NCAA.com | November 8, 2016 Division II Women's Soccer Championship bracket selected Share INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Committee announced on Monday the field of 48 teams for the 2016 NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Championship. Each of the eight regions received six championship berths. Division II Women's Soccer Championship: Interactive Bracket | Printable Bracket Twenty-two conferences received automatic qualification into the 2016 championship. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below: Conference School California Collegiate Athletic Association UC San Diego Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Caldwell Conference Carolinas Limestone East Coast Conference Bridgeport Great American Conference Harding Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Grand Valley State Great Lakes Valley Conference McKendree Great Midwest Athletic Conference Davis and Elkins Great Northwest Athletic Conference Western Washington Gulf South Conference West Florida Heartland Conference Dallas Baptist Lone Star Conference Midwestern State Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Central Missouri Mountain East Conference Notre Dame (Ohio) Northeast-10 Conference Stonehill Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Minnesota State, Mankato Pacific West Conference Azusa Pacific Peach Belt Conference Columbus State Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Stroudsburg Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado Mines South Atlantic Conference Carson-Newman Sunshine State Conference Saint Leo Grand Valley State has its eyes on a fourth consecutive title. For first- and second-round competition, teams will be paired in their respective regions with the No. 4 seed playing the No. 5 seed; and the No. 3 seed facing the No. 6 seed Thursday, November 10 or Friday, November 11. The winner of the No. 4/5 seed game will advance to play the No. 1 seed and the winner of the No. 3/6 seed game will take on the No. 2 seed on Saturday, November 12 or Sunday, November 13. All games will be played on the campus of a participating institution and will consist of two sites per region. The two finalists in each region will advance to third- and quarterfinal-round competition to be played Friday, November 18 and Sunday, November 20. The semifinals and championship games will take place December 1 and 3 at Children's Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted by the Kansas City Sports Commission, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Rockhurst University. In the 2015 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer national championship game, Grand Valley State defeated Columbus State 2-0 to capture its third consecutive title. Selection criteria data through the end of the regular season is available here: Atlantic Central East Midwest South South Central Southeast West 2020 US women's soccer team roster: Where USWNT Olympians played in college Seventeen out of the 18 players on the U.S. women's soccer team roster played NCAA college soccer, many former collegiate stars and some national champions. READ MORE Panel approves extending COVID-19 penalties in men’s and women’s soccer The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Tuesday approved extending a rules change from the 2020 college soccer season that enhanced the penalty for spitting at or biting an opponent. READ MORE Soccer Rules Committee clarifies handball interpretation Rules will align more with international competition READ MORE