South Dakota State Earns Top Seed in #SummitWSOC Championship
South Dakota State Earns Top Seed in #SummitWSOC Championship
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ELMHURST, Ill. – After capturing the regular season league title, South Dakota State earned the top seed in the upcoming Summit League Women's Soccer Championship.
The 2014 women's soccer tournament takes place Nov. 6 & 8, at CIBER Field in Denver, Colo., and is hosted by the University of Denver.
South Dakota State claimed the No. 1 seed after defeating Denver on Friday, for its fourth regular season title since 2008. The Jackrabbits will be participating in their sixth Summit League Tournament in school history. Against league opposition, SDSU was tied for the lead with 15 goals and its 15 assists were second.
IUPUI earned the No. 2 seed by virtue of defeating Denver on Oct. 10. The Jaguars will be making their first tournament appearance since capturing the title as the No. 2 seed in 2009. The Pioneers are looking to repeat as champions after claiming the title a year ago as the top seed. NDSU advanced to its sixth-straight tournament and first as the No. 4 seed. The Bison defeated the Jackrabbits in the semifinals last season.
No. 1 South Dakota State (9-7-1, 5-2-1 Summit) faces No. 4 North Dakota State (8-7-2, 4-2-2 Summit) in game one Thursday, at 3 p.m. (MT). No. 2 IUPUI (7-9-3, 5-3-0 Summit) will meet No. 3 Denver (9-8-1, 5-3-0 Summit) in Thursday's second match, kicking-off at approximately 6 p.m. (MT).
The tournament concludes with Saturday's championship match at 1 p.m. (MT). The winner claims The Summit League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 6
3 p.m. - Match One: (1) South Dakota State vs. (4) North Dakota State
6 p.m. - Match Two: (2) IUPUI vs. (3) Denver
Saturday, Nov. 8
1 p.m. – Championship Match: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2
All times Mountain
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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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