Union, which was selected as the No. 2seeded in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Upstate New York Women'sBasketball Championship Tournament, will host No. 7 Hartwick on Wednesday,March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Viniar Athletic Center.
Senior forward Katlyn Cunningham
The 17-8 Dutchwomen are making theirthird consecutive postseason appearance and their fourth in the last fiveyears.
In the other first-round games on Wednesday, top-seeded St. John Fisher (22-5),will play No. 8 Keuka (14-9); No. 3 University of Rochester (15-10) hosts No. 6Utica College (17-9), and No. 4 Oneonta (18-9) will host No. 5 Rensselaer(12-12).
The first-round winners will advance to the semifinals at the highest remainingseedon Saturday, March 5. The winner of Oneonta/RPIwill face thewinner of St. John Fisher/Keuka while the winner of Rochester/Utica will facethe winner of Union/Hartwick in the other semifinal. The semifinal winners willmeet Sunday, March 6 for the championshipat the same site of thesemifinal game.
First Round Wednesday, March 2
No. 5RPIat No. 4 Oneonta at7 p.m.
No. 6Uticaat No. 3University of Rochester at 7p.m.
No.7Hartwickat No. 2Union at 7 p.m.
No. 8 Keuka atNo. 1 St. John Fisher TBA
Semifinals Saturday, March 5 (athighest remaining seed)
No. 1 St. JohnFisher/No. 8 Keukavs. No. 4Oneonta/No. 5RPI, TBA
No. 2Union/No. 7Hartwickvs. No. 3University of Rochester/No.6 Utica, TBA
Championship Game Sunday, March 6 (at highest remaining seed)
Two Semifinal Winners,TBA
Junior guard Erika Eisenhut
Senior guard Melissa Marra
Seniors, forward Katlyn Cunningham (Westwood, MA)and guard Melissa Marra (Mechanicville, NY) along with junior guard ErikaEisenhut (Mohawk, NY) have been the Dutchwomen's statistical leadersthroughout the year. Cunningham topsboth the scoring (12.1) and rebounding (7.1) charts while Marra and Eisenhutare each contributing 9.9 points a game.All three are among the program's all-time leaders.
Cunningham goes into Wednesday's contest sixth on theall-time scoring list with 1,069 points and seventh on the rebounding list with614. Marra, who missed eight games dueto illness this season, is ninth on the scoring list (958), third on thethree-point field goal chart (83), fifth in all-time steals (172) and secondwith her 211 assists. Eisenhut,meanwhile, ranks tied for 14th in career scoring (817), first inthree-point field goals (110), third in assists (208) and tied for third withher 199 steals.
The Dutchwomen, who are 1-3 in post-season play, arelooking for their first ECAC Tournament victory. Union's first-ever appearance in 2000-01 resulted in a 59-47 lossto the University of Rochester at Nazareth.The homestanding Garnet dropped a 68-66 decision to Oneonta in2002-03. Last year the Dutchwomendefeated Mount St. Mary, 78-47, in the first round of the NCAA tournament atMemorial Field House before losing at NYU, 69-50.
