Tournament Time - Men's Soccer Earns Fourth Straight NCAA Bid

HANOVER, N.H. - For the fourth straight season the Dartmouth men's soccer team faced a long wait, but was once again rewarded with an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament.

The Big Green is one of just 17 men's soccer teams in all of Division I to make four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. All four of Dartmouth's recent bids have been at-large selections.

Dartmouth (10-6-1) will be on the road again this year, heading to #13 Monmouth (14-1-4), which just won its second consecutive NEC Championship. The Big Green and the Hawks have never played before and will square off on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 12 noon. The winner advances to play at #9 seeded Notre Dame on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m.

This marks Dartmouth's sixth NCAA appearance in the last seven years, with three straight at-large bids, and the sixth appearance under head coach Jeff Cook. Dartmouth was on the bubble today, but its tough schedule and strong finish, winning its last four games, impressed the committee enough for a nod. This marks the second year in a row that the Ivy League has sent four teams to the NCAA Tournament. It is the first time since the 1971 and 1972 seasons that the League has done so.

Dartmouth took on Boston College in a first round game last season, falling 2-1 in double-overtime. The season prior, 2008, Dartmouth and BC also battled to double-OT in a second-round game, with the 16-seeded Big Green advancing on penalty kicks. The Big Green lost to Wake Forest in the Sweet 16.

Overall, Dartmouth is 4-9-4 in NCAA Tournament play, with Elite Eight appearances in 1990 and 1992 and the Sweet 16 run in 2008.

Seven Dartmouth opponents are in the Field of 48: Boston College, Bradley, Brown, Creighton, New Mexico, Penn, Princeton.

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