INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Committee announced the field of 62 teams for the 2016 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship, which begins Friday and concludes with the national championship December 3.
Forty-two 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.
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All tournament games leading up to the national semifinals will be played on the campuses of the competing institutions. Two sites will host three teams for first- and second- round competition November 11 and 12 or 12 and 13. Fourteen sites will host four teams for first-and second-round competition November 11 and 12 or 12 and 13.
Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites November 18 and 19 or 19 and 20. Winners of the four sectionals will advance to the national semifinals, which take place December 2 at Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia, with Roanoke College, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem serving as co-hosts. The national championship game will be played December 3. The Division III women’s soccer national semifinals and championship games will also be held at Kerr Stadium December 2 and 3.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (42):
| Conference | Team |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | Penn State-Behrend |
| American Southwest Conference | Texas-Dallas |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport |
| Centennial Conference | Haverford |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | Lehman |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Carthage |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Centenary (New Jersey) |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Western New England |
| Empire 8 | St. John Fisher |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | St. Joseph's (ME) |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Hanover |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Luther |
| Landmark Conference | Scranton |
| Liberty League | Vassar |
| Little East Conference | Massachusetts Boston |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Worcester State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Calvin |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Messiah |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Eastern |
| Midwest Conference | St. Norbert |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Daniel Webster |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Amherst |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | Springfield |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Montclair State |
| North Atlantic Conference | New England College |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Kenyon |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Morrisville State |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Benedictine (Illinois) |
| Northwest Conference | Whitworth |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | John Carroll |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Lynchburg |
| Presidents’ Athletic Conference | Geneva |
| Skyline Conference | Merchant Marine |
| Southern Athletic Association | Centre |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Redlands |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Trinity (Texas) |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Westminster (Missouri) |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY Cortland |
| University Athletic Association | Chicago |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | St. Scholastica |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Maryville (Tennessee) |
Pool B Berths (1):
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Pool C Berths (19):
- Babson
- Brandeis
- Carnegie Mellon
- Chapman
- DePauw
- Elizabethtown
- Franklin & Marshall
- Kean
- Ohio Northern
- Ohio Wesleyan
- Rowan
- Rutgers-Newark
- St. Lawrence
- SUNY Oneonta
- Tufts
- Dubuque
- Rochester (New York)
- Washington and Lee
- Washington U. in St. Louis
Amherst is the defending national champion, having defeated Loras 2-1 in last year’s championship game.
