Quick Facts on 2017 E8 Women's Soccer Tournament

Quick Facts on 2017 E8 Women's Soccer Tournament

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The 2017 Empire 8 Athletic Conference (E8) Women's Soccer 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. 3 with two semifinal matches and the Championship will take place on Saturday, Nov. 4 on the campus of Hartwick College on Elmore Field.

Schedule
Friday, November 3
No. 1 Hartwick vs. No. 4 Alfred - 4 p.m. - Live Stats | Live Stream
No. 2 Nazareth vs. No. 3 Ithaca - 7 p.m. - Live Stats | Live Stream

Saturday, November 4
Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 - 6 p.m. - Live Stats | Live Stream

Ticket Prices
General Admission - $5
Students/Senior Citizens - $3
Children Under 12 - FREE
Hartwick College students will receive free admission by presenting their WickIt card.

Participating Teams Twitter Coverage:
Alfred @ausaxons
Hartwick @hawktalk
Nazareth @nazathletics 
Stevens @stevensducks
Empire 8 @empire8

About (#1) Hartwick:
  • Overall Record: 12-5-1
  • Conference Record: 7-1
  • Last E8 Tournament Appearance: 2016
  • Last Conference Championship: None

About (#2) Nazareth:
  • Overall Record: 12-4-1
  • Conference Record: 7-1
  • Last E8 Tournament Appearance: 2016
  • Last Conference Championship: 2014 (co-champs)
 
About (#3) Stevens:
  • Overall Record: 11-3-2
  • Conference Record: 7-1
  • Last E8 Tournament Appearance: 2016
  • Last Conference Championship: 2016

About (#4) Alfred:
  • Overall Record: 7-8-3
  • Conference Record: 3-3-2
  • Last E8 Tournament Appearance: None
  • Last Conference Championship: None
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 2002-2017).Tournament History 
  • The Empire 8 will employ a four team tournament format for the 16th straight year. Prior to the 2002 tournament, the E8 champion was determined based on the regular season finish.
  • Hartwick is participating in its second straight tournament and third overall. 
  • Nazareth has qualified for the tournament every year.
  • Stevens has qualified for every tournament since joining the conference in 2007-08. 
  • Alfred is participating it is first ever E8 tournament. 
  • There have been co-champions six times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012 and 2014) and everytime it was Ithaca and Nazareth. The two teams then had to do a PK shootout to determine the NCAA automatic qualifier which Ithaca winning four times and Nazareth twice.
  • There have been 13 overtime games throughout the history of the tournament.
  • The #1 seed is 14-1 in the semifinal game of the tournament. #2 seed (10-5), #3 seed (5-10), #4 seed (1-14).
  • The #1 seed has won or tied the conference championship 13 times.
  • The #2 seed has tied the title five times but never won outright.  
  • The #3 seed has won the title once and tied for the title once.
  • The #4 seed won the title once in 2006 
  • This is Hartwick's first time serving as the #1 seed. The Hawks were previously the #4 seed in 2002 and 2016.
  • Hartwick has never advanced to the E8 title game.
  • Nazareth advanced to the championship game every year from 2002-2014, but missed out on the last two title games.  
  • Nazareth is 12-8-8 in tournament games, including a 1-6-6 mark in the title game.
  • Stevens is 8-4-2 in E8 tournament games, including a 4-0 mark in the title game (2010, 2011, 2015, 2016).
  • Hartwick was also the No. 4 seed in 2002 and they fell to Ithaca 4-0 in its only postseason game.
  • Hartwick has never Alfred and Nazareth in the tournament. The Ducks are 1-0 against Hartwick and 2-2-2 against Nazareth in the postseason.