By Shawn Wansley
Jones College Sports Information
ELLISVILLE – The soccer season is still on for the Jones College women's team.
Head coach Dolores Deasley's 12-2 Bobcats are one of four teams to receive an at-large invitation to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament June 4-9 in Evans, Georgia. The selection was announced Friday morning.
It is the first time for Jones to participate in a national tournament.
The Bobcats are the No. 6 seed and are in the same pool with No. 10 Lake County (Illinois) and No. 3 seed CCBC Essex (Maryland). Jones will face Lake County at 4 p.m. (Central) on June 5 and CCBC Essex at 4 p.m. (Central) on June 6.
The other pools consist of No. 1 seed Phoenix (Arizona), No. 8 Waubonsee (Illinois) and No. 12 Muskegon (Michigan); No. 2 Holmes, No. 7 St. Louis (Missouri) and No. 11 Allen County (Kansas); and No. 4 Heartland (Illinois), No. 5 Howard (Maryland) and No. 9 Northeast (Nebraska).
The four pool winners will meet in the semifinals on June 8 with the championship game slated for June 9.
All games will air on NJCAA.org/network ($).
NJCAA Division II Women's Soccer National Championship
Evans, Georgia
Blanchard Woods Park
All Times Eastern
Friday, June 4
9 a.m., No. 1 Phoenix vs. No. 12 Muskegon
11:30 a.m., No. 2 Holmes vs. No. 11 Allen County
5 p.m., No 3 CCBC Essex vs. No. 10 Lake County
7:30 p.m., No. 4 Heartland vs. No. 9 Northeast
Saturday, June 5
9 a.m., No. 8 Waubonsee vs. No. 12 Muskegon
11:30 a.m. No. 7 St. Louis vs. No. 11 Allen County
5 p.m., No. 6 Jones vs. No. 10 Lake County
7:30 p.m., No. 5 Howard vs. No. 9 Northeast
Sunday, June 6
12 p.m., No. 1 Phoenix vs. No. 8 Waubonsee
2:30 p.m., No. 2 Holmes vs. No. 7 St. Louis
5 p.m., No. 3 CCBC Essex vs. No. 6 Jones
7:30 p.m., No. 4 Heartland vs. No. 5 Howard
Tuesday June 8
9 a.m., Pool A winner vs. Pool D winner
11:30 a.m., Pool B winner vs. Pool C winner
Wednesday, June 9
7 p.m., Championship