Quick Facts on E8 Field Hockey Tournament
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The 2016 Empire 8 Athletic Conference (E8) Field Hockey Tournament will feature four teams battling for a chance to win the postseason conference championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship. The playoffs begin Friday, Nov. 4 with two semifinal matches and the Championship will take place on Saturday, Nov. 5 on the campus of St. John Fisher College.
Schedule
Friday, November 4
Semifinal 1 - #1 St. John Fisher vs. #4 Stevens - 4pm
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Semifinal 2 - #2 Washington & Jefferson vs. #3 Hartwick - 6:30 p.m. -
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Saturday, November 5
Championship - 4 p.m. -
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Ticket Prices
General Public: $5
Students & Senior Citizens: $3
Children 12 and Under: Free
Participating Teams Twitter Coverage:
St. John Fisher
@fisherathletics
Washington & Jefferson
@WJathletics
Hartwick
@hawktalk
Stevens
@stevensducks
Empire 8
@empire8
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 2007-2016).Tournament History
The Empire 8 will employ a four team tournament format for the tenth straight year. Prior to the 2007 tournament, the E8 champion was determined based on the regular season finish.
Fisher is a sixth year program and participating in its fifth straight tournament and the first time as the No. 1 seed.
W&J has qualified for every tournament except for the 2013 season.
Hartwick has qualified for the first time since 2009 and the fourth time overall.
Stevens has qualified for every tournament except the first in 2007.
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 tournament has played out according to seeding three times.
The #1 seed has won the conference championship four times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014).
The #2 seed has won the title three times (2007, 2012 and 2013).
The #3 seed won the title for the first time in 2015.
The #4 seed won the title in 2011.
Fisher is 2-4 in the E8 tournament, including an 0-2 mark in the title game.
W&J is 6-7 all-time in the E8 tournament and has played in the championship game five times with a 1-4 record.
Hartwick is 0-3 in the E8 tournament.
Stevens is 9-4 overall in the E8 tournament and has played in the championship game five times with a 4-1 record.