Field Hockey | 11/4/2026 7:07:48 PM
Top-seed SUNY Geneseo (15-3) and No. 2 seed Hartwick College (12-5) will meet for the 2026 Empire 8 Field Hockey Championship after earning semifinal victories on Wednesday afternoon. The Knights defeated No. 5 seed St. John Fisher University, 3-2 in overtime from College Stadium, Hartwick earned a 3-1 win over No. 3 SUNY Brockport from Wright Stadium.
SUNY Geneseo will host Hartwick in the championship game on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 12 p.m. from College Stadium. Geneseo defeated Hartwick by a score of 3-1 from Wright Stadium in Oneonta on Oct. 3. Ava Harman scored a pair of second half goals for the Knights to break a 1-1 tie. Hope Angioletti scored for Hartwick. Geneseo held an 18-13 edge in shots and 10-7 advantage in penalty corners.
SUNY Geneseo is attempting to win its third consecutive league title in as many seasons as a league member. Hartwick is looking to in its seventh E8 title. The Hawks were most recently back-to-back champions in 2022 and 2023. The Empire 8 Champion will receive an automatic berth into the 2026 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament, which starts on Nov. 11.
NO. 1 SUNY GENESEO 3, NO. 5 ST. JOHN FISHER 2 (OT)
Halle Senfield scored 1:27 into overtime to lift top-seeded SUNY Geneseo field hockey past fifth-seeded St. John Fisher University, 3-2, in the Empire 8 Semifinals on Wednesday at College Stadium. The Knights improve to 15-3 and advance to the Empire 8 Championship. The Cardinals had their season end with a 9-10 mark.
Geneseo took the lead early, as Senfield scored off an
Emma Landers assist at 3:26 of the first quarter to make it 1-0. St. John Fisher tied the game at 1-1 on a goal by Avery McLaughlin at 14:28, scoring on one of its two shots in the quarter.
Ava Harman put Geneseo back in front at 22:55 of the second quarter, finishing an
Aubree Wenner assist to make it 2-1 at the half.
Geneseo out-shot St. John Fisher 6-2 in the third quarter and earned four penalty corners, but St. John Fisher tied the game at 2-2 at 40:04 on its first goal off a penalty corner opportunity of the period, as Maggie Gocella tallied. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter, as Geneseo put five shots on the board and earned three penalty corners to force overtime.
Geneseo won it in the first overtime period, as Senfield finished a Harman assist at 61:27 for the 3-2 win. Senfield scored twice on four shots, Harman had a goal and an assist, and Wenner and Landers each added an assist.
Geneseo out-shot St. John Fisher 23-5 and held a 16-3 edge in shots on goal. The Knights also held a 14-2 advantage in penalty corners, and
Bridget Schafer made one save in net. Moragn Parrinello made 12 saves for the Cardinals.
Geneseo recorded at least five shots in every period and has won 11 straight games.
NO. 2 HARTWICK 3 , NO. 3 SUNY BROCKPORT 1
he second-seeded Hartwick College field hockey team punched its ticket to the Empire 8 Championship game Wednesday afternoon, earning a 3-1 victory over third-seeded Brockport in the conference tournament semifinals at Wright Stadium. Brockport ended its season with a 13-5 mark.
The Hawks return to the championship game after missing last season and will look for their seventh championship in program history and fourth under head coach Erin Autera. Since the playoff expansion to six teams in 2022, Hartwick has been to the championship game in all but one season.
Senior Hope Angioletti (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) led the Hawks with two goals, including the game-winning tally, while junior Kayla Kinkel (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) added the game-sealing goal. Senior Katelyn Klotz (South Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) also recorded an assist in the victory.
Hartwick held a 21-7 advantage in shots and put 14 attempts on target, compared to three for Brockport. The Hawks also earned five penalty corners, while the Golden Eagles had five. Junior Ava Reynolds (South Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) made two saves in goal for Hartwick to earn the win.
With the win, Hartwick improves to 12-5 overall and advances to the Empire 8 Championship game. The Hawks will face either fifth-seeded St. John Fisher or top-seeded Geneseo, pending the result of Wednesday's other semifinal.
The Hawks struck first at 3:55 in the opening quarter when Angioletti found the back of the net to give Hartwick an early 1-0 lead. The senior tallied the score after briefly having the ball taken away but recovered to get a shot from just behind the penalty spot and powered it by the Golden Eagles goalkeeper.
The advantage held through the first half as the Hawks carried their 1-0 lead into the break.
Brockport evened the score at 1-1 at 31:41 in the third quarter on a goal from Sophia Jones, but Hartwick quickly responded. Angioletti scored her second goal of the afternoon at 35:13 to put the Hawks back in front, 2-1. The senior took a restart quickly off the spot and ripped a shot from just inside the shooting circle into the back of the cage for her second goal of the game and 15th of the season.
Hartwick added some insurance late in the third when Kinkel converted a penalty corner at 44:41, finishing a feed from Klotz to extend the lead to 3-1. The junior was waiting on the doorstep for the pass from Klotz and deposited the shot home.