MSAC soccer title games set this afternoon in Ripley

October 13, 2007

The Mountain State Athletic Conference will crown its soccer champions today on the artificial turf at Ripley High School.

Parkersburg (16-1-2), fourth in the state coaches association rankings, will face No. 5 George Washington (15-2-2) at 1:30 p.m. in the girls title game followed by No. 7 Hurricane (16-2-1) playing No. 4 Parkersburg (15-2-2) at 3:45 p.m. in the boys title game. For schedule, see Page 2B.

No. 16 Nitro (10-5-4) will take on No. 8 Hurricane (13-1-3) at 9 a.m. in the girls third-place game followed by No. 10 George Washington (12-4-3) taking on No. 2 Woodrow Wilson at 11:15 a.m. in the boys third-place game.

Last year, Parkersburg blanked Cabell Midland 6-0 in the girls title game while Parkersburg shut out Huntington 2-0 for the boys championship.

In the girls division, George Washington edged defending state champion Parkersburg 2-1 on Aug. 23, but the Big Reds have not been beaten since. The Patriots saw a 15-game unbeaten streak come to an end with a 1-0 loss Sept. 29 to Morgantown.

On the boys side, defending state champion Parkersburg blanked Hurricane 3-0 to hand the Redskins one of their two losses. The Big Reds also have not lost since falling 2-1 at home to GW.

There will also be two place-winner games today in the boys division. Capital plays at Nitro at 10 a.m. in the fifth-place game and South Charleston visits Princeton at 1 p.m. in the ninth-place game.