FVSU Wildcats set for 1st Round of NCAA Football Playoffs

FORT VALLEY, Georgia  --  On Sunday (Nov.11th), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced the field of teams to compete in the NCAA Division II Football Play-offs. The sixth ranked Wildcats of Fort Valley State University (FVSU) (8-3) will compete in the NCAA Division II Super Region 2 play-offs in a first round match up with the third ranked Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne University (8-2).

The game will be played on Saturday, November 17th. Kick-off is scheduled for 12 noon in Moretz Stadium on the Lenoir-Rhyne campus in Hickory, NC. Tickets for the playoff game are $6 for adults (Reserved seating on home side of stadium), $5 for faculty and staff and general admission, and $3 for students with proper identification and children. Tickets will be sold at the stadium on the day of the game.

This will be the first meeting between FVSU and Lenior-Rhyne. The winner will advance to the second round and meet the number two seed, Carson-Newman University. For more information, please call the FVSU Office of Sports Information at 478-825-6437.


COURTESY FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION