MANSFIELD, Conn. -- The Eastern Connecticut State University women’s lacrosse posted its second straight unbeaten conference regular season with a 17-5 victory over Rhode Island College Saturday afternoon.

Eastern (9-6, 6-0 little east) had already been assured of at least a share of the regular-season conference title and the No. 1 seed entering the match against the Anchorwomen (3-11, 1-5 little east). The win is the Warriors 15th straight over a three-year period in regular-season conference play. ECSU is the defending Little East Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament champion.

Eastern and second-seeded University of Southern Maine receive byes into Thursday’s semifinals, the Warriors hosting their semifinal game at 4:30 p.m. In the semifinal-round match, Eastern will play the winner of a Tuesday's first-round match between No. 5 seed Western Connecticut and No. 4 seed UMass Dartmouth. Western finished in a three-way tie for fifth place and earned the No. 5 seed over Rhode Island College and Plymouth State on tie-breakers. UMass Dartmouth fell to the No. 4 seed after dropping a makeup match Sunday by a score of 19-1 at No. 3 seed Keene State College.

The conference title game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the site of the highest remaining seed, with the winner qualifying automatically for the NCAA Division III tournament.