St. John Fisher College will travel to Ithaca College for the Empire 8 volleyball conference's second of two weekends of play on Friday and Saturday. All nine teams will complete round robin play with the final four teams advancing to the Empire 8 Volleyball Championship on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the site of the highest seed.

Team                       Conf.       Overall

RIT                         4-0           20-8
Elmira                     3-1           17-5
Ithaca                      3-1           15-11
Nazareth                 3-1           13-16
St. John Fisher        2-2           16-11
Stevens                   2-2           24-4
Hartwick                 1-3           6-20
Alfred                     0-4           5-16
Utica                       0-4           1-22

Rochester Institute of Technology enters the weekend as the only undefeated team and will face two 3-1 teams (Nazareth College on Friday and Elmira College on Saturday) as well as 2-2 St. John Fisher College, which defeated in the Tigers in a non-conference match last week. The Tigers also meet Hartwick College on Friday.

Host Ithaca faces Hartwick and St. John Fisher on Friday and looks for its first Empire 8 win over three-time defending champion Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday in addition to playing Alfred University.

Elmira, which handed Stevens its first Empire 8 loss ever during the first conference weekend, will play St. John Fisher and Utica College on Friday and then face RIT and Nazareth back-to-back on Saturday.

Nazareth plays RIT and Stevens back-to-back on Friday before facing Utica and the Soaring Eagles on Saturday.

Stevens enters the weekend 24-4 and riding a 12-match winning streak, but is currently sitting outside of the top four spots in the conference standings.

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Schedule of Matches

Friday, October 22

Court 1

3 p.m. – Ithaca vs. Hartwick*
5:30 p.m. – Stevens vs. Alfred
8 p.m. – Elmira vs. Utica

Court 2

3 p.m. – Utica vs. Alfred
5:30 p.m. – Nazareth vs. RIT
8 p.m. – Stevens vs. Nazareth*

Court 3

3 p.m. – St. John Fisher vs. Elmira
5:30 p.m. – Ithaca vs. St. John Fisher*
8 p.m. – RIT vs. Hartwick

Saturday, October 23

Court 1

Noon – St. John Fisher vs. Hartwick
2:30 p.m. – Nazareth vs. Utica
5 p.m. – Ithaca vs. Stevens*

Court 2

Noon – Ithaca vs. Alfred*
2:30 p.m. – RIT vs. Elmira*
5 p.m. – St. John Fisher vs. RIT

Court 3

Noon – Stevens vs. Utica
2:30 p.m. – Hartwick vs. Alfred
5 p.m. – Nazareth vs. Elmira

Live Stats available at http://livestats.internetconsult.com/ithaca/wvball/index.htm