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MWC Announces Women's Soccer Championship Pairings Utah takes MWC title and No. 1 seed in championship
Oct. 30, 2005 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Utah claimed its second outright regular-season Mountain West Conference women's soccer title with a 1-0 win over UNLV on Oct. 22. The victory over the Rebels also earned the Utes (13-5-1 overall, 6-0-1 MWC) the No. 1 seed in this week's MWC Women's Soccer Championship in Las Vegas, Nev. Utah closed out the season tying BYU 1-1 in double overtime on Saturday. UNLV and BYU tied for second-place in the conference with 5-2-0 and 4-1-2 records, respectively. The Rebels (10-6-3 overall) will get the second seed after earning the tie break advantage by garnering the most points in conference play (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). BYU (15-1-3 overall) claimed the third seed, while Wyoming (8-6-3, 4-3-0) earned the fourth seed. New Mexico (6-6-4, 3-3-1) takes the fifth seed, San Diego State (10-8-2, 2-3-2) will get the sixth seed, TCU (6-10-0, 1-6-0) takes the seventh seed, and the eighth seed will go to Air Force (4-15-1, 0-7-0). The conference tournament will take place on Nov. 2-5 at Peter Johann Memorial Field on the campus of UNLV in Las Vegas, Nev. The opening match will see No. 4 Wyoming vs. No. 5 New Mexico at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Other Wednesday matches include No. 1 seed Utah vs. No. 8 seed Air Force at 2 p.m., No. 3 seed BYU vs. No. 6 seed San Diego State at 4:30 p.m. and No. 2 seed UNLV vs. No. 7 seed TCU at 7 p.m. The semifinal matches are set for 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4. The Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Championship match is slated for noon on Saturday, Nov. 5, with the winner receiving an automatic bid into the 2005 NCAA Women's College Cup. Catch the MWC Women's Championship game live for FREE through the conference website (www.themwc.com). Saturday's championship game will be streamed live starting at noon MT, and will be replayed via tape delay nationally on CSTV Sunday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. MT.
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