Nov. 9, 2009

• Order NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament Tickets

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Defending NCAA champion and 2009 ACC champion North Carolina has received one of the top four seeds in the 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship and will play host to Big South Conference champion High Point Friday at 5 p.m. at Fetzer Field in the NCAA Tournament first round.

The Tar Heels (17-3-1) won the ACC championship Sunday with a 3-0 win over Florida State in the ACC championship game. High Point (7-14-2) won the Big South Conference title on Sunday to earn that league's automatic NCAA bid. UNC will host a first-round doubleheader Friday at Fetzer Field with Carolina meeting High Point in the first game at 5 p.m. The second first-round game on Friday will feature UNC Wilmington (13-7-1) against Georgia (14-5-1) at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for Friday's first-round games are $8 for adults and $5 for adults and senior citizens. All tickets are general admission and are good for both games.

UNC will also host the second round at Fetzer Field on Sunday at 1 p.m. The winner of the UNC-High Point game and the Georgia-UNCW game will meet at that time. Tickets for Sunday's game are also $8 for adults and $5 for children and senior citizens.

A complete rundown of the bracket is below:

2009 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship
AGATE BRACKET

LEFT SIDE OF BRACKET

No. 1 Stanford (20-0-0) vs. Northern Ariz. (9-8-2)
BYU (17-3-2) vs. UC Santa Barb. (9-9-3)
HOST: Stanford - Nov. 12 & 14

Oklahoma St. (15-7-0) vs. Southern California (12-6-2)
Michigan St. (11-4-4) vs. No. 4 Santa Clara (13-6-1)
HOST: Santa Clara - Nov. 13 & 15

No. 3 UCF (16-4-1) vs. Milwaukee (12-5-3)
Arizona St. (9-7-3) vs. Wisconsin (9-5-5)
HOST: Wisconsin - Nov. 13 & 15

Boston U. (14-5-2) vs. Connecticut (10-7-2)
Harvard (9-6-1) vs. *No. 2 Boston College (15-3-2)
HOST: Boston College - Nov. 13 & 15

No. 2 Portland (18-1-0) vs. Denver (17-5-1)
Washington (11-5-4) vs. Mississippi (13-5-2)
HOST: Portland - Nov. - 13 & 15

Marquette (15-5-2) vs. Dayton (16-0-5)
Murray St. (11-8-2) vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech (14-7-0)
HOST: Dayton - Nov. 13 & 15

No. 4 Penn St. (12-5-2) vs. Colgate (11-6-3)
Virginia (9-5-5) vs. St. John's (N.Y.) (13-6-1)
HOST: Penn St. - Nov. 13 & 15

San Diego St. (14-3-5) vs. San Diego (12-6-2)
Boise St. (13-6-4) vs. No. 1 UCLA (17-2-1)
HOST: UCLA - Nov. 13 & 15

RIGHT SIDE OF BRACKET

No. 1 North Carolina (17-3-1) vs. High Point (7-14-2)
UNC Wilmington (13-7-1) vs. Georgia (14-5-1)
HOST: North Carolina - Nov. 13 & 15

Washington St. (13-5-2) vs. Villanova (11-5-5)
Monmouth (15-4-1) vs. No. 4 Maryland (12-5-2)
HOST: Maryland - Nov. 13 & 15

No. 3 Wake Forest (13-5-2) vs. Kennesaw St. (11-6-0)
Loyola (Md.) (15-4-3) vs. West Virginia (9-6-6)
HOST: Wake Forest - Nov. 13 & 15

Rutgers (13-3-4) vs. Duke (8-8-4)
Davidson (12-9-1) vs. *No. 2 South Carolina (17-3-2)
HOST: South Carolina - Nov. 13 & 15

No. 2 Notre Dame (17-3-1) vs. IUPUI (17-4-0)
Central Mich. (16-3-3) vs. Purdue (12-5-3)
HOST: Notre Dame - Nov. 13 & 15

Ohio St. (14-3-2) vs. Oregon St. (12-7-1)
Illinois St. (12-6-1) vs. No. 3 Florida (15-5-2)
HOST: Ohio State - Nov. 13 & 15

No. 4 LSU (14-4-4) vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (11-6-3)
Memphis (16-6-0) vs. Texas A&M (14-6-2)
HOST: LSU - Nov. 13 & 15

Auburn (10-8-3) vs. California (10-8-1)
Southeastern La. (13-4-2) vs. No. 1 Florida St. (16-4-1)
HOST: Florida St. - Nov. 13 & 15