Kentucky earns No. 9 national seed in NCAA Championship
Wildcats receive first-round bye, will host winner of Akron-Santa Clara
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – The Kentucky Wildcats are headed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship for the 12th time in program history.
Kentucky (14-1-4) earned the No. 9 national seed and a first-round bye in the single-elimination tournament, hosting the winner of Akron (9-5-3) and Santa Clara (11-1-4) at 7 p.m. Sunday at Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex.
Match time and ticket information will be announced at a later date.
The Wildcats earned Conference USA’s automatic bid to the 48-team field with a 2-1 overtime victory over Florida Atlantic in the C-USA Championship final on Nov. 14.
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