October 28, 2006

Poor field conditions force NAC tournament changes

Northern Athletics Conference, Sports Information Department

VERONA, Wis. -- Game times and locations for three of the four Northern Athletics Conference men's and women's soccer tournament first round games have been changed due to poor field conditions.

In the men's tournament, the game between No. 3 Concordia University Wisconsin and No. 6 Wisconsin Lutheran College, which was originally scheduled to be played at Wisconsin Lutheran's Warrior Field, will now be played at Marquette University's Marquette Valley Fields in Milwaukee at 5:00pm.

Fourth seeded Edgewood College will host fifth seeded Benedictine University at 2:00pm at Breese Stevens Field in Madison. The game was originally scheduled for Noon.

In the women's tournament, No. 3 Concordia Wisconsin will host No. 6 Benedictine at Marquette Valley Fields in Milwaukee at 7:00pm. The game was originally scheduled for a 5:30pm kick off at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

The other women's tournament game will remain as scheduled, as fourth seeded Dominican University will host fifth seeded Lakeland College at 1:30pm.

NAC Volleyball tournament update
In the Northern Athletics Conference women's volleyball tournament, Aurora University will play the first semifinal match at 5:00pm, and Benedictine University will play in the second semifinal at approximately 7:30pm.