West Virginia’s top-ranked women’s soccer team, the lone No. 1 seed remaining in the field of four, makes its first appearance in the College Cup tomorrow evening — and the game is on ESPNU. This is new territory for the Mountaineers and for Nikki Izzo-Brown. Bob Huggins has been to his sport’s equivalent twice.

Huggins also happens to be a fan and supporter of what women’s soccer has done, so of course he had advice for Izzo-Brown, who has solicited wisdom from people who’ve been where she is, and of course what Huggins had to say was concise and indisputable.

“Win,” he said Monday night, after his 25th-ranked team pummeled Manhattan, 108-61. “It’s no fun coming home after losing.”

It’s simple advice, but that’s fitting. Izzo-Brown, who lost Elite Eight matches in 2007 and 2015, is trying to simplify the program’s first trip to the College Cup.

The No. 1-ranked team in the country and the lone remaining No. 1 seed, WVU plays No. 2 seed and seventh-ranked North Carolina, a 21-time NCAA champion, at 5 p.m. Friday at Avaya Stadium, in San Jose, Calif.

That match and the second semifinal between Georgetown and USC will be televised by ESPNU.

“I think it’s a game,” she said. “I’m not going to put any more into it than that. What we’ve done all year long, we’ve had such a great routine and we’ve made sure we’re attuned to what we’re doing and staying focused on what we need to do.”