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RICHARDSON, Texas –– Defending NCAA Division III national champion Hardin-Simmons posted a perfect 13-0 record against league competition to win the American Southwest Conference regular season title and seal the right host its ninth straight ASC Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament, to be held Nov. 4-6 at HSU Soccer Complex in Abilene, Texas.

The entire six-team, single elimination event will be available for fans through free live video and statistics, while Sunday’s championship game will also have live audio. All links can be found on HSU’s athletic website (http://hsuathletics.com/landing/index) and the conference’s Tournament Central page.

Head coach Marcus Wood’s Cowgirls (17-1), winners of the last seven ASC titles and 12 overall, will receive a first-round bye. HSU has won 17 straight games and has not lost to a conference opponent in 145 regular season games. Head coach John Antonisse and Texas-Dallas (15-3), which won the 2002 ASC championship and lost only to HSU this season by the score of 1-0, locked up the No. 2 seed and will receive the other first-round bye.

Concordia Texas (13-5) will be the No. 3 seed and Howard Payne (11-5) is seeded fourth. Texas-Tyler (10-6-2), which reached the title game last year, is the No. 5 seed, while East Texas Baptist (11-5-1) secured the sixth seed.

Friday’s first-round matchups will be HPU against UT Tyler at 11 a.m., with the winner getting HSU in Saturday’s 11 a.m. semifinal. CTX and ETBU will duel on Friday at 2 p.m., with the victor going against UTD at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the semifinals. The championship game is slated for 1 p.m. Sunday.

Returning All-Tournament selections are most valuable player Katie Kuykendall of Hardin-Simmons along with teammates Miranda Berosa, Christina Hartsfield and Megan Ryan. Howard Payne’s Leslie Jones and Adrienne Walker also return after being honored last year.

The ASC tournament winner earns an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship.

NOTES: Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for students/children. No complimentary admission passes will be accepted. . . . This is the 14th year of the ASC women’s soccer tournament. . . . Hardin-Simmons has served as host for the ASC women’s soccer tournament 11 different times (1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). . . . You can follow ASC_sports on Twitter for quick results.

2011 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 

HSU Soccer Complex / Abilene, Texas / Hosted by: Hardin-Simmons University 

Friday, November 4 

Quarterfinals

Game 1: [4] Howard Payne (11-5) vs. [5] Texas-Tyler (10-6-2), 11 a.m.

Game 2: [3] Concordia Texas (13-5) vs. [6] East Texas Baptist (11-5-1), 2 p.m. 

Saturday, November 5 

Semifinals

Game 3: [1] Hardin-Simmons (17-1) vs. Winner Game 1, 11 a.m.

Game 4: [2] Texas-Dallas (15-3) vs. Winner Game 2, 2 p.m. 

Sunday, November 6 

Championship

Game 5: Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.