Conference

A total of eight Pennsylvania State Athletic Confernce soccer programs were awarded NCAA playoff berths, it was announced Monday evening.  The league garnered five of the six spots in the regional for women's soccer, while PSAC men's teams earned three of four possible berths.  Both men's and women's soccer compete in the Atlantic Region.

In women's play PSAC champion West Chester (19-1-1) is the No. 1 seed and will serve as host for its side of the bracket.  At the same locale, Friday, No. 4 seed Indiana (Pa.) (13-6-1) will take on No. 5 seed Gannon (10-7-1) with the winner to meet West Chester on Sunday.

West Chester is riding streaks of 13 straight wins and 19 straight games without a loss.  The only two blemishes for the Golden Rams were a 1-0 loss to Bloomsburg on September 2 and a 0-0 tie against Philadelphia on September 23. 

Kutztown (15-5-2), the No. 2 seed, also receives a opening round bye and as it plays host to the other side of the bracket.  Sunday, the Golden Bears will play the winner of Friday's California (Pa.) (No. 3 seed; 16-5-1) vs. West Virginia Wesleyan (No. 6 seed; 13-6-1) match-up.

Kutzown registered a valiant effort in a 2-1 loss to West Chester during Saturday's PSAC Championship Game.  The setback ended a three-game winning streak which included a 1-0 win over California, the top seed out of the PSAC West, in the semifinals of the league tournament.  

The Atlantic Region championship game will take place Friday, November 20 at a site and time to be determined.  To view the entire NCAA Championship bracket click HERE.   

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League champion Slippery Rock (17-3-1) is the top seed and host site for the men's regional.  The Rock will square off with Mercyhurst (14-5-1), the No. 4 seed on Friday at 5 p.m.  That will mark the fourth time this season the two PSAC Western Division squads have faced one another.  The teams split a pair of regular-season contests before Slippery Rock advanced to the PSAC Championship game with a 6-5 tiebreaker shootout in the PSAC semifinals.   

The other Friday contest at Slippery Rock pits No. 2 seed Millersville (17-2) vs. No. 3 seed Charleston (17-3), which is schedule for a 2 p.m. start.  Millersville, ranked No. 1 in last week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division II poll, is coming off a 2-1 setback to Slippery Rock in the PSAC Championship Game.  One of the Marauders two losses this year came to The Rock.  

Friday's winners will play for the Atlantic Region Championship on Sunday at 2 p.m.  The entire NCAA Championship bracket can be seen by clicking HERE.