NT Wins Soccer Title (I think)

Mean Green Matt · October 27, 2012

MTSU and WKU tied 1-1 tonight leaving NT, FIU, and MTSU all on 25 points. My assumption (although the Sun Belt doesn't have it posted anywhere) is that we go head-to-head to figure out the champion. The results from the head to head matchups between the three teams are:

NT - 4 points (win over MTSU, tie vs. FIU)

MTSU - 3 points (win over FIU, loss to NT)

FIU - 1 point (loss to MTSU, tie vs. NT)

Derek Thompson has congratulated the soccer team on Twitter, so he must be thinking the same thing.

Mo Green · October 27, 2012

Muts said that we both tied but in tournment seeding we are # 1 they are #2 ( from their site).

Mean Green Matt · October 27, 2012

Muts said that we both tied but in tournment seeding we are # 1 they are #2 ( from their site).

Conference Championship Baby! Go Mean Green! Back-to-Back.

bstnsportsfan3 · October 27, 2012

Great job by the ladies....back to back titles to end their regin in the sunbelt.

Green Crazy · October 27, 2012

Great job, ladies! this is one that you deserved!!

Bloopers17 · October 27, 2012

BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS

DENTON, Texas - The Mean Green soccer team won its second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Championship and fifth all time as Western Kentucky tied Middle Tennessee 1-1 tonight in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

This is the seventh championship in North Texas soccer history comprising of five regular season titles and two conference tournament championships.

With the tie, Middle Tennessee reached 25 points in the final Sun Belt Conference standings putting them even with North Texas and FIU. Due to tiebreaking rules, the Mean Green wins the three-way draw and will be the number one seed in the conference tournament.

"When you lose only one game in conference play, you deserve to win the title and have the number one seed," said head coach John Hedlund. "Believe me, winning championships never gets old. They are all special."

The 2012 season proved to be a phenomonal year for the Mean Green soccer program. Coach Hedlund led his young unit to a 13-4-2 overall record that included games against ranked (at the time) teams such as Oklahoma State (7) and Long Beach State (16).

NT soccer's conference record was a nearly flawless 8-1-1 mark. The conference run included a benchmark victory in Denton over MTSU.

Senior forward Michelle Young was the catalyst for a potent North Texas offense throughout the season. She ranked first in the Sun Belt in shots and tied for second in goals coming into the final weekend.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine led the Sun Belt coming into the weekend in GAA in conference play at .86 and recorded 58 saves.

As a unit, NT soccer ranked first in goals (26), shots (195) and corner kicks (64) in the conference.

The Sun Belt Conference Tournament will being on Oct. 31 in Mobile, Ala., with the Mean Green positioned as the number one seed to begin the tournament.