2016 Tennis Tournament Info and Quick Facts
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The 2016 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 Friday, Oct. 14 with two semifinal matches. Top seeded Ithaca College plays fourth-seeded Hartwick College and second-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology will face third seed Nazareth College. The winners will advance to the final match on Saturday, Oct. 15.
The matches will be played until a decision is secured; the first team to earn five victories ends the match. Three doubles matches are followed by six singles matches, starting by position order.
Houghton College will serve as the tournament host.
ORGANIZATION OF PLAY
Seeding
1. Ithaca (8-0)
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2. Stevens (7-1)
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3. Nazareth (6-2)
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4. Hartwick (5-3)
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Schedule
Semifinals, Friday, Oct. 14
10:30 a.m. (#1 Ithaca vs. #4 Hartwick)
1 p.m. (#2 Stevens vs. #3 Nazareth)
Finals, Saturday, Oct. 15
Championship Match, 10:30 a.m.
TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
-The Empire 8 Athletic Conference will employ a four-team single elimination tournament format for the tenth straight year. From the 1999-2006 season the Empire 8 champion was determined by a single elimination tournament featuring all teams in the conference.
- All four teams that qualified for the 2015 tournament return again this year.
- 2016 marks is the ninth year Nazareth has qualified for the four-team tournament format, missing only the 2014 tournament.
- 2016 marks the second straight year and third time overall Hartwick has qualified for the four-team tournament.
- Ithaca and Stevens have qualified for the four-team tournament each year (2007-2016).
- Ithaca has advanced to the championship match every year (1999-2015), winning 15 team titles.
- The Bombers will be looking for its 12th straight team title in 2016.
- Since Stevens joined the E8 conference in 2007-08, the women's championship match has featured Ithaca v Stevens seven times (2007, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15), 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 24-match win streak in the tournament.
E8 Tournament History
Past E8 Champions