Tiger Women's Soccer Hosting NCAA Sectionals Saturday and Sunday

San Antonio - Trinity University will host the four-team NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship Sectional Saturday and Sunday.

The undefeated Trinity Tigers (17-0-0) will take on Hardin-Simmons (20-1-0) at 5 p.m. Saturday in the NCAA round of 16. Concordia-Morehead (Minn.) (18-0-2) meets Lynchburg (Va.) (16-3-3) at 7:30 p.m. The winners advance to Sunday's NCAA quarterfinals at 6 p.m.

Ticket prices, set by the NCAA, are $6 general admission, $3 for students with I.D. and seniors (age 55 and over), and $2 for children ages 3-12. Children age 2 and under will be admitted free. The gates open Saturday at 3:30 p.m., and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at those times.

The games will be webcast live and will also feature live stats updates.  Trinity's game notes for the weekend are also available online.

At stake is a berth in the NCAA semifinals and final, to be played Dec. 4-5 at San Antonio's Blossom Soccer Stadium. Trinity and San Antonio Sports are co-hosts of the national event, for both men and women.

The Tigers, led by sixth-year head coach Lance Key, shut out Maryville College (Tenn.) 5-0 last Sunday in an NCAA second-round home game. Trinity is competing in its 15th NCAA postseason, and the first since 2007. Coach Key has guided the Tigers to five NCAA tournaments and four Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships. He was recently named SCAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year, for the third time.

Trinity beat Hardin-Simmons 1-0 on Sept. 5, in a home overtime game. The Tigers and Cowgirls have met six times in the NCAA playoffs since 1999, with Hardin-Simmons holding a 3-2-1 lead. Trinity won the 1999 opener 2-0, and the 2005 overtime game 3-2. The Cowgirls took the 2006 game 2-1. The two teams tied 0-0 in 2007 after two overtimes, and Hardin-Simmons advanced 4-2 in penalty kicks.