Stanford received one of four No. 1 seeds into the NCAA women’s soccer tournament and will play host to San Jose State in the first round on Friday at 7 p.m. The program is 10-3 all-time in first round contests and, under Bustin’s leadership, has compiled a 4-3 NCAA Tournament ledger with trips to the championship match and the quarterfinals. The two teams also met in the opening round in 2000, ending in a 4-1 Cardinal win. The first team all-conference selection has recorded 10 goals and five assists on the year. “Now, we have a chance to play in the NCAAs again”, she said after the NCAA announced a Saturday night first-round game between No. 4-seed Auburn and Southeastern Louisiana. “We’ve had a great season and we are rewarded with a home game”.
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That capped a comeback of sorts from a winless three-game homestand last month that left WSU 11-5 and in need of momentum.
The No. 2 seeds include Florida, West Virginia, Rutgers and Clemson. Rose-Hulman and Wisconsin-Whitewater will face off at 7:30 p.m. Central Time on Friday, after the 5 p.m. matchup between Wheaton and Lake Forest.
Three MIAC teams – champion Gustavus and at-large entries St. Benedict and Bethel – will play in an NCAA regional Thursday at Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Cardinal, which is 6-2-1 this season against teams in the 64-team NCAA Tournament field, owns a 25-match home unbeaten streak in NCAA play.
The Pirates are making their ninth appearance in the NCAA D-III tournament and second consecutive appearance under third-year head coach Morgan Cathey. “We’re going to take that loss and the things we didn’t do so well and turn them into good things”.
The No. 7 Rutgers women’s soccer team learned its postseason fate Monday, when RU earned a No. 2 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
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Notre Dame is among eight Atlantic Coast Conference programs to earn a bid to the tournament, seven earning seeds. The Jacks battled hard against the Tar Heels but failed to find the back of the net, falling 2-0.
