Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Finish Fourth; Will Host Northern Illinois in MAC Play-In
November 06, 2007 | Men's Soccer
Nov. 6, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Falcons have earned the fourth overall seed in the Mid-American Conference post-season tournament and will host the fifth seeded Northern Illinois University on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Mickey Cochrane Field. Game time has been set for 1:00 p.m. The announcement came from the MAC offices today, Nov. 6.
"Obviously, it is great to host, and not travel to, a play-in game this season," said head coach Fred Thompson.
"The intention was to play a tough non-conference schedule that would prepare us for conference play. The MAC is always tough, but this season it was extremely difficult with the addition of Hartwick; they helped us to raise the level of competition within the conference."
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After beating the University at Buffalo, 2-1, on the road on Saturday [Nov. 03] Hartwick earned the third seed in the tournament and the chance to host sixth seed, Western Michigan. In their first season with the league, the Hawks (5-4-6) posted a 2-1-2 MAC record; Western Michigan (7-10-1) was 0-4-1 in 2007.
No. 22 Akron earned the top seed and will serve as the host site of the 2007 tournament [Nov.16, 18]. Akron (13-3-2) finished the conference season at 4-0-1 while Buffalo (9-5-2) finished at 3-2-0 and is the second seed.
The top two seeds are given byes in the first round of the tournament.
Akron will draw the winner if the Bowling Green/Northern Illinois contest with the winner of the Hartwick/Western Michigan moving on to face Buffalo. Both matches will be played on Nov. 16.
The championship match will be played Nov. 18 at Akron's Lee Jackson Field.
MAC MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Play-In Games (at higher seed)
Tuesday, November 13
Game 1 - No. 5 Northern Illinois at No. 4 Bowling Green
Game 2 - No. 6 Western Michigan at No. 3 Hartwick
Semifinals (at Akron, Ohio)
Friday, November 16, 2007
Game 3 - No. 1 Akron vs. BGSU/NIU winner
Game 4 - No. 2 Buffalo vs. Hartwick/WMU winner
Final (at Akron, Ohio)
Game 5- Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
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