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Mountaineers to Face Howard
Payne in First Round of ASC
Tourney
RICHARDSON, TX - (primarily from
ASC press release)
Schreiner Men's Soccer will open
the 2009 ASC Championship
Tournament with a first round
match against Howard Payne on
Friday, Nov. 6th at 11:00 am in
Belton, TX. The two teams
faced each other already this
season in Kerrville, with SU
gaining the close 1-0 win in
overtime.
The University of Mary
Hardin-Baylor went 11-2 in
league play to become regular
season champions for the first
time in program history and also
earned the right to host the
2009 American Southwest
Conference Men’s Soccer
Championship Tournament on Nov.
6-8 at Cru Sports Plex in
Belton, Texas.
The entire six-team, single
elimination event will be
available for fans through live
statistics, while Sunday’s
championship game will also have
live audio. All links can be
found on the “Tournament
Central” page on the
conference’s website.
Head coach Brad Bankhead’s Cru
(13-3) earned a first-round bye
as the No. 1 seed. UMHB will
also be serving as host of the
ASC men’s soccer tournament for
the first time in program
history. Hardin-Simmons
University (9-2-5), which has
won two of the last four ASC
titles and six overall, locked
up the No. 2 seed and the other
first-round bye.
The University of the Ozarks
(12-4-2), the 2003 ASC champion,
will be the No. 3 seed.
Schreiner University (8-6-3),
Howard Payne University (9-7-1)
and Mississippi College (12-4-3)
all had the same conference
winning percentage, but due to
the league tie-breaker
procedure, Schreiner will be the
No. 4 seed, Howard Payne will be
No. 5 and Mississippi College
will be No. 6.
Friday’s first-round matchups
include SU against HPU at 11
a.m., with the winner getting
UMHB in Saturday’s 11 a.m.
semifinal. UO and MC will duel
on Friday at 2 p.m., with the
victor going against HSU at 2
p.m. on Saturday in the
semifinals. The championship
game is slated for 1 p.m.
Sunday.
The only returning
All-Tournament selection from
2008 is junior defender Chris
O’Brien of Hardin-Simmons.
The ASC tournament winner earns
an automatic berth in the NCAA
Division III Men’s Soccer
Championship.
NOTES:
· Admission: $5 for adults, $3
for students/children.
· No complimentary admission
passes will be accepted.
· This is the 12th year of the
ASC men’s soccer tournament.
SU History in the ASC
Championship Tournament
2004:
Qualified as #6 seed (8-5-0)
First Round - Lost to #3 seed,
Hardin-Simmons, 0-2
2005:
Qualified as #5 seed (8-4-1)
First Round - defeated #4 seed
UT-Dallas, 2-1
Second Round - Lost to #1 seed,
Hardin-Simmons, 1-2
2006:
Qualified as #1 seed (10-3-0)
Hosted Championship
First Round - Bye
Second Round - Lost to #4 seed,
Mississippi College, 2-3
2009:
Qualified as #4 seed (7-3-3)
First Round - play #5 seed
Howard Payne on Friday at 11:00
am in Belton, TX
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