ONEONTA, N.Y.—It's that time of year again when the weather gets a little chillier and the attention of SUNY Oneonta turns to the SUNYAC tournaments for the fall season. This weekend, fans of the men's and women's soccer teams won't have to travel far to pay attention to the Red Dragons as both teams are the top seed for its respective conference tournament brackets. The two teams will host six other teams as it begins its quest for the NCAA berth that goes to the winner of this weekend's tournament.

Admission for all games is $5 for adults and $2 for students.

All semifinal games will be on Friday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The men's games will be on Red Dragon Soccer Field while the women's games will be on All College Field, which is the Astroturf field facility on campus. The Oneonta men will play Plattsburgh while the women play against Cortland.

In the 1:30 p.m. games, the Fredonia men will take on Brockport while in the women's contest, it will be Plattsburgh versus Buffalo State.

The Oneonta men finished the regular season in a three-way tie with Fredonia and Brockport with a record of 7-2. Oneonta earned the top seed by virtue of the tiebreaker of having defeated both teams head-to-head. This is the first time in the program's history that they have been the top seed for the SUNYAC tournament. The Red Dragons competed in the SUNYAC through the 1988 season before becoming a member of Div. I. The last time the men advanced to the tournament championship game was in 1986, where they fell to Fredonia, 2-0.

In 2006, the program began its transition back to Div. III and became eligible for the conference tournament in 2008. The men have qualified in each of its three years of being eligible and advanced into the semifinals last year before falling to Plattsburgh.

The men are 11-4-3 overall and were 3-1-1 in its final five games of the regular season. The Red Dragons have outscored its opponents 24-15. Oneonta is 2-1 against the rest of the men's field including a 4-0 loss to Plattsburgh on the road back on Oct. 8.

Junior Jonathan Kowalski (Glens Falls) and sophomore Dan Josepher (Manorville) lead Oneonta with six goals each. Josepher is the team leader with 15 points. Sophomore Dan Scott (Salt Point) leads the team with six assists.

Junior Maxwell Siegelman (Roslyn Heights) has played the bulk of the minutes with 12 starts in the 17 games that he has played. He has a 9-3-3 record and has recorded six shutouts this fall.

The women enter this weekend with an overall record of 13-4-2 including a win against nationally ranked Ithaca in its final regular season game last Tuesday on the road. The Red Dragons are also seeking its eleventh SUNYAC tournament championship in the last 12 years.

Oneonta is 2-0-1 against the women's semifinal field with the tie coming on the road against Buffalo State, 2-2. Oneonta has advanced to the championship game 10 times since 1997 and they have come away 7-1-2 record in those matches. Its only loss was in 1998 to Plattsburgh, 1-0. The two ties came in 2002 with Geneseo and 2008 with Brockport. The Red Dragons won both those contests in penalty kicks.

Junior Dana DeSimone (Clifton Park) leads the team in scoring with 11 goals and one assist for 23 points. Freshman Amanda Regensburger (Selden) leads the team with five assists.

Junior goalkeeper Amy Lusby (West Babylon) has been tremendous in the goal for Oneonta this season after assuming the starting role. She is currently 11-4-2 overall with a 0.76 goals against while recording six shutouts.