Conference USA men's soccer regular-season co-champions, Saint Louis and Cincinnati, are two of the 48 teams that will be playing for the 2003 NCAA Championship. Saint Louis, a No. 7 seed, has received a first-round bye and will host the winner of the Fairleigh Dickinson/Binghamton match at Robert R. Hermann Stadium next Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, UC will travel to Lexington, Ky., to square off with the Wildcats of Kentucky on either Friday, Nov. 21, or Saturday, Nov. 22, at a yet to be determined time.

The Billikens, currently ranked fourth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Poll, earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA College Cup by claiming the 2003 C-USA Tournament crown on Sunday in Memphis. SLU (13-3-3)won a penalty-kick shootout, 5-4, with Charlotte after playing to a 2-2 double-overtime tie. It's the Billikens' fourth straight and sixth overall league tournament championship. This will be Saint Louis' 42nd NCAA appearance. SLU is 63-30-4 in the NCAAs with 10 National Championships.

The Bearcats, the winners of their first-ever share of the C-USA crown this season, are making their second NCAA appearance. Cincinnati (10-4-5) lost its only NCAA game to Bulter, 1-0, in 1998.

It is the seventh time in the league's nine-year history that it has produced multiple NCAA participants.