Friday, November 15
Fayetteville, AR
6:30 CT
University of North Texas
at
Arkansas
Mean Green Prepare for NCAA Tournament
11/14/2019 6:01:00 PM | Women's Soccer
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas — The North Texas soccer team will play its first round 2019 NCAA Tournament match at 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday at No. 8 Arkansas who is a national three-seed. The game will be broadcasted on the SEC Network +.
This is the seventh NCAA Tournament the Mean Green have made and is the third year in a row they have made the NCAA Tournament and the fourth time in the last five years.
UNT (15-5-1) is less than a week removed from winning its 16th conference championship in just the program's 25th season. The Mean Green had a second-half offensive explosion against Florida Atlantic in the championship match. UNT scored three goals in the second-half to win the game 5-2 and claim the title.
Arkansas (16-3-2), who won the SEC regular season title and lost the tournament championship game to South Carolina, has four top 25 wins this season including knocking off then No. 1 North Carolina.
North Texas had four players named to the Conference USA All-Tournament team. Senior Natalie Newell and junior Brooke Lampe were named all-tournament and senior Dominique James was the C-USA Tournament Defensive MVP and freshman Allie Byrd was the C-USA Tournament Offensive MVP.
A win for UNT on Tuesday would be the Mean Green's first-ever win in the NCAA Tournament and it would be the Mean Green's first win over a top 10 nationally ranked team since Sept. 1, 2000 when they beat No. 9 SMU. A win on Friday would also be the highest ranked opponent UNT has also ever beaten.
This is the seventh NCAA Tournament the Mean Green have made and is the third year in a row they have made the NCAA Tournament and the fourth time in the last five years.
UNT (15-5-1) is less than a week removed from winning its 16th conference championship in just the program's 25th season. The Mean Green had a second-half offensive explosion against Florida Atlantic in the championship match. UNT scored three goals in the second-half to win the game 5-2 and claim the title.
Arkansas (16-3-2), who won the SEC regular season title and lost the tournament championship game to South Carolina, has four top 25 wins this season including knocking off then No. 1 North Carolina.
North Texas had four players named to the Conference USA All-Tournament team. Senior Natalie Newell and junior Brooke Lampe were named all-tournament and senior Dominique James was the C-USA Tournament Defensive MVP and freshman Allie Byrd was the C-USA Tournament Offensive MVP.
A win for UNT on Tuesday would be the Mean Green's first-ever win in the NCAA Tournament and it would be the Mean Green's first win over a top 10 nationally ranked team since Sept. 1, 2000 when they beat No. 9 SMU. A win on Friday would also be the highest ranked opponent UNT has also ever beaten.
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