Third-seeded Drury (15-4-3), making its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, will play sixth-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan College (16-4-2) at 6 p.m. Friday at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Ill.
The Drury-Wesleyan winner will then meet No. 2 seed SIUE (13-4-1) at 1 p.m. Sunday, also in Edwardsville.
“We are very happy to get into the tournament … and happy to be playing somebody new at this time of the year,” said Drury coach Alf Bilbao, whose Panthers won their first GLVC championship Sunday on the SIUE field by defeating Missouri-St. Louis 5-4 in a penalty-kick shootout.
WVWC is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia, and claimed an automatic bid in the field by winning the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament with a 2-1 triumph over Wheeling Jesuit. The Lady Bobcats went 11-1-1 in WVIAC play to claim the regular season title.
Background
In 2007, the NCAA Division II women’s soccer championship will provide for a 48-team, single-elimination tournament. Six teams will be chosen from each of the eight regions established by the women’s soccer committee. For first- and second-round competition, teams will be paired in their respective regions with the No. 4 seed playing the No. 5 seed; and No. 3 seed playing the No. 6 seed on Friday, November 9. The winner of the No.4/5 seed game will advance to play the No. 1 seed and the winner of the No. 3/6 seed game will play the No. 2 seed on Sunday, November 11. First- and second-round games will consist of two sites per region.
The winners in the second round will advance to the third round and quarterfinals to be played on Friday, November 16 and Sunday, November 18. Championship selections will take place Monday, November 5.
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