Women's Soccer To Host 2009 NCAA First & Second Round Matches

Women's Soccer To Host 2009 NCAA First & Second Round Matches
November 9, 2009

Bridgeport, CT –The University of Bridgeport women's soccer team, under the direction of head coach Magnus Nilerud, has earned its third straight trip to the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship Tournament, and the Purple Knights will serve as host for first and second round games at Knights Field on Friday, November 13 and Sunday November 15.  Bridgeport is the number two seed in the six-team East Region, and the team receives a bye into Sunday's Second Round match will which begin at 1:00 p.m.  UB will face the winner of Friday match, which will begin at 2:00 p.m., between number three seed, Franklin Pierce University and number six seed Holy Family University.

After making the school first-ever NCAA Championship appearance in 2007, Bridgeport advance to the Round of 16 last season posting wins over Merrimack (1-0) and C.W. Post (1-0), before falling to the College of St. Rose, 3-1.
 
Bridgeport heads into this NCAA Tournament with a 16-1-3 overall record. On Sunday, the Purple Knights won the East Coast Conference Women's Soccer Championship Tournament Final, as they defeated Dowling College, 3-0. 
Franklin Pierce enters the NCAA Tournament with a 16-4-1 overall mark. The Ravens, members of the Northeast 10 Conference, lost to the College of St. Rose by a 2-1 score in Sunday's NE-10 Championship Tournament Finals.
 
Holy Family comes into NCAA play with a 13-8-1 overall record. The Tigers received an automatic bid to the NCAA's by winning the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championship Tournament on Saturday, as they defeated Georgian Court University, 1-0.
 
The other side of the East Region bracket will be hosted by number one seed, the College of St. Rose. The Golden Knights are 21-0-0 so far in 2009, and they will host, on Sunday,  the winner of Friday's match between number four seed UMass-Lowell (12-5-2) and number five seed, Merrimack (13-5-3).
 
2009 NCAA DIVISION II WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT
 
First Round-Friday, November 13, 2009
2:00 p.m.-Franklin Pierce (16-4-1) vs. Holy Family (13-8-1)
 
Second Round-Sunday, November 15, 2009
 1:00 p.m-Franklin Pierce/Holy Family winner vs. Bridgeport (16-1-3)