Junior attack Olivia Penoyer leads Yale with 32 assists this season. (Kent Arnold/Yale)
Conference tournaments in Division 1 are just over the next hill. UMass has again earned the top seed and home-field advantage for the Atlantic 10 tournament, which begins later this week.
Yale is one win away from matching that first-place finish in the Ivy League. Bryant has the inside track for it in the Northeast Conference.
And teams like Boston College, UConn and Vermont will travel outside the region in the hopes of securing conference titles and auto-bids to the NCAA tournament.
Here's a look at our regional Top 10 as an exciting season shifts into the next gear.
