Michigan Earns No. 13 NCAA Seed, Will Host Second-Round Match
11/13/2017 1:08:00 PM | Men's Soccer
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The 2017 Big Ten regular-season champion University of Michigan men's soccer team secured an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament on Monday (Nov. 13). U-M, seeded 13th, earned a first-round bye and will host the winner of the Massachusetts vs. Colgate match on Sunday (Nov. 19) at 5 p.m. at U-M Soccer Stadium.
The NCAA berth is the sixth in program history, with the last coming in the 2012 season. Michigan, which is 5-0 all-time at home in NCAA Tournament matches, last earned a first-round bye in the 2010 season. In its last NCAA appearance in 2012, U-M defeated Niagara, 3-1, at U-M Soccer Stadium before falling by a 2-1 score at No. 1 Akron in the second round.
The Wolverines are 12-5-2 overall on the campaign, boast a 7-2-0 mark over their last nine matches, and are 9-2-1 at home. U-M's 12 wins are the most in the coach Chaka Daley era, the most since 2010, and the fourth-most in school history.
Forty-eight teams earned selections to the tournament, with the top-16 seeds earning first-round byes.
Tickets will go on sale Monday afternoon (Nov. 13). Tickets are $8 for reserved chairback seats, $6 for general admission, $5 for students, and $3 for groups of 10 or more.
