INDIANAPOLIS – For the 16th straight season and the 19th time in program history, University of Central Missouri Jennies Soccer is NCAA tournament-bound.

The Jennies (14-2-4) will be the number four seed and will face number five seed UMary (13-3-3) out of Bismarck, N.D., and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) in the opening round of the NCAA-II Central Region Tournament on Friday, Nov. 13, at noon in Topeka, Kan., at Yager Stadium, the home pitch of the number one seed in the region, Washburn, the NCAA announced on the NCAA Women's Soccer Selection Show on Monday, Nov. 9.

Washburn will face off against number eight seed Southwestern Oklahoma State out of the Great American Conference (GAC) in the second match on Friday at 3 p.m.

The winner of the UCM vs. UMary match will advance to face the winner of the Washburn/SWOSU contest in the second round on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m.

The NCAA-II Central Regional is divided into two locations, with four teams at each. No. 2-seeded Minnesota State will host the other half of the Central Regional in Mankato, Minn.

The winners of each second-round contest Sunday will advance to the regional championship match Friday, Nov. 20, at a to-be-determined location. 

More information will be announced as it becomes available.

CENTRAL REGION SEEDING
1. Washburn
2. Minnesota State Mankato
3. Pittsburg State
4. Central Missouri
5. Mary
6. Northern State
7. Missouri Western
8. Southwestern Oklahoma State

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