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Tickets are on sale for Thursday's game: https://tkt.xosn.com/tickets/TicketHome ... _ID=118840

Here is the NCAA men's soccer tournament bracket:

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket ... en/d1/2016

Loyola and UIC had three common opponents: DePaul, Northern Illinois, and Northern Kentucky.

We beat DePaul 2-0 on the road, and UIC lost there, 4-0. We beat Northern Illinois at home,2-0, and UIC got a 1-1 draw in DeKalb. We beat Northern Kentucky at home, 1-0, and UIC beat them 4-0.

Notre Dame awaits the winner.

Too lazy to look this up. How do you resolve ties in the tourney?

If I recall correctly, it is the same as it is for the Valley tournament. If the teams are tied after the 90 minutes, they play a 10 minute period with the first team to score wins. If no one scores, they switch sides and play a second 10 minute period with the same rules. If no one scores after the second overtime period, the game is decided by penalty kicks.

I think they used to have a series of OTs until it was over-- some of the championship games in the 80s went into six or eight overtimes. A good friend's brother was on the 1982 & 83 University of Indiana national championship team, so I remember some of those games being absurd.

But as of several years ago, it's penalty kicks after two 10-minue overtimes.

U.S. collegiate rules
In NCAA college soccer rules, all matches that remain tied after ninety minutes have an overtime period. A sudden death golden goal rule is applied, with the game ending as soon as an overtime goal is scored. If neither team scores in the two ten-minute halves, the match ends in a draw unless it is a conference or national championship tournament match. A playoff game tied after two overtime periods then moves to a penalty kick shoot-out with the winner determined by the teams alternating kicks from the penalty mark.

Thanks to both of you!

Ramblers beat UIC 2-0!
Notre Dame is up next.

UIC looked strong for the first 15 minutes and then that went away and they couldn't connect passes. First goal was a nice one and that second to clinch it was great. At the end of the game #4 on UIC kicker our player Thompson right in the knee and was shown a red for it. That is an awful play on him and he should be suspended if this isn't his last game.

How was the crowd?

Big crowd. Mostly UIC fans, I think.