By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
For the third straight season, the Washburn University soccer team is headed to the NCAA Tournament, this time as the No. 4 seed in the Central Region.
Washburn junior Mackinly Rohn (24) and the Ichabod soccer team will compete in their third straight NCAA Tournament on Friday. [File photo/TSN]It is the fifth-ever appearance in the national tournament for the Ichabods, who will square off against No. 5-seed Missouri Western in the first round at 10 a.m. Friday in Mankato, Minn.
Washburn is 11-3-5 heading into the tournament while Missouri Western is 12-2-7 overall and was an automatic qualifier for the tournament after it won the MIAA Conference Tournament on Saturday.
The MIAA Conference had four teams get into the tournament, with Washburn being the highest seeded, along with No. 5 Missouri Western, No. 6 Pittsburg State and No. 7 Central Missouri.
Host and No. 1 seed Minnesota State-Mankato will play No. 8 seed Harding on Friday, with that match starting at 1 p.m.
The winners of each matchup will face off on Sunday at 1 p.m.
