This Saturday, October 30, is a big day on campus for the
men and women student-athletes at Union.
Football, the men and women's soccer teams and the field hockey squad
represent the fall teams that will be playing home games while the women and
men's swim teams, the women's hockey team and the men's hockey squad represent
the winter teams with home contests.
The weekend starts on Friday night where the Dutchmen hockey
team looks for its first win of the season against Mercyhurst at 7 p.m. at
Frank L. Messa Rink.
The nationally-ranked women's soccer (14-1-1) team kicks off
a very busy Saturday with a noon showdown against Nazareth on Garis Field (the
game could be moved to the turf at College Park if the weather is bad). The football team (4-2) plays its last
regular-season home game at 1 p.m. on Frank Bailey Field while, at the same
time over in Alumni Gym; the swim teams open their season with the annual Union
Relays. At 2 p.m., the women's hockey
team (2-2) takes on Rensselaer at Messa Rink and at 2:30, the men's soccer team
looks to clinch second place in the Liberty League against Skidmore in the
regular-season finale down on the new turf at College Park. The field hockey team concludes its season
with a 5:30 showdown against Brockport on Bailey Field and the men's hockey
team ends the day with its 7 o'clock game against the University of Lowell.
The weekend ends on Sunday when the women's soccer team
hosts St. John Fisher at 2 p.m. on Garis Field (but it could be moved to
College Park if it rains).
For all the latest Liberty League men's soccer news, please
go to: http://www.libertyleaguesports.org/msoccer
WOMEN AND MEN'S SOCCER BID FOR LIBERTY LEAGUE TITLES
Both the men and women's soccer teams will battle for their
respective Liberty League tournament championships on Friday and Saturday,
November 5 and 6. The 4-2 Dutchmen, who
are currently in third place but could finish as high as second if they beat
1-5 Skidmore, will be at St. Lawrence, which finished at 7-0. Hamilton finished the league season at 4-2-1
and will be either the second or third seed.
The winner of Saturday's gave between 3-3 Rensselaer and 2-4 Vassar will
play the Saints as the No. 4 seed.
The Dutchwomen, which finished second with their 6-1 league
record, will be at Hamilton as the No. 2 seed.
Union will take on No. 3 William Smith (5-2) while the Continentals
(6-0-1) play No. 4 Skidmore (4-2-1).
Union is looking for its third consecutive league tournament
championship and its sixth-straight berth in the NCAA tournament.
To find out all you need to know about women's soccer in the
Liberty League, please go to: http://www.libertyleaguesports.org/wsoccer
The winner of the tournament gets the Liberty League's
automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.
FOOTBALL CONTROLS ITS OWN DESTINY
The Dutchmen have fate in their own hands. If Union defeats both St. Lawrence and
Hobart, they will win the Liberty League and earn their first NCAA tournament
berth since 2000.
St. Lawrence comes into Saturday's (Oct. 30) game with a 2-2
league record (3-4 overall) while the Dutchmen are 4-0 in the circuit. Hobart, meanwhile, is 5-0 in the league (6-1
overall) and has a bye this weekend before hosting the Dutchmen on November 6
at 1 p.m. Union concludes its regular
season on Saturday, November 13 at 1 p.m. at Rensselaer in the annual battle
for the Dutchman Shoes Trophy.
For all the football information, please go to: http://www.libertyleaguesports.org/football