Women's Soccer Earns #6 Seed in RSC Championship
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- With the completion of the regular season on Saturday, Oct. 29, the 2022 River States Conference Women's Soccer Championship qualifiers and bracket are set. The six-team championship will be held at campus sites on Nov. 5, 9 and 12 with the winner earning the RSC's automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship.
No. 1 seed Point Park (Pa.) University earned the top seed with 28 points on the season after beating No. 2 seed Indiana University Kokomo on the final day, 2-0. The Pioneers carry a record of 10-6-1 overall, 9-0-1 RSC into hosting the semifinal round on Nov. 9. IU Kokomo will also get a bye into the semfinals and has a record of 12-2-3, 8-1-1 RSC.
No. 3 seed Indiana University East (5-1-4 RSC) will host No. 6 seed Brescia (Ky.) University (4-5-1 RSC) in the quarterfinals on Nov. 5. The other quarterfinal matchup is No. 4 Oakland City (Ind.) University (6-3-1 RSC) hosting No. 5 University of Rio Grande (Ohio) (4-4-2 RSC) on Nov. 5 as well.
The IU East-Brescia winner will move on to play to play at IU Kokomo on Nov. 9 while the Oakland City-Rio Grande winner will go to Point Park. The finals will be hosted Nov. 12 by the highest remaining seed.
IU East and Oakland City both ended with 19 points in the standings, but IU East got the No. 3 seed based on the second tiebreaker of goals conceded in conference play.
All games of the RSC Women's Soccer Championship will be streamed on the RSC Game Central. Log on for live streaming video on a pay-per-view basis for a single-game or tournament (5 games) package.
2022 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
(Nov. 5, 9 & 12 at Campus Sites) -- All Times Eastern
Nov. 5 -- Quarterfinals
No. 6 Brescia (Ky.) at No. 3 IU East, 2:00 p.m.
No. 5 Rio Grande (Ohio) at No. 4 Oakland City (Ind.), 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 9 -- Semifinals
Brescia-IU East winner at No. 2 IU Kokomo, 7:00 p.m.
Rio Grande-Oakland City winner at No. 1 Point Park (Pa.), 6:00 p.m.
Nov. 12 -- Finals
Remaing teams at highest seed