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Nov. 13, 2004
Men's soccer receives bid to NAIA National Tournament
MOBILE, Ala. -- The University of Mobile men's soccer
team received a bid to the 2004 NAIA National Tournament
the NAIA National Office announced on Monday. The Rams, which
won the National Championship just two seasons ago, will open up the
tournament
as the
No. 8 seed and will face No. 9 seed Azusa Pacific University (16-1-2)
on Friday, Nov. 19 at 11 a.m.
Mobile, which lost to Berry College 2-1 last week in
the Region XIII Semifinals, received one of five at-large bids
after having one of the highest Longo (ratings system) ratings in the
country.
Three teams from Region XIII, Mobile, Berry College and
Auburn University Montgomery, all received bids to the 20 team tournament.
Opening round games begin on Wednesday, Nov. 17.
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Tournament bracket to follow.
First Round - Wednesday, November 17
#16 Bethel College (Ind.) (18-1-0) vs. #17 Bethel College (Tenn.) (14-6-1),
Noon
#20 Si Tanka University (S.D.) (14-3-2) vs. #13 Park University (Mo.)
(19-2-1), 5 p.m.
#14 Judson College (Ill.) (22-0-1) vs. #19 Embry-Riddle University
(Fla.) (14-3-0), 2:15 p.m
#15 William Jewell University (Mo.) (8-8-4) vs. #18 The Evergreen State
College (Wash.) (14-6-0), 7:45 p.m.
Second Round - Thursday, November 18 & Friday, November 19
#16/#17 Winner vs. #1 Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (20-1-1), Thursday
Noon
#8 University of Mobile (Ala.) (12-5-1) vs. #9 Azusa Pacific University
(Calif.) (16-1-2), Friday 11 a.m.
#5 Simon Fraser University (B.C.) (11-5-1) vs. #12 Baker University
(Kan.) (14-3-3), Friday 3 p.m.
#4 Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (17-4-0) vs. #20/#13 Winner,
Thursday 5 p.m.
#14/#19 Winner vs. #3 Lindenwood University (Mo.) (15-3-1), Thursday
2:15 p.m.
#6 Holy Names University (Calif.) (10-6-3) vs. #11 Grand View College
(Iowa) (19-4-1), Friday 1 p.m.
#7 Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) (15-4-2) vs. #10 Berry College
(Ga.) (21-3-0), Friday 9 a.m.
#2 University of Rio Grande (Ohio) (19-0-1) vs. #15/#18 Winner, Thursday
7:15 p.m.
Quarterfinals - Saturday, November 20
Noon, 2:15 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m.
Semifinals - Monday, November 22
6 p.m., 8 p.m.
Championship - Tuesday, November 23
7:30 p.m.
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