OCTOBER 31, 2014

KING'S MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAMS TRAVELING TO MANHATTANVILLE WITH PLAYOFF BERTHS ON THE LINE

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WILKES-BARRE — The King's College women's and men's soccer teams will travel to Purchases, NY on Saturday for a critical Freedom Conference doubleheader against host Manhattanville College.  The twin bill marks the regular-season finale in the Freedom Conference and both King's squads are fighting to secure respective post-season berths.

The women's game will begin at 12:00 p.m. at GoValiants.com Field.  The men's game will then follow at 3:30 p.m.

Fans can follow both games on LiveStats at the following links:

Women's Soccer:   http://www.sidearmstats.com/manhattanville/wsoc/

Men's Soccer:  http://www.sidearmstats.com/manhattanville/msoc/

Live Video for Both Games (Pay-per-View, $6.95 each game):  http://www.govaliants.tv/

 

King's women are locked in a four-way battle for the fourth and final seed along with Wilkes, Eastern, and FDU-Florham with 2-4 Freedom Conference records.  In order for the Lady Monarchs to earn the fourth seed, King's must first defeat Manhattanville (0-5-1 Freedom). King's will also need Wilkes to defeat or tie Eastern when those two teams play their regular-season finale. King's had head-to-head wins over Wilkes and FDU-Florham and would come out ahead of either squad in either a three-way or two-way tiebreaker. FDU plays at third-place Delaware Valley on Saturday.

 

On the men's side, the Monarchs are locked in a three-way tie for third-place with the third and fourth seeds on the line. King's is 4-2 in the Freedom Conference while Manhattanville and FDU-Florham are 3-3.  With a win over Manhattanville, King's will qualify and clinch the third seed as the Monarchs would have wins over both Manhattanville and FDU. Should King's lose to Manhattanville and FDU defeat last-place Delaware Valley (0-6 Freedom), the teams would be locked in a three-way tie and a conference tie breaking procedure, which could involve goal differential, would be implemented to determine who qualifies and what seed they would be.

Should either King's team qualify, the Freedom Conference Tournament begins next week.  The men's Freedom Conference semi-finals will be held Tuesday at a site and time to be announced.  The women's semi-finals will be Wednesday, also at a site and time to be determined.

Both Freedom Conference championship games will be held Saturday at the site of the highest remaining seed and at a time to be announced.