KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time since the program joined the NAIA in 2007, the Mid-America Christian women's basketball team will compete in the NAIA National Championship Tournament while the men's team was selected to the tourney field for the third straight year on Thursday night.

The MACU women's basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in the Park City, Kan. Region A bracket as an at-large berth and will play third-seed Columbia (Mo.) inside Hartman Arena on Mar. 12. If the Evangels advance, they will play top-seeded Sterling (Kan.) on Mar. 13. All game times have yet to be determined.

The Evangels concluded Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament play with a 9-2 record and were named the SAC Co-Champions during the regular season after going 6-0 in conference play, their first since joining the league in 2007. Of the 48 teams competing in the tourney, the Evangels were named the No. 23 overall seed.

The men's team will also compete inside Hartman Arena on Mar. 12-13 as they were selected as an at-large to the Park City Region A bracket as the No. 2 seed and will face No. 3 seed Holy Cross (Ind.) on Mar. 12. If the Evangels advance, they will take on top-seeded William Penn on Mar. 13.

The Evangels were named the No. 23 overall seed after finishing as the SAC Tournament Runner-Up, turning in an overall record of 11-4 and finished fourth in the conference standings with a 5-2 league mark.