2004 Women's Soccer Championship Seeding Announced
Middlebury Finishes Season Unbeaten to Earn Top Seed
HADLEY, Mass. — Middlebury College, currently ranked eleventh in the country, secured the top seed and a first round bye in the NESCAC Women’s Soccer Championship with a 2-0 win over Trinity. Middlebury, who finished the regular season with a 6-0-3 conference mark (12-0-2 overall), will host the semifinals and finals on Saturday-Sunday, November 6-7. First round games will begin Sunday, October 31 at 12:30 p.m. at the higher seeded institution.
Despite finishing the regular season unbeaten, Amherst (6-0-3 NESCAC, 9-1-4 overall) will be the tournament’s second seed. The Jeffs will host seventh seed Connecticut College (3-6 NESCAC, 8-6 overall). Amherst beat the Camels 2-0 earlier this year in Amherst, Mass.
Tufts (5-3-1 NESCAC, 7-3-3 overall) will be the third seed and will host sixth seed Williams (3-5-1 NESCAC, 7-5-2 overall). Tufts and Williams tied their regular season meeting 2-2.
Fifth seed Bowdoin (4-4-1 NESCAC, 8-5-1 overall) will travel to fourth seed Bates (4-3-2 NESCAC, 9-3-2 overall) in other first round action. The Bobcats dropped a 3-1 decision to Bowdoin during the first meeting between these two teams.
The top seven teams qualify for the NESCAC Championship. Predetermined tiebreaking procedures were used to seed teams with identical records. First round games will be played on Sunday, October 31 at 12:30 p.m. First round winners will advance to the semifinals at Middlebury on Saturday, November 6. Teams are rebracketed entering the semifinal round with number one seed Middlebury playing the lowest remaining seed. The NESCAC Champion receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Championship.
2004 NESCAC WOMEN’S
SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
First Round - Sunday, Oct. 31 at Higher Seeds
No. 7 Connecticut College at No. 2 Amherst - 12:30 p.m.
No. 6 Williams at No. 3 Tufts - 12:30 p.m.
No. 5 Bowdoin at No. 4 Bates - 12:30 p.m.
Semifinals - Saturday, Nov. 6 at Middlebury
No. 1 Middlebury vs. lowest remaining seed - 11:00 a.m.
Remaining first round winners - 1:30 p.m.
Championship - Sunday, Nov. 7 at Middlebury
Semifinal winners - 12:00 p.m.
