Blazers, Knights share women's soccer title, top two Playoff seeds

http://miac-online.org/news/2011/10/29/WSOC_1029114034.aspx

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A crazy final day of women's soccer play in the MIAC resulted in co-champions and the final spots and seeds of the 2011 MIAC Women's Soccer Playoff field. Saint Benedict and Carleton share the conference's regular season championship and Concordia and Macalester round out the four-team postseason.

Carleton used a final-day win and a loss by the Blazers to move into a tie for first-place. However, Saint Benedict beat the Knights during the regular season, and will be the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. Carleton will be the No. 2 seed. The team that beat Saint Benedict Saturday - Concordia - took sole posession of third place with the win and will be the third seed in the playoffs, and Macalester used a 2-0 win over Gustavus Saturday to claim the fourth and final playoff spot.

The playoffs will open Tuesday with a pair of 2 p.m. semifinal contests. The Blazers will host one semifinal in St. Joseph, with Macalester coming to town to open the postseason. The other semifinal is a rematch of last year's Playoff championship game with Concordia traveling to Carleton to relive last year's thriller that went to penalty kicks. The two winners will advance to Saturday's championship game with the highest-remaining seed hosting the final. The winner of the Playoff championships also receives the MIAC's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament.

The MIAC has set up a home page for the 2011 MIAC Women's Soccer Playoffs, featuring the seeds, schedules, links to info about each team and tiebreaker criteria.

2011 MIAC Women's Soccer Playoff Field

No. 1 seed – College of Saint Benedict (11-6-1, 8-2-1 MIAC - 25 points)

No. 2 seed – Carleton College (11-5-2, 8-2-1 MIAC - 25 points)

No. 3 seed – Concordia College (11-2-5, 7-1-3 MIAC - 24 points)

No. 4 seed – Macalester College (11-6-1, 7-3-1 MIAC - 22 points )

2011 MIAC Women's Soccer Playoff Schedule

Semifinals: Tuesday, Nov. 1

No. 4 Macalester at No. 1 Saint Benedict – 2 p.m. – St. Joseph, Minn.

No. 3 Concordia at No. 2 Carleton –2 p.m. – Northfield, Minn.

Championship: Saturday, Nov. 5

Semifinal winners – Time: TBA – At Highest Remaining Seed

For complete details, visit the 2011 MIAC Women's Soccer Playoffs home page.

Courtesy of MIAC