Elmira, NY – The Elmira College Men's Soccer team was awarded a bid into the 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference Upstate Men's Soccer Division III Tournament. The Soaring Eagles were named the two seed in the four-team tournament, but will host as the one seed Sage did not put in a bid to host.
Semifinals
November 10
#2 Elmira vs. # 3 SUNY-Canton, 11:00 a.m.
#1 Sage vs. # 4 Cazenovia, 2:00 p.m.
November 11
Championship Game, Noon
No admission fee will be charged to contests.
Elmira enters the weekend 12-6 overall after falling in the Empire 8 Semifinal to No. 7 Stevens Institute of Technology. The Purple and Gold are making their third ECAC Tournament appearance in the last four years. Last year the Soaring Eagles qualified, but no tournament was held in the Upstate region.
The EC Men's Soccer team has been led this season by the prolific scoring duo of
Andre Germano '15
and
Ernesto Valverde '14.
Germano has recorded a team-leading 27 points on 12 goals and three assists, while
Valverde had contributed 21 points on eight goals and five assists, as he missed nearly half of the season with an injury.