regarding western carolina, they have been the tourney once and lost in the 1st rnd. i hate to say it but the weaker conferencees play the best conferences...and socon is one of the weaker conferences..i am not bashing the socon as it is a good conference for women's soccer but comparing it to others...it is in the lower part when comparing to the big dogs...as acc got 8 teams in and sec got 6..big south 1 and socon 1, but i feel uncg did get shafted as they have proven themselves and did not get an at large..that is the problem with the large conferences in any sport, those big conferences get more teams in the tourney and the smaller ones suffer...look at basketball! i am sure if they were seeded western carolina was seeded one of the lowest...and i know western carolina is a quality team, and the coach has them prepared every day...maybe they can upset the dynasty in the first round!!!