2017 Women's Tennis Championship Field Set
The field is set for the 2017 Empire 8 Women's Tennis Championship Tournament. St. John Fisher will host the Tournament which is set to take place on Oct. 13-14.
Nazareth College has earned the top seed with a current 7-0 mark. The Golden Flyers have one conference match remaining but regardless of the outcome Nazareth holds the tiebreaker over Stevens Institute of Technology.
Stevens (7-1) won its final seven conference matches to secure the No. 2 seed. The Ducks only E8 loss came at the hands of the Golden Flyers back on Sept. 2.
St. John Fisher College secured the No. 3 seed thanks to a 9-0 sweep of Sage College in its final regular season E8 match to post a league record of 6-2.
Houghton College defeated Hartwick College, 5-4, today to clinch the fourth spot in the Empire 8 standings and their first appearance in the conference tournament.
Friday, October 13
No. 4 Houghton vs No. 1 Nazareth
No. 3 St. John Fisher vs. No. 2 Stevens
Sunday, October 14
Championship
More details on the Championship, along with match-times and back-up rain location will be made available in the next few days leading up to the tournament. Be sure to check empire8.com for full details.