ASC Women's Tournament Field Announced
Hardin-Simmons Earns Right to Host
2010 American Southwest Conference Women's Soccer Championship Tournament
Live Video, Statistics Available for All Games; Audio for Championship
RICHARDSON, Texas ––Hardin-Simmons posted a perfect 13-0 record against league competition to win the regular season title and seal the right host its eighth straight American Southwest Conference Women's Soccer Championship Tournament, to be held Nov. 5-7 at HSU Soccer Complex in Abilene, Texas.
The entire six-team, single elimination event will be available for fans through live video and statistics, while Sunday's championship game will also have live audio. All links can be found on HSU's athletic website (http://hsuathletics.com/landing/index) and the conference's Tournament Central page (www.ASCsports.org).
Head coach Marcus Wood's Cowgirls (17-0), winners of the last seven ASC titles and 12 overall, will receive a first-round bye. Nationally-ranked HSU has not lost to a conference opponent in 130 straight games. Texas-Tyler (13-4, 11-2 ASC) locked up the No. 2 seed and will receive the other first-round bye.
Texas-Dallas (12-5-1, 10-2-1 ASC), which won the 2002 ASC title and reached the title match the last two years, will be the No. 3 seed. Howard Payne (10-4-3, 8-3-2 ASC) earned the fourth spot, followed by fifth-seed Mississippi College (12-4-2, 8-4-1 ASC) and No. 6 seed Concordia Texas (10-6-2, 7-4-2 ASC). HPU and CTX are making their first appearances at the ASC tournament.
Friday's first-round matchups will be HPU against MC at 11 a.m., with the winner getting HSU in Saturday's 11 a.m. semifinal. UTD and CTX will duel on Friday at 2 p.m., with the victor going against UT Tyler at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the semifinals. The championship game is slated for 1 p.m. Sunday.
Returning all-tournament selections are most valuable player Carlyn Powers, Miranda Bersosa and Becca Gault of Hardin-Simmons, Andrea Jones of Texas-Dallas, and Kendall Kramer of Texas-Tyler.
The ASC tournament winner earns an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship.
NOTES:
- Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for students/children.
- No complimentary admission passes will be accepted.
- This is the 13th year of the ASC women's soccer tournament
- Hardin-Simmons has served as host for the ASC women's soccer tournament 10 different times (1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).
2010 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
November 5-7
HOSTED BY HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
HSU Soccer Complex / Abilene, Texas
Friday, November 5
Quarterfinals
Game 1: [4] Howard Payne (10-4-3) vs. [5] Mississippi College (12-4-2), 11 a.m.
Game 2: [3] Texas-Dallas (12-5-1) vs. [6] Concordia Texas (10-6-2), 2 p.m.
Saturday, November 6
Semifinals
Game 3: [1] Hardin-Simmons (17-0) vs. Winner Game 1, 11 a.m.
Game 4: [2] Texas-Tyler (13-4) vs. Winner Game 2, 2 p.m.
Sunday, November 7
Championship
Game 5: Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
