Monmouth to Play Virginia in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Women’s Soccer Champions, Monmouth University (16-3-1), heads to Charlottesville, VA to take on No. 3 seed University of Virginia (15-4) for an NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship First Round game. First Round games are scheduled for the weekend of November 9-11.
The winner will then play the winner of Texas Tech University (13-5-2) and Princeton University (11-3-2).
For the third-straight year, Monmouth claimed the MAAC Women’s Soccer Championship. Led by the MAAC Offensive Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the MAAC Women’s Soccer Championship, Madie Gibson, the top-seeded Hawks defeated third-seeded Siena College, 7-1. The seven goals set a MAAC Championship Game record, and six different players scored. The Hawks have won 11-straight and have outscored its opponents 41-3.
It is Monmouth's sixth NCAA Tournament berth in program history (2007, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018). The Hawks have won four MAAC Women’s Soccer Championships as a member of the league (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018).
Monmouth met Virginia in the 2016 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship and fell 1-4. That is the only meeting between the two teams.
For more information on the 2018 NCAA Women’s Championship, visit
NCAA.com
For more information on the 2018 MAAC Women’s Soccer Championship, visit
maacsports.com/wsoc
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.