MANKATO, Minn. – The Minnesota State women's soccer team will host the opening weekend of the Central Regional Nov. 13-15 at The Pitch. MSU learned that they were the No. 2 seed in the central region during Monday's selection show and will open the regional by facing No. 7 seed Missouri Western on Friday Nov. 13 at 1 p.m.

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Also traveling to Mankato alongside Missouri Western will be the No. 4 seed Pittsburg State and the No. 5 seed and NSIC member Northern State. PSU and NSU will face each other on Friday at 10 a.m.
The winning teams on Friday will advance to the central region semifinal on Sunday at 1 p.m. with the winner of that match than advancing to the Central Region Championship which would be Friday, Nov. 20 at the highest remaining seeds home field.

The Mavericks are coming off a hard-fought NSIC Championship game versus Bemidji State. Ruthie Gyasi scored in the 84^th minute with a header off a Meghan Sullivan corner kick, scoring the only goal of the game and clinching the Mavericks a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

This marks the 15^th straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament and extends head coach Brian Bahl's streak of making it every year of his MSU tenure. They captured their third straight NSIC Tournament Championship and are now hosting the opening round for a third consecutive year.

Keep up to date with all things MSU women's soccer this week at msumavericks.com heading into the start of the central regional, and the NCAA tournament.