MORRIS, Minn. - Both the men's and women's soccer teams are one win away from hosting a UMAC Semi Final at Cougar Field next Tuesday afternoon. This weekend they will travel to take on Northwestern and North Central Friday and Saturday.
All matches will have live stats and video links in the schedule page for fans to follow along as the drive to postseason play ends this weekend.
Men's Soccer Seeding Situation for Post-Season Tournament
·# St. Scholastica (12-0 UMAC record, 36 points) – Secured a berth in post-season tournament; Secured the regular season championship; Secured #1 seed; Will host semi-final contest on Tuesday, October 30.
·# Minnesota-Morris (9-3 UMAC record, 27 points) – Secured a berth in post-season tournament; Could be #2, #3, or #4 seed; Won first game over Northwestern (3-0 score) and play again on Saturday; Split head-to-head contests with Bethany Lutheran and both contests were 1-0 so next tiebreaker would be goal differential in all conference contests (max of 4 goals per game) – Currently Minnesota-Morris is +18 in goal differential in all conference contests and Bethany Lutheran is +5 in goal differential in all conference contests.
·Northwestern (7-3-2 UMAC record, 23 points) – Could be #2, #3, #4 seed or not make the post-season tournament; Lost to Minnesota-Morris (3-0 score) and play again on Saturday; Defeated Bethany Lutheran in both head-to-head contests so owns tiebreaker over Bethany Lutheran; Tied with Crown College in first head-to-head contest and play again on Friday.
· Bethany Lutheran (7-4-1 UMAC record, 22 points) – Could be #2, #3, #4 seed or not make the post-season tournament; Split head-to-head contests with Minnesota-Morris and both contests were 1-0 so next tiebreaker would be goal differential in all conference contests (max of 4 goals per game) – Currently Minnesota-Morris is +18 in goal differential in all conference contests and Bethany Lutheran is +5 in goal differential in all conference contests; Loses tiebreaker to Northwestern because of losing both head-to-head contests to Northwestern; Defeated Crown in both head-to-head contests so owns tiebreaker over Crown.
·Crown (5-5-2 UMAC record, 17 points) – Could be #3, #4 seed or not make the post-season tournament; Tied with Northwestern College in first head-to-head contest and play again on Friday; Lost to Bethany Lutheran College in both head-to-head contests so loses tiebreaker to Bethany Lutheran College
North Central University, Martin Luther College and Northland College have been eliminated from post-season tournament contention.
# Secured a berth in post-season tournament
Women's Soccer Seeding Situation for Post-Season Tournament
·# St. Scholastica (11-1 UMAC record, 33 points) – Secured a berth in post-season tournament; Could be #1, #2, or #3 seed; Split with Minnesota-Morris in head-to-head contests and both contests were scores of 1-0 so goes to next tiebreaker which is goal differential in all conference contests (max of 4 goals per game) – Currently St. Scholastica is +36 in goal differential and Minnesota-Morris is +27 in goal differential; Defeated Bethany Lutheran in first head-to-head contest (8-1 score) and play again on Saturday.
·# Minnesota-Morris (10-2 UMAC record, 30 points) – Secured a berth in post-season tournament; Could be #1, #2, or #3 seed; Split with St. Scholastica in head-to-head contests and both contests were scores of 1-0 so goes to next tiebreaker which is goal differential in all conference contests (max of 4 goals per game) – Currently St. Scholastica is +36 in goal differential and Minnesota-Morris is +27 in goal differential; Owns tiebreaker over Bethany Lutheran because split head-to-head contests but scores were 1-2 and 3-0 so Minnesota-Morris owns +2 (4-2) advantage in goal differential in head-to-head contests.
·# Bethany Lutheran (9-3 UMAC record, 27 points) – Secured a berth in post-season tournament; Could be #1, #2, #3, or #4 seed; Lost to St. Scholastica in first head-to-head contest (8-1 score) and play again on Saturday; Loses tiebreaker to Minnesota-Morris because split head-to-head contests but scores were 2-1 and 0-3 so Minnesota-Morris owns +2 (4-2) advantage in goal differential in head-to-head contests; Split to head-to-head contests vs. Northwestern and scores were 3-1 and 0-2 so goes to next tiebreaker of goal differential in all conference contests (max of 4 goals per game) – Currently Bethany Lutheran is +13 in goal differential and Northwestern is +13 in goal differential.
·# Northwestern (7-4-1 UMAC record, 22 points) – Secured a berth in post-season tournament; Could be #3 or #4 seed; Split to head-to-head contests vs. Bethany Lutheran and scores were 1-3 and 2-0 so goes to next tiebreaker of goal differential in all conference contests (max of 4 goals per game) – Currently Bethany Lutheran is +13 in goal differential and Northwestern is +13 in goal differential.
Martin Luther, Northland, Crown & North Central have been eliminated from post-season tournament contention.
# Secured a berth in post-season tournament
