After striking turnaround, men’s soccer rockets into NCAA Tournament
West Virginia, the first-round game’s hosts, ranked No. 10 in the latest national poll. It defeated No. 8 Marshall, the NCAA Tournament’s No. 13 seed, to win the Sun Belt Tournament on penalty kicks. It has lost only once all season, this perennial soccer power that can reasonably shout about getting snubbed for a top-16 seed.