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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Postseason play in women's soccer gets underway on Wednesday with The Sun Conference Regular season championship game. Wednesday's contest will feature Sun Conference South Division winner Northwood taking on North Division winner Embry-Riddle. Kick-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Northwood's Arrigo-Veccellio Field.

Northwood earned the right to host the regular season championship game after posting an 8-0-1 record in league play for 25 points. The Seahawks are ranked 22nd in the latest NAIA poll, which was released on Tuesday evening, and bring a 12-4-1 record into Wednesday's match.

Embry-Riddle, who finished with 24 points, is ranked eighth nationally and is 13-4 on the year. The Eagles won the North Division with an 8-1 conference record with their only league loss coming to Northwood.

The winner of the regular season championship game will receive the league's first automatic bid to the 2012 NAIA National Championship. The loser will be the No. 1 seed and receive a first-round bye in The Sun Conference Tournament, which gets underway on Thursday.

Each round of the conference tournament will be played at the home field of the higher seed. Tournament qualification and seeding was based on the number of points amassed in regular season play, with three points being awarded for a win and one point for a tie.

Thursday's quarterfinal matches feature No. 7 South Carolina Beaufort (9-9, 4-5) at No. 2 St. Thomas (9-3-2, 6-1-2), No. 6 Thomas (10-7-1, 4-5) at No. 3 SCAD Savannah (10-5-1, 6-2-1) and No. 5 Southeastern (8-7-1, 4-4-1) at No. 4 Webber International (10-4-1, 5-3-1).

The semifinals will take place on Saturday, Nov. 3 and the championship match will be played on Nov. 9. The tournament champion will get the league's second national championship bid.

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