INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2016 Division III Women’s Soccer Championship.
2016 DIII Women's Soccer Championship: Interactive Bracket | Printable Bracket
Forty-three conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the 2016 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 20 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.
Sixteen four-team sites will conduct first- and second-round play on the first weekend of the championship, 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. All games, except the semifinals and final, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. Winners of the four sectionals will advance to the semifinals December 2 and 3, at Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia, with Roanoke College, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem serving as hosts.
Williams College is the defending national champion, having defeated Washington University in St. Louis 1-0 in last year’s championship game.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (43):
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | Pennsylvania State University, Erie, the Behrend College |
| American Southwest Conference | Hardin-Simmons University |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport University |
| Centennial Conference | Johns Hopkins University |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | College of Staten Island |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Marywood University |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| Empire 8 | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Lasell College |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Hanover College |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Luther College |
| Landmark Conference | University of Scranton |
| Liberty League | William Smith College |
| Little East Conference | Western Connecticut State University |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Worcester State University |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Hope College |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Messiah College |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Misericordia University |
| Midwest Conference | Knox College |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Augsburg College |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Elms College |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Amherst College |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | Worchester Polytechnic Institute |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Rowan University |
| North Atlantic Conference | Colby-Sawyer College |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Denison University |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Penn State Berks College |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Milwaukee School of Engineering |
| Northwest Conference | Pacific Lutheran University |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | University of Mount Union |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Washington and Lee University |
| Presidents’Athletic Conference | Thomas More College |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Webster University |
| Skyline Conference | Farmingdale State College |
| Southern Athletic Association | Centre College |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Trinity University (Texas) |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | Buffalo State, State University of New York |
| University Athletic Association | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | University of Minnesota, Morris |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Piedmont College |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
Pool B Berths (1):
University of California, Santa Cruz
Pool C Berths (20):
Arcadia University
Brandeis University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
Connecticut College
Loras College
Lynchburg College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McDaniel College
Middlebury College
Montclair State University
Nazareth College
The College of New Jersey
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Swarthmore College
Trinity College (Connecticut)
Virginia Wesleyan College
Williams College
Wittenberg University
Log on to www.NCAA.com for more information regarding the 2016 championship, including the complete bracket with dates and sites.
