Utah Captures 2003 MWC Regular-Season Title

Mountain West Conference tournament begins Wednesday.

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Nov. 2, 2003

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - No. 17 Utah claimed its first outright regular-season Mountain West Conference women's soccer title with a 1-0 overtime win over BYU Saturday. The victory over the Cougars earned the Utes (15-2-0 overall, 6-0-0 MWC) the No. 1 seed in this week's MWC Women's Soccer Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah.

BYU and Wyoming tied for second-place in the conference with 4-2-0 records. The Cougars (12-5-2 overall) will get the second seed based on beating the Cowgirls (No. 3 seed), 5-1, in league play. San Diego State claimed the fourth seed, posting a 2-3-1 league record, while UNLV finished in fifth place with 2-4-0 mark. New Mexico will get the sixth seed with its 1-4-1 conference record, and the seventh seed will go to Air Force which finished with an 1-5-0 record.

The conference tournament will take place on Nov. 5-8 at Ute Field on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The opening match will see 2 nd -seeded BYU taking on No. 7 seed Air Force at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5. No. 3 seed Wyoming vs. No. 6 seed New Mexico at 11:30 a.m. and 4 th -seed San Diego State vs. No. 5 seed UNLV at 2 p.m. will be the other matches on Wednesday. Utah will receive a first round bye and play the winner of San Diego State vs. UNLV on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. The other semifinal match is set for 11 a.m. on Nov. 6.

The Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Championship match is slated for noon on Saturday, Nov. 8, with the winner receiving an automatic bid into the 2003 NCAA Women's College Cup.