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Aggies Host NCAA First Round Game
COLLEGE STATION, Texas –
The Texas A&M Aggies will host the Utah Utes in an NCAA
Championship first round match at Ellis Field on Friday, November 15,
the NCAA announced on Monday. First kick is slated for 7 pm.
Complete Interactive Bracket: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/soccer-women/d1
Texas
A&M received an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship by winning
the SEC Tournament, keeping their streak alive at 19 consecutive years.
The Aggies are one of five teams to make it to every NCAA Tournament
since 1995. The other schools include North Carolina (1982-2013), Notre
Dame (1993-2013), Virginia (1994-2013) and Penn State (1995-2013).
A&M head coach G Guerrieri and North Carolina's Anson Dorrance are
the only two head coaches to appear in every NCAA Tournament since 1995.
The
Aggies are 17-4-1 on the season and enter the NCAA Championship as SEC
regular-season co-champion and SEC Tournament champion. Texas A&M
has won 12 of its last 13 contests and boast five All-SEC performers,
including first-teamers Shea Groom and Meghan Streight and
second-teamers Jordan Day, Leigh Edwards and Kelley Monogue, as well as
SEC All-Freshman Team and SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player Liz
Keester.
Utah is 10-4-6 on the season and
registered a 6-3-2 record in the Pac 12 Conference to finish in third
place in the league. The Utes are defensive-minded side, registering a
0.69 goals-against average and 10 shutouts on the season. They have
played three scoreless draws on the season, including at Kentucky, at
Cal State Fullerton and at then-No. 11 California. Utah went 0-2-2
against ranked opponents on the season with ties against California and
then-No. 2 UCLA (1-1) and 1-0 losses to then-No. 6 BYU and then-No. 10
Stanford.
The only common opponent to face A&M
and Utah is Arizona State, with the Aggies logging a 3-1 home victory
and the Utes dropping a 2-1 double-overtime decision in Tempe.
Texas
A&M owns a 3-0 edge in the all-time series against Utah. The squads
first met in College Station in 1997 with the Aggies posting a 4-0 win.
The Maroon and White were victorious in Salt Lake City in 1999, 2-1,
and blanked the Utes in College Station in 2003, 1-0.
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