INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 10, 2008) - The NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Committee released the 2008 48-team tournament field today and the C.W. Post women's soccer team was selected as the first seed in the Northeast region, as well as the host site for the Northeast regional tournament.
Merrimack College and University of Bridgeport will face each other on Friday, Nov. 14 with the winner advancing to face C.W. Post on Sunday, Nov. 16. Both games will be played on Robert Blitz Field and are slated for a 1 p.m. start.
The Pioneers are currently ranked eighth in the latest NSCAA national poll, and first in the Northeast region. They won their second straight East Coast Conference Championship title with a 1-0 victory over the University of Bridgeport on Nov. 9. Currently 17-2-1, the Pioneers have matched the program single-season total wins record, set in 1999.
C.W. Post hosted the regional in 2007 and advanced to the third round after defeating Dowling College, 3-0, before falling to West Chester University in the third in an overtime shootout.
The University of Bridgeport women's soccer team, under the direction of head coach Magnus Nilerud, has received their second consecutive at-large bid to the Tournament. UB made its first-ever NCAA appearance in 2007 and tied Dowling, 3-3 in double overtime, but did not advance in the tournament after a penalty kick shoot out.
Bridgeport heads into the NCAA Tournament with a 16-4-1 overall record. On Sunday, the Purple Knights lost a 1-0 decision to C.W. Post in the East Coast Conference Women's Soccer Championship Tournament Final. Just one week earlier, the Purple Knights defeated the Pioneers, 2-1, to hand CWP it only conference loss of the regular season.
-Provided by CW Post and University of Bridgeport Sports Information departments.
