WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg men's soccer team (15-4-2 overall) received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and will host Dominican (Ill.) (12-4-2) Friday at 5 p.m.
In addition, the Knights will host UW-Oshkosh (15-1-4) and Hope (16-4-2) that will play in the 7:30 p.m. game.
The winners of Friday's games will advance to Saturday's game at 5 p.m.
This marks the eighth NCAA tournament appearance for Wartburg and first since 2009.
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Tickets: $6 for adults, $4 for students and senior citizens.
The Series
The all-time series lead is tied at 1-1. Wartburg won the 2004 meeting 3-1, which was in the post-season, but Dominican claimed the 2010 regular-season meeting, 3-0.
A Look at the Teams
Wartburg
Junior Dan Nadeau (White Bear Lake, Minn.) leads the team with 11 goals. Freshman Paris Martins (Coralville) follows with seven while senior Bob Brown (Solon) and sophomore Zubeen Azari (Spirit Lake) each have five.
Senior keeper Cade Shatzer (Hudson) has five shutout wins.
Dominican
Enzo Berrini has a team-best six goals. Logan Marvin, Marco Alvarez, Ryan Ybarra and Alex Rohder all have five goals.
Goalkeeper Gabriel Gongora has seven shutout wins.