The gamers who gathered inside their follow facility adjoining to Myers Stadium didn’t have to attend lengthy to see their workforce’s identify pop up on the display screen throughout Monday’s NCAA Match announcement present.
The (16-3-2) drew in a bracket topped by top-ranked Duke, the match’s general No. 1 seed. The announcement and first-round matchup in opposition to Boston College drew a considerably muted response from gamers, who had barely settled into their seats to observe the choice present.
It additionally drew a quizzical look from Texas coach Angela Kelly, who was seated behind the room subsequent to a reporter.
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Kelly wasn’t the one one with questions. Texas beat a No. 2 seed in Arkansas and a No. 3 seed in South Carolina whereas successful the for the Texas athletic division within the SEC on Sunday, however the choice committee confirmed that it locations extra worth on the whole lot of the season than it does convention tournaments. Thus, the No. 21 ranked Longhorns might have climbed to No. 16 within the newest , however that also positioned them under fellow SEC groups No. 4 Mississippi State, No. 6 Arkansas and No. 14 South Carolina.
Kelly, a training veteran, has now guided 16 of her groups into the NCAA Match in 24 whole years as a head coach at Tennessee and Texas, stated the seeding might draw some questions. Nonetheless, it can haven’t any affect on how Texas performs in its Friday at 6 p.m. at Myers Stadium.
“Individuals are going to be discussing that backwards and forwards,” she stated, referring to the seeding. “However in the end, it is Boston College right here Friday night time at 6. I am so extremely pleased with the work that we’ve put on this previous week, and to be sitting right here as reigning SEC convention championship champions is simply phenomenal. In order that’s the fact. That is the reality. The opposite reality is, we play Friday night time at 6. We wish Longhorn Nation out right here, loud and proud, and we will be able to play.”
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The Texas gamers agreed with each their coach in addition to some nationwide pundits, who stated the Longhorns could also be one of many under-seeded squads within the match.
“Individuals can agree or disagree with that,” stated star midfielder Lexi Missimo, this system’s all-time chief in objectives and assists. “I do agree, however I imply, it’s what it’s. And I am simply excited to play. Each sport means every thing on this match. And I am simply excited to go to the subsequent sport.”
Jilly Shimkin, a midfielder who has taken on a extra of an attacking function for the Longhorns in current weeks, nodded her head when listening to Missimo.
“I agree together with her, however I additionally assume, we’re keen to play anybody,” she stated. “We’ll tackle anybody. We’re clearly simply grateful to be within the surroundings and get to play within the massive dance. We’re excited.”
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