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A strong second half of the season wasn't enough to get the Arizona Wildcats soccer team into the NCAA Tournament, as they were left out of the field of 64 when the bracket was announced Monday.

UA started 0-3 in Pac-12 play but rallied to finish the season 8-7-3 overall and 5-5-1 in Pac-12 play.

ASU (9-5-3, 5-5-1), which beat UA 3-2 in the regular-season finale in what may have been a win-and-get-in game, made the field and will play Portland in the first round.

NAU (10-5-4), on a nine-game winning streak, earned the Big Sky bid and will face No. 1 seed UCLA.

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USC rallied to beat visiting Arizona 3-2 on Sunday in Los Angeles. Game scores were 22-25, 27-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-11.

Sofia Maldonado Diaz had 22 kills in the loss, while Emery Herman notched 45 assists. UA (13-12, 3-11) next hosts No. 20 Washington (17-7, 9-5) at 3 p.m. Friday.


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