NCAA.com | November 14, 2013 Ohio Wesleyan heads field for 2013 DIII Men's Soccer Championship Share Interactive Bracket Printable Bracket Selection ShowINDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Committee on Monday announced the field of 61 teams for the 2013 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship, which begins Thursday and concludes with the national championship Dec. 7.Forty-one conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the championship. One team was selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions, as well as members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final 19 berths were reserved for Pool C, which includes institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that did not win their conference championship, and any remaining Pool B teams.All tournament games leading up to the national semifinals will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. Two first-round games will be conducted Nov. 14 with the winners advancing to play Nov. 16 against two teams that earned first-round byes. Nineteen sites will host four teams for first- and second-round competition Nov. 16-17. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites Nov. 22-24. Winners of the four sectionals will advance to the national semifinals, which take place at Toyota Field in San Antonio on Dec. 6, with Trinity University (Texas) and the San Antonio Sports Foundation serving as co-hosts. The national championship game will be played Dec. 7.Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification:Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference -- Penn State-BehrendAmerican Southwest Conference -- Hardin-SimmonsCapital Athletic Conference -- York (Pa.)Centennial Conference -- Franklin & MarshallCity University of New York Athletic Conference -- BaruchCollege Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin -- Wheaton (Ill.)Colonial States Athletic Conference -- Centenary (N.J.)Commonwealth Conference -- LycomingCommonwealth Coast Conference -- Western New EnglandEmpire 8 -- Stevens Institute of TechnologyFreedom Conference -- King’s (Pa.)Great Northeast Athletic Conference -- Johnson & Wales (R.I.)Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference -- Rose-HulmanIowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference -- LorasLandmark Conference -- SusquehannaLiberty League -- St. LawrenceLittle East Conference -- Eastern Connecticut StateMassachusetts State College Athletic Conference -- Bridgewater StateMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association -- HopeMidwest Conference -- Lake ForestMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference -- CarletonNew England Collegiate Conference -- ElmsNew England Small College Athletic Conference -- AmherstNew England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference -- Wheaton (Mass.)New Jersey Athletic Conference -- Rutgers-CamdenNorth Atlantic Conference -- Thomas (Maine)North Coast Athletic Conference -- Ohio WesleyanNorth Eastern Athletic Conference -- SUNY Institute of TechnologyNorthern Athletics Conference -- Dominican (Ill.)Northwest Conference -- Puget SoundOhio Athletic Conference -- Ohio NorthernOld Dominion Athletic Conference -- Virginia WesleyanPresident’s Athletic Conference -- Thomas MoreSkyline Conference -- Mount St. Mary’sSt. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference -- Westminster (Mo.)Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference -- Cal LutheranSouthern Collegiate Athletic Conference -- Trinity (Texas)State University of New York Athletic Conference -- Plattsburgh StateUniversity Athletic Association -- Rochester (N.Y.)Upper Midwest Athletic Association -- St. ScholasticaUSA South Athletic Conference -- GreensboroPool B Berth:Wisconsin-OshkoshPool C Berths:BrandeisCarnegie MellonCatholicDickinsonGordonGustavus AdolphusKenyonLutherMITMessiahMisericordiaMontclair StateOberlinRoger WilliamsRutgers-NewarkSalisburyWartburgWilliamsThe Division III women’s soccer national semifinals and championship games also will be held at Toyota Field at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 7.