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NCAA men ACC dominates top seeds in national tournament field. INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, November 15, 2004) -- The Atlantic Coast Conference grabbed three of the four top seeds of the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament which had its 48-school field announced today. The 16 seeded teams receive first-round byes in the event that culminates with the Men's College Cup at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Sixth-seeded UCLA will serve as the host of the event which will stage semifinals on December 10 with the championship match December 12. Wake Forest was given the top seed by the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Committee despite the Deamon Deacons losing to Virginia 2-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals. Defending national champion Indiana, which defeated St. John's 2-1 in the 2003 final, is the No. 2 seed, followed by Maryland which fell 2-1 to Virginia in the ACC tournament final. Virginia is the fourth seed. The remaining seeds are (5) Notre Dame (6) UCLA (7) Southern Methodist (8) Notrh Carolina-Greensboro (9) California-Santa Barbara (10) Penn State (11) St. John's (12) Old Dominion (13) New Mexico (14) Creighton (15) Boston College and (16) Virginia Commonwealth. The Big Ten led all conferences with six teams in the field while the ACC and Big East each had five representatives. All first-round games will be played either Friday or Saturday, while all second-round contests will be played November 23. Twenty-three conferences were awarded automatic bids for the 2004 tournament. The remaining 25 teams were selected at-large. The automatic qualifying conferences and their representatives are: America East Conference - Boston University Atlantic Coast Conference - Virginia Atlantic 10 Conference - George Washington University Atlantic Soccer Conference - Florida International Atlantic Sun - Central Florida Big East - Connecticut Big South - Coastal Carolina Big Ten - Michigan State Big West - California-Santa Barbara Colonial Athletic Association - Hofstra Conference USA - Memphis Horizon League - Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ivy Group - Dartmouth Metro Atlantic Conference - Marist Mid-American Conference - Akron Mid-Continent Conference - Western Illinois Missouri Valley Conference - Southern Methodist Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - New Mexico Northeast Conference - Long Island Pacific-10 Conference - UCLA Patriot League - American Southern Conference - College of Charleston West Coast Conference - San Francisco Three teams will make their first appearance in the tournament -- Marist, Northwestern and Western Illinois. Listed below are the first-round sites and match-ups as well as the site and opponent in the second round: Miami, Fla. First round - Central at Florida International Second round - Winner at Wake Forest Chapel Hill, N.C. First round - George Washington at North Carolina Second round - Winner at Virginia Commonwealth San Francisco First round - Wisconsin-Milwaukee at San Francisco Second round - Winner at California-Santa Barbara Columbia, S.C. First round - College of Charleston at South Carolina Second round - Winner at North Carolina-Greensboro Columbus, Ohio First round - Memphis at Ohio State Second round - Winner at Notre Dame Durham, N.C. First round - Coastal Carolina at Duke Second round - Winner at Old Dominion Seattle First round - Portland at Washington Second round - Winner at New Mexico Washington, D.C. First round - Long Island at American Second round - Winner at Virginia South Orange, N.J. First round - Hofstra at Seton Hall Second round - Winner at Maryland Evanston, Ill. First round - Western Illinois at Northwestern Second round - Winner at Creighton Boston First round - Dartmouth at Boston University Second round - Winner at St. John's Los Angeles First round - California State-Northridge at Loyola Marymount Second round - Winner at UCLA Berkeley, Calif. First round - Santa Clara at California Second round - Winner at Southern Methodist Tulsa, Okla. First round - Michigan State at Tulsa Second round - Winner at Penn State Storrs, Conn. First round - Marist at Connecticut Second round - Winner at Boston College Ann Arbor, Mich. First round - Akron at Michigan Second round - Winner at Indiana ©Copyright 2004 SoccerTimes.com. All Rights Reserved