BATON ROUGE – The LSU Soccer team earned their third-straight NCAA berth as the Tigers (8-7-4) are set to compete against No. 6 seeded Memphis (18-1-0) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, November 11 at 7 p.m. CT.
“I am really excited and proud of the team for the resilience they’ve shown in the last few weeks. It was a little bit of a nerve wracking week as we waited to find out our fate, but we felt like we had a good shot with the big wins we had on our resume this year and seven results against top-50 opponents,” head coach Sian Hudson said.
“There’s a lot of excitement in the group right now with the opportunity to go to Memphis and put on a performance that is worthy of the LSU Tigers on their best day.”
31 conferences were granted automatic bids for the 2023 championship, while the remaining 33 teams were selected at-large to make up the field of 64 teams. LSU begins their journey to the Women’s College Cup in the Fayetteville Regional, as No. 2 Arkansas earned the highest seed in their grouping along with No. 3 seed Notre Dame, No. 6 seed Memphis, and No. 7 seed Pittsburgh.
The competition between LSU and No. 6 Memphis will be the first since 2021. The Memphis Tigers were recently crowned ACC Conference Champions to earn an automatic bid to the tournament.
The winner of the match between LSU and No. 6 Memphis will advance to the second round and face the winner of No. 3 Notre Dame and Valparaiso on Friday, November 17.
Competition kicks off this weekend with the first round of matches beginning on Friday, November 10 through Sunday, November 12. Second and third rounds of play will continue the following weekend on Friday, November 17 and Sunday, November 19 with quarterfinals taking place on November 24 or 25.
This year marks the 42nd annual NCAA Women’s College Cup, to be played on December 1 and 4 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The first national semifinal will be played and broadcast…
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