As Saturday draws near, many Niner fans are focused on the football game however a more important fútbol game is taking place on the same day. The Charlotte women’s soccer team travels up the road to Duke for the first round of the NCAA soccer tournament, playing Saturday at 1 p.m..
This is the fifth time the 49ers have appeared in the NCAA tournament, the first time under head coach John Cullen and the first time the any of the girls on the the team. Their competitor, Duke, was the runner-up in the NCAA tournament last year and are expected to make a run in the tournament again this year.