TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (October 25, 2017) – The continued growth of a program can be judged best on how it prepares itself for bigger-and-better opportunities.
 
For the Salt Lake Community College Bruin women's soccer program, the opportunity to showcase growth is now as the program prepares to compete at this weekend's Region 18 tournament – a single-elimination tourney hosted by the College of Southern Nevada. The bout will include four Scenic West programs who will all be competing for a berth in the 2017 NJCAA National Tournament.
 
The Bruins qualified for the tourney as the SWAC's second-best team throughout the season, finishing the regular season with a record of 10-4-1 overall and 8-3-1 in league play. The other SWAC teams include top-seeded Snow College, third-seeded USU Eastern and fourth-seed CSN. The Coyotes can host the tourney on the strength of their men's program winning the league.
 
Salt Lake will open the tourney with a matchup against USU Eastern at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. The Bruins went 2-1 against the Eagles this season, sweeping both matches in Price but losing at home. SLCC had a 7-1 advantage in goal-differential in the season, with Utah State Eastern earning a 1-0 win in Taylorsville on Oct. 13.
 
SLCC coach Mark Davis said the women's program has much to be excited about after a breakthrough season.

"We are excited about how the season has gone," he said. "I am proud of our team has battled hard every single day. I feel that we are playing our best soccer right now. We are very organized and are putting balls in the back of the net.
 
The Region 18 tournament is a single-elimination tournament. The matchup on the other side of the bracket includes top-seeded Snow against CSN. Snow College finished the season with a record of 11-0-1 in league play; the Badgers' only tie came against Salt Lake on Sept. 23. The Coyotes finished the season at 5-9-2 overall.
 
Saturday's championship match is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Complete recaps will be available at slccbruins.com.