(Photo by Steve Olson of SGFsoccer.com)

Former Zizzers Nick Dryden and Justin Scicluna and the Missouri State Bears will take on the St. Louis University Billikens in the First Round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament. The game will kickoff at 7:00pm on Thursday (11/19) at Hermann Stadium on the SLU Campus in St. Louis. This will be the third NCAA Tournament appearance for the Bears who also reached the NCAAs in 1997 and 1999. The winner of the match will take on Tulsa (13-4-2) at 2:00pm Sunday in Tulsa, OK. The Bears (12-4-2) are the Regular Season Missouri Valley Conference Champions and the Billikens (14-6-0) are the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Champions. Go Bears!