SEARCY - The Harding women's soccer team will make its fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, Nov. 21, at 1 p.m., where they will take on the No. 1 seed Minnesota St. (17-1-3) in Mankato, Minnesota. Harding is the No. 8 seed in the field.

Harding earned the automatic bid by winning the Great American Conference (GAC) Tournament, defeating Ouachita Baptist 1-0 on Sunday in Searcy. Minnesota State, last year's national runner-up, won the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship to also earn an automatic bid.

Harding's previous NCAA Tournament appearances were in 2004, 2015, and 2016.

The winner of the Minnesota State/Harding game will advance to play the winner of the match between No. 4 Washburn and No. 5 Missouri Western.

Note: Ticket information is still to come.