Dukes Travel to High Point for NCAA Tournament

James Madison at High Point
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 7 p.m.
Vert Stadium - High Point, N.C.

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THE FIRST ROUND

James Madison travels to High Point, N.C. to face the High Point Panthers in the First Round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship.
Tickets are $8 at the gate or you can purchase in advance at www.HighPointPanthers.com.
The Dukes earned an automatic bid to the tournament after winning the Colonial Athletic Association Championship match in penalty kicks, 4-2, over Hofstra last Sunday.
Thursday marks the first meeting between JMU and High Point all-time.
High Point received an at-large bid after winning the Big South Conference regular-season title with a 13-2-2 overall record and 7-0-1 in conference play.

PUNCHING THE TICKET

The Dukes enter the First Round with a 12-4-3 overall record while going 6-2 in conference action.
JMU won both the CAA regular-season and championship titles in 2018.
With the top seed in the CAA tournament, JMU earned a bye through the quarterfinals and faced William & Mary in the semifinals last Friday. The Dukes went on to blank the Tribe, 2-0, picking up their 11th shutout of the season to advance to the CAA Championship final.
The Dukes battled Hofstra in the final on Sunday, in which the match was tied 1-1 after regulation. The match went on to a penalty kick shootout and the Dukes overpowered the Pride, making all four PKs while redshirt sophomore TJ Bush made two big saves.

JMU NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

This is the 13th appearance for JMU in the NCAA Tournament and its first since 2014.
The Dukes hold a 4-12-1 all-time record in the tournament and have made it as far as the Elite Eight in both 1994 and 1995.
In 2014, the Dukes faced North Carolina in the opening round of the NCAA Championship in Chapel Hill, N.C.

LOOKING AHEAD

The winner of Thursday's first round advances to Chapel Hill for a second-round matchup at fifth-seeded North Carolina.
That game will be played Sunday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m.

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