McPHERSON TO REPRESENT KCAC

McPHERSON COLLEGE BULLDOGS ADVANCE TO

NAIA MEN'S SOCCER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Mon, Nov 17, 2008 - WICHITA, KS - The McPherson College Men's Soccer team will represent the KCAC in the NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship Tournament after claiming the conference's automatic bid on Saturday night.

McPherson College will travel to Oklahoma City next Saturday, Nov. 22, to open play in the 50th Annual NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship tournament against #4 nationally ranked Oklahoma City University.

"This is what we've been playing for," said McPherson coach Doug Quint. ""This has been a long time coming! I'm so proud of our guys and this program. This win (over Kansas Wesleyan) was for everyone that has been involved or apart of the McPherson College soccer over the years. We have worked hard for this moment. This program has improved every year and finally the pieces have fallen into place! What a great and well deserved feeling!"

Game time will be announced Tuesday following a conference call among the NAIA Site Supervisor, head coaches, and athletic directors.

The winner of the OCU-McPherson match will advance to the NAIA National Championship second round on December 1st in Fresno, Calif., against the host school Fresno Pacific.

McPherson earned its spot in the national tournament field with its 3-2 win over Kansas Wesleyan University in the finals of the KCAC post-season tournament played Saturday at Ottawa University.

[This story was provided courtesy of Carol Swenson, Sports Information Director at McPherson College, to KCACSports.com].

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT FINAL

The score is in from the KCAC conference tournament championship game played Saturday night in Ottawa KS.

McPherson College 3
Kansas Wesleyan 2

This is the scoring summary from DakStats:

# - Time - Team - Scorer - Assist
1 - 22:17 - MCP - J. Reyes - A. Baldi
2 - 26:14 - KWU - A. Luna
3 - 31:31 - MCP - C. Strong - J. Reyes, A. Rodriguez
4 - 42:05 - MCP - S. Torres - J. Reyes
5 - 54:33 - KWU - A. Guizar - A. Luna

The KCAC tournament website reports that:

The tournament champion will be the only team to advance from the Kansas
Conference advancing to nationals. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 2008 men's soccer 50th national championship opening round will be held November 22 at sites to be determined, and the subsequent championship rounds will be December 1-6 at Fresno Pacific University in Fresno, California.

The KCAC all conference team, including Sterling's Jorge Bueso, Justin Martens and Ryan Covey, was introduced at half time of the women's final, which preceded the men's game.
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