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Fresno Pacific is headed back to Florida in hopes of avenging a gut-wrenching loss in the final seconds of the national championship match last season. The Sunbirds have the benefit of being the only team to take part in last year's national tournament returning to the national stage this season.
 
A Look at Pool A

#1 Fresno Pacific
Location: Fresno, Calif.
Affiliation: NCAA Division II (Provisional Members)
Conference: Pacific West
Nickname: Sunbirds
Colors: Navy Blue and Orange
2012 Record: 15-4-1
 
The Sunbirds have once again come into the tournament as the hottest team in the field winning seven consecutive matches and 13 of their last 15. After a 2-2-1 start to the season, the attack has since exploded, with the team scoring 55 of their 62 goals since then and 26 goals since their last loss on October 19 to BYU-Hawaii.

Fabian Rangel and Andrew Luis have combined for a 1.32 goals against average backed up by one of the top veteran defenses on the west coast. Senior Ivan Mirkovic, last year's NCCAA Tournament defensive MVP, leads the back line and was named the PacWest's defensive player of the year after proving to be one of the best two-way center backs in the country. Fellow seniors Luke Tyler, Chris Young and Julian Mattaliano along with junior Nick Watson form one of the toughest back lines in the tournament.
 
Offensively the Sunbirds have found a rhythm after breaking in a number of new players into the attack this season. Freshman Jorge Chedraui was named PacWest Freshman of the Year after finishing second in the conference in goals scored with 14. Junior transfer Renato Bustamante has been a true playmaker for FPU scoring 10 goals and adding six assists as the team's primary attacking midfielder. Senior Gustavo Silva, who was named First-Team All-PacWest, has been on fire late in the season scoring seven goals in his final six matches including a hat trick performance against Bethesda in the NCCAA West Region Semifinals. Sophomore Alvaro Nogales has seen a dip in his numbers, primarily due to the attention he gets from opposing defenses, but has still managed to put together a good offensive season with nine goals and six assists.
 
Fresno Pacific will need to continue the prowess it showed on both ends of the field in order to claim their first NCCAA national title in a tough and crowded field of nine teams.
 
 
#6 Lee University
Location: Cleveland, Tenn.
Affiliation: NCAA Division II (Year 2 Candidacy)
Conference: Gulf South Conference
Nickname: Flames
Colors: Maroon and White
2012 Record: 11-4-5

The Flames come into the National Tournament as the top ranked at-large team after losing to Campbellsville in the NCCAA South Region Final. Lee has leaned heavily on their defense scoring six shutouts this season.

LU is led by goalkeeper Tom Halsall who has allowed just 1.12 goals per game this season while stopping 79.6% and making 90 saves. Offensively Josh Hall paves the way with 17 goals and an assist for 35 total points, more than doubling the next closest player.
 
Chevon Roberts, Quade Marinell, Arturo Rocha and Eli Price have each notched double-digit points this season. Roberts put together a big two-goal performance against conference rival Delta State that helped continue what ended up being an 11-match non-losing streak.
 
Fresno Pacific has never faced Lee University and will take on the Flames on December 4 at 2:00 p.m., their final pool play match.
 
#9 Mid-America Christian University
Location: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Affiliation: NAIA
Conference: Sooner Athletic Conference
Nickname: Evangels
Colors: Red and White
2012 Record: 11-7-1

The Evangels struggled towards the end of the season dropping four of their final five regular season matches before rallying in the NCCAA Central Region to prevail over Colorado Christian and Southwestern Christian. MACU's Raphael Bonelle propelled them to the national tournament with his double overtime goal against SCU in the region finals.

Bonelle has been the biggest offensive producer for the team scoring 15 goals and eight assists for 38 total points. Marcelo Lima (17) and Abel Renteria (10) are the only other players with double-digit points for the Evangels this season. MACU has scored 42 goals while allowing 38, one of the lowest goal differential margins in the tournament.

Tyler Macintosh has allowed 1.96 goals per match while stopping 71.0-percent of shots faced and making 93 saves. As a team Mid-American Christian has allowed 2.00 goals per match, the most of any team in the tournament, surrendering 39 goals on the season.

Fresno Pacific has never faced Mid-America Christian. The Evangels will be the Sunbirds' first match of the tournament on Monday at 2:00 p.m Eastern.

A Look at Pool B
#2 Judson
#5 Spring Arbor
#8 Mississippi College
 
No. 2 Judson (13-5-1) is one of the most dangerous teams in the field after scoring 65 goals this season and surrendering just 29 for the second largest goal differential in the tournament. No. 5 Spring Arbor's (13-8-1) defense propelled them into the national tournament after allowing just one goal in the NCCAA regional playoffs. Mississippi College (11-4-3) has allowed the second lowest goals against average surrendering just 1.00 goals per match.
 
A Look at Pool C
#3 Campbellsville
#4 Houghton
#7 Southern Wesleyan
 
No. 3 Campbellsville is possibly the most dangerous team in the field after torching opponents for 74 goals this season including an 11-goal outburst against Ohio Christian College. The Tigers have the largest goal differential in the tournament at +53 and are led by Boraigh Yearwood who has exploded for 18 goals and nine assists this season. His 45 total points is the highest of any individual player in the national tournament.

No. 4 Houghton College (15-2-1), NCCAA East Region Champion, is by far the most impressive defensive team in this field after allowing just six goals all season for a .33 goals against average. Keeper Jacob Dunnett has stopped over 90-percent of shots faced this season, the highest percentage for any goalkeeper in the tournament.
 
No. 7 Southern Wesleyan (12-6-2) upset Shorter University 1-0 in the south region to punch their ticket to Florida. The Warriors have the smallest goal differential at +2 scoring 36 goals while allowing 34.
 
The top team in each pool will advance to the Final Four and the next highest place team will advance as the lone at-large berth. The final berth will be given to the team with the highest point total after pool play followed by goal differential in the event of a tiebreaker.