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Women's Soccer Earns No. 4 Seed in NCAA Tournament

Bruins to face San Diego in opening round this Friday.

Nov. 10, 2003

LOS ANGELES - Second-ranked UCLA has been chosen as the fourth seed in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championships beginning this Week at schools across the country.

The Bruins (16-1-3) will host the first and second rounds of the tournament at Frank W. Marshall Field at Drake Stadium beginning Nov. 14. UCLA faces San Diego (9-7-4) in the first round on Friday evening at 8:00 p.m. The other first-round matchup that night will feature USC (9-7-4) taking on Pepperdine (13-5-1) at 5:30 p.m. Friday's winners will meet in the second round on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

It marks the second year in a row that both San Diego and USC have ended up at UCLA for the first and second rounds of the tournament. In 2002, UCLA defeated USC, 1-0 in double-overtime in the second round.

The Bruins defeated Pepperdine, San Diego and USC all by the same score (2-0) during the 2003 regular season.

NCAA Top-16 Seeds
1. North Carolina
2. Notre Dame
3. Florida
4. UCLA
5. Penn State
6. West Virginia
7. Virginia
8. Portland
9. Santa Clara
10. Colorado
11. Florida State
12. Duke
13. Kansas
14. Tennessee
15. Boston College
16. Illinois