The University of Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ at Lafayette’s Men’s Soccer Club will compete against 11 other college teams for a berth in the club sport’s national championship tournament.
Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Lafayette was one of 12 schools that received a bid to the National Intramural and Recreational Sport Association’s regional tournament from Nov. 1-3 in San Marcos, Texas.
The others teams competing in the 2013 Region IV South Tournament
are: Texas State, Texas A&M, the University of Texas, Texas Christian University, Rice, LSU, Lone Star College-Cy Fair, Texas Tech, the University of Texas at San Antonio, North Texas and Baylor.
The winner of the regional tournament will receive a berth in the NIRSA’s national soccer championships will take place from Nov. 21-23 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Lafayette and LSU are the only two schools from Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ that earned a chance to play in the regional tournament.
Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Lafayette finished second in the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Conference of the NIRSA’s Texas Collegiate Soccer League’s, with an overall record of 5-3 that included a 4-1 mark in conference play.
LSU finished first, with an overall record of 6-2, and 5-0 in the conference.
Other schools in the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Conference include: Grambling, the University of Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ at Monroe, Texas A&M-Texarkana and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Tech.
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