New York, NY - The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced the field of 12 teams for the men's soccer tournament. The Hawks will match up against Kean in the first round with play beginning on Saturday, November 16.

The ECAC Tournament is divided into four pods, each with four teams and a host institution. Hunter is seeded fourth and is in pod 4 with top seeded Kean, host school and #2 Arcadia, and #3 Wesley. The Purple and Gold have the first game of the day at 11am while Arcadia and Wesley square off at 2pm.

In pod 1 hosted by Wilkes University, the top overall seed Stevenson play No. 4 Westminster College. No. 2 Wilkes will play No. 3 seed SUNY Cobleskill. In pod 2 hosted by Widener University, No. 1 McDaniel College will play No. 4 New Jersey City University. No. 2 Brevard College will play against the hosts No. 3 Widener. In pod 3, No. 1 Muhlenberg will host No. 4 seed Marymount University as well as the second game between No. 2 New York University and No. 3 Hood College.
The winners of each pod will go on to compete in the semifinal rounds on Saturday, November 23.

Hunter (8-7-2) is coming off of a tough, hard-fought loss to John Jay in the CUNYAC Championship in a game that remained scoreless through two overtimes and came down to 10 rounds of penalty kicks to finally determine a winner. Their counterparts, Kean (9-7-3) fell to Rowan in the quarterfinal round of the NJAC Tournament in double-overtime.

All games will be streamed live on FloSports http://bit.ly/32urC4q.

Pod 1 First Round - Saturday, Nov. 16 & Sunday, Nov. 17 at Wilkes University
Game 1: (Sat.): No. 1 Stevenson University vs. No. 4 Westminster College at 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: (Sat.): No. 2 Wilkes University vs. No. 3 SUNY Cobleskill at 2:00 p.m.
Game 3 (Sun.): Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 at 12:00 p.m.

Pod 2 First Round - Saturday, Nov. 16 & Sunday, Nov. 17 at Widener University
Game 1: (Sat.): No. 1 McDaniel College vs. No. 4 NJCU at 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: (Sat.): No. 2 Brevard College vs. No. 3 Widener University at 2:00 p.m.
Game 3 (Sun.): Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 at 12:00 p.m.

Pod 3 First Round - Saturday, Nov 16 & Sunday Nov. 17 at Muhlenberg College
Game 1: (Sat.): No. 1 Muhlenberg College vs. No. 4 Marymount University at 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: (Sat.): No. 2 NYU vs. No. 3 Hood College at 2:00 p.m.
Game 3 (Sun.): Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 at 12:00 p.m.

Pod 4 First Round - Saturday, Nov 16 & Sunday Nov. 17 at Arcadia University
Game 1: (Sat.): No. 1 Kean University vs. No. 4 Hunter College at 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: (Sat.): No. 2 Arcadia University vs. No. 3 Wesley College at 2:00 p.m.
Game 3 (Sun.): Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 at 1:00 p.m.

Semifinals - Saturday, Nov. 23 at TBD
Semifinal #1: Pod 1 Winner vs. Pod 4 Winner - 11:00 a.m.
Semifinal #2: Pod 2 Winner vs Pod 3 Winner - 2:00 p.m.

Championship - Sunday, Nov. 24 at TBD
Winner Semifinal #1 vs. Winner Semifinal #2 - 12:00 p.m.

Click here to see the full bracket.

~Portions of this release courtesy of ECAC Communications