Top-Seeded Panthers Face No. 8 Cleveland State Thursday
2005 Horizon League Championship Bracket MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Oct. 31, 2005) - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's soccer team will play Cleveland State Thursday, Nov. 3, in the quarterfinals of the 2005 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship, the league office announced today. The top-seeded Panthers will play the No. 8 Vikings at 11 a.m. at Aldo Santaga Stadium in Green Bay, Wis., in the day's first quarterfinal match. If Milwaukee wins, it will advance to the semifinals, and await the winner of No. 4 Wright State and No. 5 Butler. The semifinal is scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m. The Horizon League Championship game is scheduled for Sunday at noon. The Panthers shutout both Cleveland State and Butler during the regular season, while their only blemish of the league slate came as a 1-1 tie with Wright State. Milwaukee played CSU and Butler in back to back matches, posting a decisive 3-0 win over the Vikings, Sept. 30. Two days later, UWM defeated the Bulldogs, 1-0, in Indianapolis on a goal from sophomore Pam Shipway. UWM earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament by winning its sixth-straight league regular season championship on the strength of a 6-0-1 record. Detroit finished second at 5-1-1, while tournament host UW-Green Bay was third in the standings with a 5-2 mark. Wright State, at 4-1-2, rounded half the top half of the league, while Butler and Loyola tied for fifth with identical 2-5 records. The Bulldogs defeated the Ramblers, 1-0, during the regular season to clinch the higher seed. Youngstown State (1-5-1) and Cleveland State (0-6-1) round out the standings in seventh and eighth. The Panthers and Detroit met last season in the championship game, with the Titans coming out ahead, 1-0. UWM is seeking its fourth tournament championship, and the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament that comes with it. Milwaukee has won tournament titles in 1997, 2001 and 2002.
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