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Posted by Nancy Binger - Fri, Nov 20, 2009 - [ Men's Soccer ] - Viewed 716 times
Olivet Coach Justin Crew Leads the Tigers to their first-ever NAIA National Tournament
Olivet Coach Justin Crew Leads the Tigers to their first-ever NAIA National Tournament

The Olivet Nazarene University men's soccer team is making its first-ever trip to the NAIA National Tournament after earning the CCAC automatic berth. The Tigers will travel to Notre Dame College (Ohio) for the opening round game on Saturday at 4 p.m (EST).

Notre Dame is making its third appearance at the NAIA National Tournament and second straight after winning the American Mideast Conference Championship. The Falcons are 14-3-2 and ranked No. 11 in the NAIA national poll.

Olivet Nazarene has a 15-6 overall record and pulled off upsets of the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds of the CCAC Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid.

There will be 30 teams participating at 15 different sites on Nov. 21. The winners of the National Championship Opening Round games, in addition to host school Fresno Pacific (Calif.), will advance to the National Championship final site Nov. 30 - Dec. 5 in Fresno, Calif.

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http://naia.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/naia/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2009MensSoccerBracket