ONEONTA, N.Y. – The 24th-ranked Ithaca College women's basketball team (23-2) travels to Hartwick for the Empire 8 Championship Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22-23. The top-seeded Bombers will face the fourth-seeded St. John Fisher Cardinals in a semifinal game at 6 p.m. Friday.

The other semifinal features the second-seeded Hawks and third-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology. The winners of the semifinal games will play for the Empire 8 crown at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Live stats, a live VIC radio broadcast and a video broadcast will be available for fans to follow the action remotely.

The Bombers claimed their fifth straight Empire 8 regular-season title this season with a 13-1 record in league play. Ithaca enters the semifinal on a 10-game winning streak and one win shy of tying the school record of 24 wins set in the 2011-12 season.

Three student-athletes and head coach Dan Raymond earned Empire 8 year-end awards announced Thursday. Junior Kathryn Campbell was named to the All-Empire 8 First Team, senior Devin Shea earned second-team nods and junior Jenn Escobido tallied honorable mention praise.

Ithaca ranks atop the NCAA East Region Rankings for the 2012-13 season. The NCAA regional rankings, which were released Wednesday, are based on the same criteria used to select and seed teams for the NCAA playoffs.

Additional information is available on the tournament central page.