The final Saturday in the Empire 8 men's soccer season sees three teams with a chance at the top seed and six teams in contention for the four post-season spots in the conference tournament. Three games will be shown on free web casts, featuring rivals Nazareth College and Rochester Institute of Technology battling for first place. Game time is 12 p.m. (
Live Stats. . .
web cast).
The winner of the Nazareth-RIT game will earn the top seed and right to host a semifinal matchup in the Empire 8 Men's Soccer Championship. If the teams play to a tie, two-time defending champion Stevens Institute of Technology could earn the top seed with a victory at Utica College. RIT can still earn the top seed with a tie and a Stevens loss. The top two seeds will host semifinal games on Friday, Nov. 6 with the highest remaining seed hosting the championship game on Sunday, Nov. 8.
Elmira College, Ithaca College, and St. John Fisher College are all vying for a playoff spot. Elmira meets Ithaca on Saturday afternoon, while the Cardinals host Alfred University on Saturday night.
In other action Saturday, Nazareth's women's soccer team visits Stevens for its final regular-season game at 1:30 p.m. That game also will be available through LiveStats and via web cast.
Nazareth closes out its field hockey season with a home game against Hartwick at 2 p.m. Also the men's and women's cross country teams will be competing for Empire 8 championships at Saratoga State Park.
The women's volleyball team will be competing in the New York Regional Challenge at Ithaca. Nazareth has matches Saturday against Brockport and St. Lawrence. Keep tabs on the results
here.