Women's soccer team opens Region 8 tournament Thursday at Miami Dade

The Eastern Florida State College women's soccer team will open the Region 8 Tournament Thursday.

The Titans will play host Miami Dade College in the first semifinal game at 3 p.m. 

The two teams split the two regular season meetings, both games ending 2-1.

Eastern Florida State's Avery Bracher is second in the FCSAA while teammate Aoife Farral has seven goals. Bracher and defender Jazira Gonzalez were both named to the All-Region 8 team on Wednesday.

Miami Dade comes into the tournament 5-4-2 overall and are led by sophomore Julia Gurgel who has scored nine times this season for the Sharks. Three other players have scored three times. Gurgel, along with Betzael Contreras and goalkeeper Ashley Fonseca made the all-region 8 team.

The semifinal game will be shown live online, click here.