Four Minnesota college soccer teams in NCAA tourney this weekend
Minnesota has four teams remaining in the NCAA Soccer tournaments this weekend. Two mens D-3 MIAC teams will take to the field on Saturday. They are Carleton and Augsburg. Both teams play in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) which is considered one of the best NCAA D-3 conferences in the nation. But first, the two Minnesota women’s teams that are left, the D-1 U of M Gophers, and the D-3 Carleton Knights, both play on Friday night. The Gophers play at 6:30 p.m. CST, followed by the D-3 Carleton Knights, who will play at 7:30 p.m. CST.
Friday
D-1 Women
In the first game of the night, our Golden Gophers (22-3-0) will play the #1 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (23-0-0). Notre Dame is making its 16th straight appearance in the NCAA tournament and won national titles in 1995 and 2004. The game takes place in at Alumni Field in South Bend, with a 6:30 p.m. CST start time. Live stats and video will be available online here.
D-3 Women
Starting at 7:30 p.m. CST, will be the women’s Carleton Knights (17-5-0) who will take on Claremont-M-S, CA, (12-8-2). The game takes place in Wheaton, IL, at Joe Bean Stadium. The NCAA interactive bracket link above will give you live stats if you click on the matchup. An interesting note, this is the furthest that any team-entry NCAA Carleton team has made it into any tournament and this year the mens and women’s teams are both setting the record.
D-3 Men
On Saturday, the Carleton Knights Mens team (17-1-3) will take on Middlebury of Vermont (14-2-3). Middlebury is last years defending national D-3 champion and have made 10 post season tournament appearances. This game takes place in Hoboken NJ, at DeBaun Athletic Complex. Video will be available for this game online. Go to the interactive bracket and click on the matchup for video and live stats. The Carleton link above will also give you an audio stream to the game. The game will be played at 4:00 p.m. CST.
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Later on Saturday, the Augsburg Auggies (12-3-7) will take on Loras College (18-4-1) of Iowa. The game will take place in Dubuque, IA, at Loras College. Game time is 7:30 p.m. CST. The game will have a live audio stream and can be found here.
Congratulations and good luck to all of Minnesota’s entries into the NCAA round of 16.
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That’s pretty good that UOM women can hold ND scoreless for 90 minutes and lost in OT with PK. It sucks to lose with PK. To lose against #1 in the Nation ain’t bad either.
Well done and kudos to the Lady Gophers for the best season in their history.
It’s been a joy to follow the team on their way to the Sweet 16.
Peace and futbol.