Men’s Soccer Earns ECAC Bid
The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team earned a bid to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South Region Tournament, announced on Monday.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team earned a bid to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Tournament, announced on Monday.
The Lions (16-4) earned the No. 1-seed in the field of eight and will host La Roche on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
Behrend will be making their sixth appearance in the ECAC Tournament and their first since 2010. The Lions last won the South Region Tournament in 2009. Behrend has now earned a postseason bid in six straight seasons.
The Lions were the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) co-regular season champions. After defeating Penn State Altoona 5-1 in the AMCC semifinals, Behrend fell to Medaille 1-0 in the title game.
The winner will advance to the semifinals on Saturday hosted by the highest remaining seed.
First Round – Wednesday, November 5th
No. 8 La Roche College (8-8-0) at No. 1 Penn State Behrend (16-3-0), 1:30 p.m.
No. 7 Marywood University (12-6-3) at No. 2 Frostburg State Univ. (12-2-4), 6:00 p.m.
No. 6 Neumann University (12-8) at No. 3 Lebanon Valley College (13-5-2), 2:00 p.m.
No. 4 Penn State Abington (12-4-0) at No. 5 Alvernia University (11-7-3), 7:30 p.m.
Semifinals – Saturday November 10th at highest remaining seed
PSU Behrend/La Roche winner vs. PSU Abington/Alvernia winner, 11:00 a.m.
Frostburg State/Marywood winner vs. Lebanon Valley/Neumann winner, 1:30 p.m.
Championship – Sunday, November 11th
Two Semifinal Winners, 1:00 p.m.