With the regular season concluded, the sixth-seeded University of Evansville women’s soccer team has its sights set on the postseason with a matchup with No. 3 seeded UNI in the opening round of the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Championship in Cedar Falls, Iowa at Noon on Sunday.
In the MVC Championship, the Purple Aces have seen plenty of recent success in postseason play. Dating back to 2013, Evansville has won at least one match in the championship, including a tournament championship in 2015.
Sunday’s match marks just the second time that the Aces and Panthers have met in the MVC Championship. In the only previous postseason meeting, UE picked up a 1-0 win over UNI in the semifinals of the 2015 MVC Championship in route to capturing the tournament championship and an NCAA Tournament berth.’
The two sides earlier season meeting went the way of the Panthers, who earned a 3-0 win over Evansville on October 5 at Arad McCutchan Stadium. On Sunday, the Aces and UNI will meet for the 21st time with Evansville holding a 13-5-2 advantage in the all-time series. The winner of the opening round contest will head to Chicago, Ill. to face No. 2 Drake in the semifinals of the MVC Championship on Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Loyola Socce
