Nov. 2, 2009

Women's Soccer Weekly Release - Championship Preview

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2009 Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Championship will be held November 4-7, at South Field on the campus of BYU in Provo, Utah. The first rounds will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 4, with No. 3 Utah facing No. 6 TCU at noon MT, and No. 4 New Mexico taking on No. 5 Wyoming at 3 p.m. MT. Thursday's semifinals will be at noon MT and 3 p.m. MT, with the championship game taking place on Saturday, Nov. 7 at noon MT.

BYU will be the No. 1 seed in this week's tournament. The Cougars finished first in the regular season with a 6-0-1 league record (16-2-2 overall). BYU has been the No. 1 seed in the MWC Tournament four times (2000, 2001, 2002, 2008) and has won the championship title in each of those four years.

San Diego State (12-3-5, 5-0-2 MWC) will be the No. 2 seed, marking its highest seed in the MWC Tournament since earning the No. 1 spot in 1999. The Aztecs, along with the Cougars, will receive a bye into the Thursday's semifinal round. Three different MWC institutions have won the postseason championship in its 10-year history, with the No. 1 seed winning the crown five times. BYU leads the way with six titles, followed by Utah and UNLV with two apiece.

The Mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network will air Thursday's semifinals live at noon and 3 p.m. MT. The championship game, scheduled for noon MT on Saturday, Nov. 7, will be streamed live on The Mtn.'s Web site (www.themtn.tv) and air on the linear network via same-day tape delay at midnight MT. It will also be re-broadcast at 2 p.m. MT on Sunday, Nov. 8. The tandem of Bill Riley and Mark Rogondino will call all games on Nov. 5 and 7. Marius Payton and Bill Doleman, along with guest analyst Brian Crookham, will also provide a breakdown of Thursday's semifinal games from the studio. Wednesday's first-round games will also be streamed live on BYU's Web site (www.byucougars.com).

Complete results and photos from the championship can be accessed following the conclusion of the event on the Conference Web site's championship page (www.themwc.com/champ/soccer-champ-2009.html), as well as on the official Facebook (www.facebook.com/MountainWestConference) and Twitter (www.Twitter.com/TheMWC) pages of the Mountain West Conference.

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