Master’s Fails to Advance to NAIA Soccer Semifinals

After pool play in the National Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics championship tournament in Boca Raton, Fla., Wednesday, The Master’s College men’s soccer team failed to advance to Friday’s semifinal round.

Master’s (12-9-1), which was seeded 11th in the 12-team field, beat second-seeded Rockhurst (Mo.), 4-1, Monday in the first round of pool play, then lost to seventh-seeded Alderson Broaddus College (W. Va.), 6-0, Tuesday in the second round.

Master’s was eliminated when Rockhurst (23-2-0) defeated Alderson-Broaddus, 3-1, in the third round Wednesday.

Alderson-Broaddus (18-5-2) advanced to the semifinals and will face third-seeded Midwestern State (Texas) at 2 p.m. In the other semifinal, fourth-seeded Simon Fraser (Canada) will face top-seeded Lynn University at noon.