Women's Soccer | 11/10/2008 4:56:17 PM
ROCHESTER, NY - The RIT women's soccer team (9-7-2) was selected to host the 2008 ECAC Upstate Tournament. The Tigers, seeded second, will play #3 Medaille in the first semifinal on Saturday at 11 a.m. SUNY Brockport, the #1 seed will play either #4 SUNY Potsdam or #5 Sage Colleges in the second semifinal at 1:30 p.m. The two semifinal winners will play for the championship on Sunday at 12 p.m.
#4 SUNY Potsdam will host #5 Sage in a play-in game on Wednesday. The winner of that game will play #1 SUNY Brockport on Saturday.
RIT Head Coach Tom Natalie will attempt to win his 100th career game on Saturday. Natalie, now in his 13th season at RIT, is 99-107-15. The Tigers last played on Saturday in the semifinals of the Empire 8 Tournament, falling to Nazareth, 3-1. It is RIT's second straight appearance in the ECAC Upstate Tournament.
Here are the seedings and records for the 2008 ECAC Upstate Tournament
1) SUNY Brockport (10-5-3)
2) RIT (9-7-2)
3) Medaille (12-9-0)
4) SUNY Potsdam (9-8-0)
5) Sage (7-7-3)