|
For Immediate Release
November 7, 2005
VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S
SOCCER LEARN NCAA FATES
LINCOLN, Neb. — The
postseason news is mixed at Nebraska Wesleyan as the Prairie Wolves
received their fourth NCAA volleyball bid in the last five years,
but the NWU women’s soccer team, despite winning its regular
season conference title, was denied its first trip to the NCAA Division
III Championships in school history.
VOLLEYBALL
Nebraska Wesleyan’s volleyball team (13-15) will travel to
St. Paul, Minn., to face the College of St. Benedict (22-5) in a
first round match scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday. CSB defeated
Nebraska Wesleyan 30-24, 30-19, 30-23 back on Sept. 10 at the Trinity
University (Texas) River City Classic in San Antonio.
“I’m excited because we are a much better team than
we were,” NWU Head Coach Gina Chambers said. “We receive
great preparation from the conference we play in. Our key is consistency
and not making errors.”
NWU is the only team with a losing record in the tournament, but
earned a No. 6 seed in the seven-team regional, hosted by the University
of St. Thomas (Minn.), based on its 5-2 record against Central Region
NCAA Div. III teams. Nebraska Wesleyan played five other teams in
the 60-team field during the 2005 regular season.
If the Prairie Wolves win on Thursday, they will play the winner
of Division III CSTV/AVCA No. 17-ranked St. Thomas (28-6) and No.
15 Central College (26-9) on Friday. The three teams on the other
side of the Central Region bracket are also nationally ranked, including
No. 1 ranked Washington University (Mo.), 33-1; No. 9 Carleton College,
21-3; and No. 12 Concordia College (Minn.), 21-3.
NWU has shown it can play with the best in NCAA Div. III, having
swept Central 30-26, 30-19, 30-26 on Sept. 16. The Prairie Wolves
also pushed No. 8 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (35-4) and No.
11 Linfield College (20-4) to their limits before losing in five
sets.
For more information, click
here.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
The Prairie Wolves were not as fortunate in women’s soccer,
however, as NWU was left out of the NCAA tournament. The team finished
13-3-1 and hoped its 4-1-1 record against NCAA Div. III in-region
opponents would be strong enough to earn one of four Pool B berths,
but those spots were awarded to Aurora University (15-6-1), Westminster
College, Pa. (16-4-1), University of Dallas (13-2) and Maryville
College, Tenn. (15-3-1).
For more information, click
here.
|
