From staff reports
Frisco — Texas State earned the No. 1 seed in this week’s Southland Conference Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament which begins Thursday at the Lady Demon Soccer Complex in Natchitoches, La.
The Bobcats, who have not lost a conference match since 2007, claimed their second consecutive regular season title, and fourth overall, with an 8-0-1 record this season.
Southeastern Louisiana (6-1-1) earned the No. 2 seed and both Texas State and Southeastern will have a first-round bye.
The tournament’s first match will pit No. 3 Stephen F. Austin and No. 6 McNeese State together, Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The winner will advance to play Southeastern Louisiana Friday at 4:30 p.m. SFA finished the season 6-2-1 and McNeese finished 4-4.
Thursday night at 7 p.m., No. 4 Sam Houston State is set to face No. 5 UTSA and the winner will advance to the semi-finals to play top-seeded Texas State. The Bearkats finished the season 5-4, while the Roadrunners posted a 4-3-2 record. Friday’s semi-final action is set for 7 p.m., as well.
The winners of the two Friday matches will play for the tournament championship Sunday at 1 p.m., with the winner earning the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Championship.
Tournament. The championship match will be televised by the Southland Conference Television Network.
The entire 2009 tournament will be streamed for free on SLC NOW on the Southland Conference website, www.southland.org.
