Live Coverage and Quick Facts on E8 Women's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2013 Empire 8 Athletic Conference (E8) Women's Lacrosse Playoff field has been set, with four teams battling for a chance to win the postseason conference championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship. The playoffs begin Saturday, May 4 with two semifinal matches held on the campus of top-seeded Ithaca College and the Championship will take place on Sunday, May 5 at 2pm.
Semifinal: #1 Ithaca College vs. #4 Stevens Institute of Technology
Saturday, May 4 - 12 p.m. |
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Live Video Webcast
Semifinal: #2 St. John Fisher College vs. #3 Nazareth College
Saturday, May 4 - 3 p.m. |
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Championship:
Sunday, May 5 - 2 p.m. |
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Fans can watch live video courtesy of
Empire8.tv.
Participating Teams Twitter Coverage:
Ithaca @BomberSports
Nazareth @nazathletics
St. John Fisher @Fisherathletics
Stevens @StevensDucks
Empire 8 @empire8
Commissioner Mitrano @ChuckMitrano
Before the action begins, here are some quick facts you should know about the conference tournament. (
*Quick facts will be based on the current tournament format years 2004-2013).
The Empire 8 will employ a four team tournament format for the 10
th straight year. Prior to the 2004 tournament, the E8 champion was determined based on the regular season finish.
All four teams that qualified for the 2012 E8 Tournament return again this season.
The tournament has played out according to seeding twice (2004 and 2005).
Ithaca will serve as the No. 1 seed for the fourth time.
The #1 seed is 7-2 in the semifinal game of the tournament. #2 seed (6-3), #3 seed (3-6), #4 seed (2-7).
The #1 seed has won the conference championship four times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2011).
The #2 seed has won the title three times (2007, 2010, 2012)
The #3 seed has never won the conference title.
The #4 seed has won the title twice (2008, 2009).
Ithaca has played in the championship game six times and won on two occassions (2004 & 2008). The Bombers finished as the runner-up the last three years.
St. John Fisher is the defending champion and looking for its fourth title in program history.
Nazareth last won the E8 championship since 2006.
Stevens has made the conference tournament each year since joining the Empire 8 in the 2007-08 season and won the championship in 2010 and 2011.