University of Richmond Athletics
Women's Soccer Sets To Play For A-10 Title
11/03/2003 | Women's Soccer
Nov. 3, 2003
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va.-The University of Richmond women's soccer team is set to compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament held at First Market Stadium from Thursday, Nov. 6th till Sunday, Nov. 9th.
Richmond (9-8-2/7-3-1), the defending Atlantic 10 champions, enters the Tournament as the #3 seed after earning its third consecutive berth in the Championship. The Spiders will face sixth-seeded Rhode Island on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the first round of the tournament.
The Spiders are led by freshman Brooke Binswanger (Memphis, Tenn.), who has scored one goal in the last seven of nine games, with 18 points. Senior goalkeeper Megan Cox (Raleigh, N.C.) leads the conference in shutouts with six and has tallied 66 saves thus far.
URI (8-8-2/6-4-1) won six of its final eight contests to earn its second consecutive A-10 Championship bid. The Rams are led by sophomore forward Melanie Kasparek, the leading scorer in the Conference with 32 points. When the Spiders and Rams met on Oct. 3rd, the Spiders won 3-0.
The Spiders and Rhode Island open the tournament at 5:30 on Thursday, followed by #4 Xavier versus #5 Saint Joseph's at 7:30 p.m. The semifinal matches, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7, feature top-seeded Dayton playing the lowest remaining seed at 5:30 p.m. and Fordham, the No. 2 seed, will play the highest remaining seed at 7:30 p.m. The A-10 Championship match is set for Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1:00 p.m.
