The top-seeded Dutchwomen will be trying for their
first-ever Eastern College Upstate New York soccer championship this weekend at
College Park Field. Union will play No.
4 Rochester in Saturday's 12 o'clock semi-final while No. 2 William Smith meets
No. 3 Plattsburgh State at 2:30. The
championship is set for Sunday at 1 p.m.
Union's only other ECAC invitation came in 1991, which
capped the first winning season in the history of the program, which began in
1983. The 17-2-1 Dutchwomen can tie the
program's all-time single-season victory record of 19, set last year, if they
can capture the ECAC title. The Garnet
advanced to the semi-final round by beating Vassar, 5-2, in Wednesday's
quarterfinal game. Union and Rochester,
which is 12-5-2 after defeating Skidmore, 2-0, in a quarterfinal game, battled
to a 0-0 double overtime tie earlier this season.
William Smith, 13-3-3, and Brockport battled to a 0-0
overtime tie in the quarterfinal game with the Herons advancing by virtue of
its 4-3 penalty kick advantage.
Plattsburgh comes into the semi-final game at 15-5-0 after crushing
Elmira, 8-0, on Wednesday.