GRAMBLING, La.- The Grambling State University women's soccer team is set to travel to Fayetteville, Ark. to take on two-seed Arkansas in the opening round of the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament on Friday at 6:30 p.m. CST. 
 
This will be GSU's second trip to the NCAA postseason since winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Tournament in 2006. The Tigers earned their way into the tourney with a 2-1 win over Jackson State in the SWAC Title game. 
 
Grambling State (15-4-4) will face off against Arkansas (14-4-2) for the first since 2004, a match that the Razorbacks won 4-0. 
 
Arkansas enters the tournament after having lost to Georgia in the SEC Championship game 1-0 on Sunday.
 
The winner of Friday's match will play the winner of Pittsburgh and Ohio State in the second round.
 
Tickets for Friday's game may be purchased here. 

About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
 
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