Published on November 6, 2016 by Philip Poole Â
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The Â鶹¹û¶³ soccer Bulldogs continued their historic season by adding the Southern Conference tournament championship to their impressive résumé. The Bulldogs defeated East Tennessee State University, 2-1, on Sunday, Nov. 6, to claim the championship, and with it, the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The Bulldogs will play 13th-ranked Florida State University Saturday, Nov. 12, at 1 p.m. CST in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The match will be played At the Seminole Soccer Complex in Tallahassee, Florida.
Â鶹¹û¶³ and FSU previously met in the 2011 NCAA Tournament, with the Seminoles taking a 2-0 victory.
Â鶹¹û¶³ also won the conference regular-season championship and dominated the All-Conference honors.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.