2017 Softball Tournament Field Set
The double elimination softball tournament will begin on Friday, May 5 and continue through May 7. The Empire 8 Champion will earn the automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division III Softball Tournament.
Ithaca College will serve as the top seed and host of the tournament. Ithaca finished with a 12-2 conference record and even though St. John Fisher College could tie the Bombers with a 12-2 record the Bombers win the tiebreaker thanks to a sweep of Stevens Institute of Technology in the regular season.
Fisher has already locked in the No. 2 seed even with a conference double header still on the schedule.
Nazareth College and Stevens each finished with an 8-6 conference record but it was the Ducks who won twice against the Golden Flyers to take the third seed and give Nazareth the fourth seed.
Day 1 - May 5
Game 1 No. 2 Fisher vs. No. 3 Stevens, 1 pm
Game 2 No. 1 Ithaca vs. No. 4 Nazareth, 3:30 pm
Day 2 - May 6
Game 3 Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 11 am
Game 4 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1:30 pm
Game 5 Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3, 4 pm
Day 3 - May 7
Game 6 Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5, 11 am
Game 7 Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary), 1:30 pm