NAIA REGION V

WOMEN’S SOCCER

 

RMC LIAISON:                                            Jim Redd, William Jewell College

 

REGION V SPORT CHAIR:                       Rob Podeyn, William Woods University (2005-2007)

 

ACADEMIC YEAR:                         Fall 2006

 

CHAMPIONSHIP DATE(s):                        November 4 (Saturday), 6 (Monday), 8 (Wednesday)

                                                                        Regional deadline - November 8, 2006

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SITE(s):                          highest remaining seeded team

 

TIME(s):                                                        1:00 PM unless mutually agreed upon by both coaches and

            both Athletic Directors

 

OFFICIALS:                                                  The NAIA Regional Administrator Liaison in cooperation with the Region V Sport Chair will make recommendations to the Region V Supervision of Officials.

 

AWARDS:                                                     Region V Championship Team Award

                                                                        COACH-of-the-YEAR

                                                                        PLAYER-of-the-YEAR

                                                                        14 - 1^st Team All-Region awards

                                                                        Selections supervised by All-Region Committee

 

REGIONAL PLAYOFF FORMAT:             6-team, single elimination tournament

                                                                                                If the regional tournament cannot be played to completion, the highest remaining seed will advance to the NAIA National Soccer Tournament

 

PLAYOFF RATING/RANKING PROCEDURE:  longo rating system scored according to the

  NAIA Soccer Manual

 

CRITERIA FOR TEAM SELECTION

AMC regular season champion

HAAC regular season champion

2 At-large teams with the next highest longo

AMC post-season tournament qualifier

HAAC regular season runner-up OR next highest team in the final conference standings that is not already qualified

 

PAIRINGS AND SEEDING

HAAC & AMC regular season Champions seeded 1^st & 2^nd

2 at-large teams seeded 3^rd & 4^th

AMC qualifier and HAAC qualifier seeded 5^th & 6^th (Dates for tournament – (10/31 & 11/2)

* The aforementioned teams will be seeded according to the following criteria:

(1)   head to head competition

(2)     longo ratings (The longo rating ladder will include ALL Region V teams for seeding purposes)

FIRST ROUND         4^th hosts 5^th and 3^rd hosts 6^th

SECOND ROUND    1^st will host winner of 4^th/5^th and 2^nd will host winner of 3^rd/6th

FINALS                      The highest remaining seed will host the final game.

 

 

REGIONAL RATERS

Rob Podeyn, William Woods University - AMC

 

NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

November 15-21, 2006

College Boulevard Activity Center

Olathe, KS.

 

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

(AMC) (5)                                                       (HAAC) (10)

Hannibal-LaGrange College                              Avila University

William Woods University                                 Baker University

McKendree College                                         Benedictine College

Missouri Baptist University                                Central Methodist University

Harris-Stowe State University               Culver-Stockton College

                                                                        Graceland University

                                                                        Lindenwood University

                                                                        MidAmerica Nazarene University

                                                                        Missouri Valley College

                                                                        William Jewell College

 

 

 

Updated:  January 27, 2006