Keene State fans can stay right at home and watch lots of Little East tournament action this week. KSC will be hosting men’s and women’s lacrosse semifinal games and the LEC softball tournament at Owl Athletic Complex, beginning this Thursday.

Keene State will host the six-team LEC softball tournament. Top-seeded Eastern Connecticut will start things off when they face sixth-seeded Plymouth State University at 10 a.m. on May 6. Second-seeded KSC will meet fifth-seeded University of Southern Maine approximately two hours later. Third-seeded Western Conn. State meets fourth-seeded Rhode Island College at 2 p.m. The first elimination game is tentatively scheduled for 4 p.m. The three-day tournament will be wind up on Saturday, May 8.

The Owl women’s lacrosse team secured the no. 1 seed for the first time in program history. On Thursday, May 6, at 5 p.m., they’ll face the winner of a Tuesday match up between fifth-seeded University of Southern Maine and fourth-seeded Western Conn. State.

The first-seed KSC men’s lacrosse team swept their seven-game schedule and earned a first-round bye in their tournament schedule. At 2:30 on Thursday, May 6, the Owls will face the winner of Tuesday’s Plymouth State (fourth seed)/UMass-Dartmouth (fifth seed) game.

There’s lots more info on these tournaments at the Athletics site.