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The NCAA News -- November 9, 1998

Division I Men's Soccer

Field: Thirty-two teams will be selected to the single-elimination tournament bracket.

Dates and sites: Preliminary-round games will be played at campus sites. Sixteen first-round games will be completed by November 22, second-round competition must be completed by November 29, and third-round games must be completed by December 6. The semifinals and final will be played at Richmond Stadium in Richmond, Virginia, December 11 and 13.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915). The request numbers are 1756 for bracket/schedule, 5143 for semifinal results and 5144 for championship-match results. Championship results will appear in the December 21 issue of The NCAA News.

Championships notes: The championship returns to Richmond for the fourth consecutive time, more than any other site .... Saint Louis has been selected to the championship field 36 of 39 times, more than any other contender and holds the record with 10 championship titles .... Only one of the last eight championship games has not resulted in a shutout .... Army and Harvard have made it to the semifinals four times each without ever reaching the championship game.