cushing 2, No. 5 Salisbury 1
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