2015 Women's Tennis Tournament Info and Quick Facts
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The 2015 Empire 8 Women's Tennis Tournament field has been set, with four teams battling for a chance to win the postseason conference championship.
The tournament begins on Saturday, Oct. 17 with two semifinal matches. Top seeded Ithaca College plays fourth-seeded Hartwick College and second-seeded Nazareth College will face third seed Stevens Institute of Technology. The winners will advance to the final match on Sunday, Oct. 18.
The matches will be played until a decision is secured; the first team to earn five victories ends the match.
All matches are scheduled for the outdoor courts on the campus of Nazareth College, with the indoor courts at Mendon Racquet Swim & Tennis Club serving as an option in inclement weather.
ORGANIZATION OF PLAY
Seeding
1. Ithaca (8-0)
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2. Nazareth (7-1)
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3. Stevens (6-2)
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4. Hartwick (5-3)
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Saturday, October 17th
(Outdoor Format @ Nazareth) Dual match is played until decision. Three doubles matches are followed by six singles matches, starting by position order.
- Courts are available for warm-up one hour prior to match start time (11:00 am)
#1 (Ithaca) vs. #4 (Hartwick) – 12:00 pm (each match will be played on three outdoor courts)
#2 (Nazareth) vs. #3 (Stevens) - 12:00 pm (each match will be played on three outdoor courts)
(Rain Format @ Mendon Racquet) Dual match is played until decision. Three doubles matches are followed by six singles matches, starting by position order.
- Courts are available for warm-up one hour hour prior to match start time (11:00 am)
- Each team has (4) four indoor courts for the semi-final match
#1 (Ithaca) vs. #4 (Hartwick) – 12:00 pm
#2 (Nazareth) vs. #3 (Stevens) – 12:00 pm
Sunday, October 18th
(Outdoor Format @ Nazareth) Dual match is played until decision. Three doubles matches are followed by six singles matches, starting by position order.
Winner of Ithaca / Hartwick vs. winner of Nazareth / Stevens – 10:00 am
*Courts will be available for team warm-up at 9:00 am.
(Rain Format @ Mendon Racquet) Dual match is played until decision. Three doubles matches are followed by six singles matches, starting by position order. There will four (4) indoor courts for the finals.
Winner of Ithaca / Hartwick vs. winner of Nazareth / Stevens – 10:00pm
*Courts will be available for team warm-up at 9:00 am. Two courts per team for warm-up.
TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
-The Empire 8 Athletic Conference will employ a four-team single elimination tournament format for the ninth straight year. From the 1999-2006 season the Empire 8 champion was determined by a single elimination tournament featuring all teams in the conference.
- Two of the four teams that qualified for the 2014 tournament return again this year.
- 2015 marks is the eighth year Nazareth has qualified for the four-team tournament format, missing only the 2014 tournament.
- 2015 marks the second time Hartwick has qualified for the four-team tournament. The previous qualification was in 2012.
- Ithaca and Stevens have qualified for the four-team tournament each year (2007-2015).
- Ithaca has advanced to the championship match every year (1999-2014), winning 14 team titles.
- The Bombers will be looking for its 11th straight team title in 2015.
- Since Stevens joined the E8 conference in 2007-08, the women's championship match has featured Ithaca v Stevens six times (2007, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14), with the Bombers winning each year.
- Stevens and Hartwick have never won an E8 championship.
- Nazaret won the team title in 2001 and 2002.
- The last time Ithaca lost an E8 post-season tournament match was in 2004 in the final to Alfred. Since then they are currently riding a 22-match win streak in the tournament.
E8 Tournament History
Past E8 Champions