Oct. 13, 2005

The West Texas A&M University women's soccer team is ranked fourth in the first NCAA-II Midwest Region Rankings, released late Wednesday (Oct. 12), by the NCAA.

Complete NCAA-II Regional Rankings

The NCAA-II women's soccer championship will provide for a 32-team, single-elimination tournament. Four teams will be chosen from each of the eight regions established by the women's soccer committee. For first- and second-round competition, teams will be paired in their respective regions with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed; and No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed on Friday, November 11. The winners of each game will advance to play one another on Sunday, November 13. First- and second-round games will be played at the same site.

The winner in each region will advance to the quarterfinals to be played on either Saturday, November 19 or Sunday, November 20. Championship selections will take place Monday, November 7.

The Lady Buffs are seeking their fifth-straight trip to the regional tournament, as they advanced to the Regional semifinals in 2003 for the first time in school history.

WTAMU is the highest-ranked Lone Star Conference team, as the University of Central Oklahoma is eighth and Eastern New Mexico University in ninth.

The Lady Buffs won their third match in row Wednesday night in a 1-0 victory over Angelo State University in a make-up match from Sunday's match that was called five minutes into the second half due to weather and had to be made up from the beginning.

The Lady Buffs take a 6-3-1 overall and 3-0 Lone Star Conference record on the road, as WTAMU returns to action on Friday, Oct. 14 at Tahlequah, Okla. to take on Northeastern State University and then head to Ada, Okla., on Sunday Oct. 16, against East Central University.

The Lady Buffs return home on Oct. 21 and 23, to face Southwestern Oklahoma State University and the University of Central Oklahoma, respectively.

For ticket information, contact the WTAMU Athletics Ticket Office at 806-651-4424.

MIDWEST DII In-Region Record Overall Record
1. Metropolitan State 11-0 13-0
2. Regis (Colorado) 12-1 12-1
3. Fort Lewis 9-2-2 9-2-2
4. West Texas A&M 4-2 5-3-1
5. New Mexico Highlands 6-3 7-5
6. Montana State-Billings 5-1-1 8-2-1
7. Incarnate Word 6-3 7-3-1
8. Central Oklahoma 5-2 9-3
9. Eastern New Mexico 5-4 9-4
10. St. Mary's (Texas) 6-3 6-3
Bold = Lone Star Conference Teams

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