[Women's Soccer] Women's Soccer faces John Brown in NAIA Opening Round on Saturday

Kat Benton competed in two NAIA Women's National Soccer Championships as an athlete at Kansas Wesleyan.

Ten years later she's back in the tournament, this time in a new role with a different perspective as the Coyotes' head coach.

KWU plays 11th-seeded John Brown at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Siloam Springs, Ark., in the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Opening Round. The No. 23-ranked Coyotes, who are making their seventh national tournament appearance, are 17-2-2 after winning the Kansas Conference's regular season title with an 11-0-1 record and postseason tournament title last weekend. John Brown's 15-4-1.