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Four Cortland Teams Competing, Three at Home, in SUNYAC Playoff Action This Week

Four Cortland Teams Competing, Three at Home, in SUNYAC Playoff Action This Week


Four Cortland teams will be competing in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) postseason action on Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 3-6. Conference tournament champions in each of the four sports earn automatic berths into the NCAA Division III playoffs.

Three of the Red Dragons teams are at home:

* The men’s soccer team (14-2-1, 8-1 SUNYAC) won the SUNYAC regular-season title and earned a bye into the semifinals of the six-team conference tournament. The Red Dragons will host fourth-seeded Buffalo State (13-5-1, 5-3-1 SUNYAC) on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 1 p.m. in a semifinal contest. The Bengals defeated Geneseo, 2-1, in the quarterfinals last Saturday. The winner will play either second-seeded New Paltz or sixth-seeded Oswego in the finals on Saturday, Nov. 6. If Cortland wins in the semifinals, it will host the championship game.

* The field hockey team (15-1, 5-1 SUNYAC) finished second during the SUNYAC regular season and will host third-seeded Geneseo (11-6, 4-2 SUNYAC) in the semifinals of the four-team league tournament Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. at the Cortland Stadium Complex. The winner will play either fourth-seeded Oneonta or top-seeded New Paltz in the finals on Saturday, Nov. 6, at the highest remaining seed.

* The women’s volleyball team (24-3, 9-0 SUNYAC) won the SUNYAC regular-season title to earn a bye into the semifinals and earn the right to host the league semifinals and finals Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6. Semifinal action at Corey Gymnasium begins Friday at 4 p.m. with second-seeded Geneseo facing either third-seeded Brockport or sixth-seeded Buffalo State, while Cortland plays Friday at 7 p.m. against either fourth-seeded Fredonia or fifth-seeded New Paltz. Cortland’s and Geneseo’s opponents will be determined Tuesday night in first-round matches. The two semifinal winners will play for the title at Corey Gym on Saturday at 4 p.m.

In addition to the three teams playing at home…

* The women’s soccer team (9-4-3, 6-1-2 SUNYAC), seeded third in the six-team league tournament, opened with a 4-3 win at home versus Brockport in last Saturday’s first round in Cortland. The Red Dragons, who rallied from a 3-1 halftime deficit, will travel to second-seeded Plattsburgh (12-3-2, 7-2 SUNYAC) for the semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 1 p.m. The winner will play either top-seeded Geneseo or fifth-seeded Fredonia in…

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