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Four Southland Schools to Play in NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
USC received the No. 2 seed in the 64-team field, while UCLA received a No. 4 seed. Long Beach State and Pepperdine also received bids.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- USC received a No. 2 seed in the 64-team NCAA women's soccer tournament field announced Monday while UCLA received a No. 4 seed.
The Trojans (14-4-1), who received an at-large berth after tying for second in the Pac-12 Conference behind Stanford, will open tournament play Saturday at 1 p.m. by playing host to Eastern Washington (13-4-4), the Big Sky Tournament champions.
The No. 2 seeding ties the program high. USC also received a No. 2 seed in 2007.
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The Bruins (13-5-1), who tied for fourth in the Pac-12, will open tournament play Friday at 7 p.m. at Marshall Field at Drake Stadium, facing Seattle (14-5-1), the Western Athletic Conference champion.
Two other Southland schools also made the tournament field.
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Pepperdine (12-4-3), the West Coast Conference champion, will play host to California (13-5-2) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Tari Frahm Rokus Field.
Long Beach State, the Big West Conference tournament champion, will play at Santa Clara (9-6-4) Saturday at 1 p.m. This is the second consecutive year the 49ers have faced the Broncos in the tournament,
-- City News Service, photo via Shutterstock