Join the Owls for The Selection Show!
The KSU soccer team will meet at Mellow Mushroom to find their first round opponent as they battle for the 2009 Women's College Cup
by Jessica Steadman
11/9/2009 11:07:50 AM
KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State women's soccer team will find out their opponent in the first round of the 2009 Women's College Cup on Monday evening as the 64 team field will be announced live on ESPNews at 8:00 p.m.
The Owls coaches, players, administration, staff and fans will watch the tournament selection show at the Mellow Mushroom on 1133 Chastain Road, across from campus. Members of the squad and the coaching staff will be arriving at the location at 7:30 p.m. and all students and fans are encouraged to attend.
“We would love for all our fans and the student body to come down and share this experience with us,” said Owls head coach Rob King. “It's a great time for our team, the University and the community so we want tonight to be a celebration for everyone.”
Tonight will mark the second time in three years that the Owls will be watching the selection show with a vested interest. In 2007, Coach King led the Black and Gold to Kennesaw State's first-ever national tournament. Fast tracked into Division I after winning the Division II National Championship in 2003, the Owls advanced to the national tournament in 2007 where they played nationally ranked Florida State in Tallahassee.
Kennesaw State, winners of the Atlantic Sun Conference, is one of 30 teams to receive an automatic bid into the field of 64 teams who will battle for the Women's College Cup. The Owls were one of seven teams to clinch a berth on Saturday as they joined No. 2-ranked Portland, Denver, Boston University, Loyola (Md.), San Diego State and Harvard as the first teams to earn a tournament bid.
Twenty-three other teams earned automatic bids on Sunday including national powerhouses North Carolina, Penn State, Notre Dame, South Carolina and Oklahoma State. The 34 at-large teams will also be determined on Monday evening. The first round of the tournament will be on Friday, Nov. 13 at on campus sites throughout the nation.
Already In
Conference Champions receiving Automatic Bids
America East Conference - Boston U.
Atlantic Coast Conference - North Carolina
Atlantic Sun Conference - Kennesaw State
Atlantic 10 Conference - Dayton
Big East Conference - Notre Dame
Big Sky Conference - Northern Arizona
Big South Conference - High Point
Big Ten Conference - Penn State
Big 12 Conference - Oklahoma State
Big West Conference – UC-Santa Barbara
Colonial Athletic Association - UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA - Memphis
Horizon League - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ivy Group - Harvard
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - Loyola University (Md.)
Mid-American Conference - Central Michigan
Missouri Valley Conference - Illinois State
Mountain West Conference - San Diego State
Northeast Conference - Monmouth
Ohio Valley Conference - Murray State
Pacific-10 Conference – No Tournament (Stanford regular season champions)
Southeastern Conference – South Carolina
Southern Conference - Davidson
Southland Conference - Southeastern Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference - Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Sun Belt Conference - Denver
The Patriot League - Colgate
The Summit League - IUPUI
West Coast Conference - Portland
Western Athletic Conference - Boise State