2018 Baseball Tournament Quick Facts
The 2018 Empire 8 Baseball Tournament is ready to get underway May 10-12, with four teams battling for a chance to win the postseason conference championship and earn the E8's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
The playoffs begin on Thursday, May 10 as top-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology plays fourth-seeded Houghton College at 11 am, followed by second-seeded St. John Fisher College verse third-seeded Ithaca College at 2:30pm.
The tournament will continue with three games Friday, and the Championship on Saturday. All games will be played on the campus of Stevens Institute in Hoboken, NJ.
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#4 Houghton -
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Schedule of Games
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Thursday, May 10
Game #1 No. 4 Houghton vs No. 1 Stevens, 11 am
Game #2 No. 3 Ithaca vs No. 2 St. John Fisher, 2:30 pm
Friday, May 11
Game #3 Loser Game #1 vs Loser Game #2, 10 am
Game #4 Winner Game #1 vs Winner Game #2, 1 pm
Game #5 Winner Game #3 vs Loser Game #4, 4pm
Saturday, May 12
Game #6 Winner Game #4 vs Winner Game #5, 10 am
Game #7 (If Necessary), 1:30 pm
Sunday, May 13 – Rain Date as needed
About (#1) Stevens:
- Overall Record: 25-15
- Conference Record: 15-3
- Last E8 Tournament Appearance: 2017
- Last Conference Championship: None
About (#2) St. John Fisher:
- Overall Record: 26-14
- Conference Record: 13-5
- Last E8 Tournament Appearance: 2017
- Last Conference Championship: 2011
About (#3) Ithaca:
- Overall Record: 25-14
- Conference Record: 11-7
- Last E8 Tournament Appearance: 2016
- Last Conference Championship: 2017
About (#4) Houghton:
- Overall Record: 16-15
- Conference Record: 9-9
- Last E8 Tournament Appearance: None
- Last Conference Championship: None
Tournament Quick Facts
The Empire 8 Athletic Conference will hold a four team double-elimination tournament format for the third straight year (2016-2018). In 2015, a tournament was held but all seven teams participated and prior to 2015 the conference champion was determined based on the regular season.
Stevens will host the tournament and serve a the No. 1 seed for the first time.
Stevens, Fisher and Ithaca have all qualified for the four-team tournament each year, while this is the first year Houghton has clinched a spot in the top 4.
Ithaca is the six-time defending Empire 8 Champion.
Ithaca has only lost one E8 post-season game.
Fisher leads the conference in home runs (37), RBI (268), slugging percentage (.459), total bases (635), runs scored (306) and hits (420).
The Bombers own the conference's top pitching staff in terms of ERA. In 329.1 innings this season, Ithaca has a 3.31 earned run average and has held its opponents to a conference-low .240 batting average.
At the plate, Houghton owns the highest batting average as they finished the regular season at .315 overall in just 31 games.
Stevens owns the second best ERA on the mound with a 4.42 and holds opponents to a .244 batting average.