Frostburg State University Athletics

FROSTBURG, Md. - The Frostburg State men's soccer team has earned the fourth seed in the upcoming 2009 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament. The Bobcats will host No. 5 seed La Roche in the first round at Bobcat Stadium this Saturday at 6:30 pm.

The Bobcats enter this year's tournament with a 11-6-1 overall record and a 7-3 AMCC mark. FSU has been on a terror of late, winning seven-straight games, all AMCC contests, to close out the regular season.

With the No. 4 seed, the Bobcats will host No. 5 La Roche (8-9-1, 6-4) in the opening round. The Redhawks enter the tournament having lost four of their last five contests in including a 2-1 loss to the Bobcats on Oct. 20.

The two teams last met in the AMCC Tournament opening round in 2007 with Frostburg State winning 1-0. The Bobcats will also look to advance to the AMCC Tournament semifinals for the eighth-straight season.

The winner fo the FSU/LAR matchup will advance to the tournament semifinals and travel to top seed Medaille on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

In the other opening round games, No. 7 Pitt-Bradford (4-13, 3-7) travels to No. 2 Penn State Behrend (13-4-2, 8-1-1) and No. 6 Pitt-Greensburg (4-13-1, 3-6-1) travels to No. 3 Penn State Altoona (12-5-1, 8-2). Both games are on Saturday (Oct. 31) at 2:30 pm. The winners of each of those opening round games will face one another in the tournament semifinals next Wednesday, Nov. 4.

2009 AMCC Tournament Schedule
Sat., Oct. 31 AMCC Tournament First Round
2:30 pm - No. 7 Pitt-Bradford at No. 2 Penn State Behrend
2:30 pm - No. 6 Pitt-Greensburg at No. 3 Penn State Altoona
6:30 pm - No. 5 La Roche at No. 4 Frostburg State

Wed., Nov. 4 AMCC Tournament Semifinal Round - Times TBA
Winner of FSU/LAR at No. 1 Medaille
Winner of UPB/PSB vs. Winner of UPG/PSA