Ohio State Women's Soccer Selected As No. 4 Seed in NCAA Tournament

The Ohio State women's soccer team was selected as a No. 4 seed for this year's NCAA Tournament on Monday afternoon.

The Buckeyes, who won this year's regular-season Big Ten championship and enter the NCAA Tournament with a 15-4-1 record, will open play in a home game against Vanderbilt at 6 p.m. Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

"We’re excited to host Vanderbilt," Ohio State coach said Lori Walker-Hock said in a release. "We’ve never played them so that’s always an enjoyable part of the NCAA Tournament. I’m really proud of our team. It’s a great honor to host and I’m excited to continue this season with them."

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Ohio State is one of five Big Ten teams in this year's tournament field, joined by Penn State, Northwestern, Rutgers and Wisconsin.

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The Buckeyes will be playing in their 12th NCAA Tournament and their eighth in the last nine seasons.