Nov 9, 2009

Women's Soccer Selected to Third ECAC Championship

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Fresh off its third conference championship appearance in the last five years, the Stevenson women's soccer team received its fifth postseason appearance in the program's 16-year history as the Mustangs were one of eight teams selected to the ECAC Division III South Championship on Monday.

The selection marks the second-straight season that Stevenson has been selected to the ECAC tournament and the third overall. In addition to last year, the team was also selected in 1999.

The second-seeded Mustangs will host seventh-seed Moravian at Caves Athletics Complex on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.

In Wednesday's other first round contests, top-seeded Penn State-Altoona will host eighth-seeded LaRoche, No. 3-seed Swarthmore welcomes sixth-seeded Centenary and fourth-seeded Penn State-Behrend hosts fifth-seeded Grove City.

The semifinals and championship games will take place on Saturday and Sunday at the highest remaining seed following Wednesday's four first round contests.

The Mustangs are 3-2 all-time in the postseason and are looking for the first win the ECAC championship after a 2-1 loss at Dickinson in the first round a year ago and a 2-1 loss to Penn State-Behrend in 1999.

Stevenson is unbeaten in its last 10-straight and in 10 out of 11 at home this season.

Moravian is 2-0 all-time against the Mustangs winning 3-0 on the road on Oct. 21, 2006 and 2-0 at home on Sept. 29, 2007.

Below are the pairings for the 2009 ECAC Division III South Championship.

First Round - Wednesday, November 11
Game 1 - #8 LaRoche (11-8-1) at #1 Penn State-Altoona (17-4-1)
Game 2 - #7 Moravian (8-7-2) at #2 Stevenson (14-3-2)
Game 3 - #6 Centenary (14-4-1) at #3 Swarthmore (13-4-1)
Game 4 - #5 Grove City (11-6-3) at #4 Penn State-Behrend (13-3-3)

Semifinals - Saturday, November 14 *
Game 1 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner

Championship - Saturday, November 15 *
Semifinal winners

* semifinals and championship played at highest remaining seed following first round.


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