The University of Mary women’s soccer team will open the NCAA Division II tournament against the University of Central Missouri at noon Friday, Nov. 13, at Yager Stadium in Topeka, Kansas, according to a University of Mary Athletics announcement. UMary, the Northern Sun champion, is the Central Region’s fifth seed; Central Missouri is seeded fourth.
UMary enters the tournament with a 13-3-3 record, while Central Missouri is 14-2-4 and ranked 19th nationally, according to the announcement. The tournament appearance is the second in program history; UMary’s first was in 2007, when it also faced Central Missouri, in Mankato, Minnesota.
The announcement said the first-round winners will play Sunday for a chance to face the winner from the other Central Region bracket. Washburn, the top seed and an upper-bracket host, is scheduled to play eighth-seeded Southwestern Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. Friday. Minnesota State, the second seed, will host the lower bracket in Mankato, where it is scheduled to face Missouri Western; Pittsburg State will play Northern State at that site.
