WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State is the No. 3 seed in the South Central Regional of the 2026 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship and will play a first-round match against Colorado School of Mines, the No. 6 seed, at Pioneer Soccer Park in Denton, Texas, on Friday at 3 p.m.

Midwestern State is 14-2-3 this season, but the Stangs are 0-1-2 in their last three games after West Texas A&M eliminated them in the quarterfinals of the LSC Women's Soccer Championship by winning a PK shootout, 4-2, after the team's played a 1-1 draw through 110 minutes.

The Mustangs are 1-5-0 in the all-time series with the Orediggers, who won the last meeting in Golden, Colorado, 5-0, in August of 2022. Midwestern State lost its last five meetings with Colorado School of Mines.

Texas Woman's is the No. 2 seed and awaits the winner of the MSU vs. Colorado School of Mines match for a second-round encounter on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.

Dallas Baptist, the No. 1 seed in the region, is also hosting this weekend and will play the winner of No.4-seed Regis vs. No. 5-seed UCCS on Sunday afternoon at Patriot Soccer Field.