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Men's Soccer To Host Michigan In NCAA Second Round Sunday
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AKRON, Ohio – The No. 1 nationally-ranked and fifth-seeded University of Akron men's soccer team will host Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field.
The Zips and Wolverines will kick off at 4:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased on-line at GoZips.com/tickets, on the phone at 1-888-99-AKRON (25766) or by visiting the C.P. and Cornelia S. Chima Athletics Ticket Office at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field (located at the southwest corner of the venue, near Gate 1, at the corner of East Exchange and South Union streets).
Limited reserved tickets – both chair back and bleacher back seats – are available for $15. General admission ($10) and UA student tickets ($1) are also on sale.
Michigan came from behind to defeat Niagara, 3-1, in its first-round match-up in Ann Arbor Thursday night. Despite being out-shot 16-1 in the first half, the Purple Eagles, who qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 59th minute.
But U-M's Fabio Pereira bagged a hat trick in less than seven minutes to rally the Wolverines. Two of Pereira's goals were by way of penalty kicks.
When Akron (17-1-2) takes the field Sunday, it will mark the school's 27th appearance in the NCAA postseason all-time. As a top-eight seed, the Zips earned a first-round bye and the right to host at least two NCAA Tournament games.
It is the seventh time the Zips, who will be looking to return to the College Cup for the third time in four seasons, have been seeded and the sixth consecutive year they have advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
