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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Sun Conference announced the bracket for the 2012 Men's Soccer Tournament on Tuesday. The tournament field features the top eight teams in the league based on points earned in regular season league play.

St. Thomas (10-3-1) earned the No. 1 seed after posting a 9-1 league record for 27 points. The Bobcats enter tournament play ranked 18th in the NAIA National poll, moving up four spots from last week's ranking.

SCAD Savannah (9-5-1) is ranked No. 24 nationally and is the tournament's No. 2 seed with a 7-2-1 league record (22 points).

There was a three-way tie for third in the regular season standings as Embry-Riddle, Thomas and Northwood each finished with identical 7-3 records (21 points each). With each team posting a 1-1 record in head-to-head competition, league officials used goal difference to break the tie and determine seeding. When the calculations were completed, Embry-Riddle (7-8) was seeded third, Thomas (12-5) fourth and Northwood (12-5) fifth.

Seeded sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively, Warner (7-8, 5-5), Florida Memorial (6-10, 4-6) and Webber International (7-7-2, 3-5-2) round out the tournament field.

Tournament play begins on Saturday with the quarterfinal round. The four quarterfinal matches will be played at the home fields of the top four seeds. St. Thomas will host Webber International, SCAD Savannah will host Florida Memorial, Embry-Riddle will host Warner and Thomas will host Northwood.

The Sun Conference Tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2012 NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship Opening Round, which will be held at different sites across the country.

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