INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Committee announced on Monday the field of 64 teams for the 2017 Division III Women’s Soccer Championship.
Forty-three conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the 2017 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.
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Sixteen four-team sites will conduct first- and second-round play on the first weekend of the championship, November 10 and 11 or 11 and 12. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites November 17 and 18 or 18 and 19. 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 1 and 2, at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina, with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Greensboro Sports Commission serving as hosts.
In last year’s final, Washington University in St. Louis defeated Messiah College in penalty kicks to win the championship after a 1-1 tie following regulation and both overtime periods.
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 |
Swarthmore College |
|
City University of New York Athletic Conference |
College of Staten Island |
|
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin |
Wheaton College (Illinois) |
|
Colonial States Athletic Conference |
Cabrini University |
|
Commonwealth Coast Conference |
Roger Williams University |
|
Empire 8 |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
|
Great Northeast Athletic Conference |
Lasell College |
|
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Franklin College |
|
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Loras College |
|
Landmark Conference |
University of Scranton |
|
Liberty League |
William Smith College |
|
Little East Conference |
Western Connecticut State University |
|
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference |
Westfield State University |
|
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Hope College |
|
Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth |
Arcadia University |
|
Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom |
Misericordia University |
| Midwest Conference |
Knox College |
|
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
St. Catherine University |
|
New England Collegiate Conference |
Lesley University |
|
New England Small College Athletic Conference |
Williams College |
|
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
|
New Jersey Athletic Conference |
The College of New Jersey |
|
North Atlantic Conference |
Castleton University |
|
North Coast Athletic Conference |
Wittenberg University |
|
North Eastern Athletic Conference |
Penn State Berks College |
|
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference |
Dominican University (Illinois) |
|
Northwest Conference |
Pacific Lutheran University |
|
Ohio Athletic Conference |
Ohio Northern University |
|
Old Dominion Athletic Conference |
Lynchburg College |
|
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 |
Whittier College |
|
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Trinity University (Texas) |
|
State University of New York Athletic Conference |
State University of New York at Geneseo |
|
University Athletic Association |
Washington University in St. Louis |
|
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference |
The College of St. Scholastica |
|
USA South Athletic Conference |
Methodist University |
|
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Pool B Berth (1):
University of California, Santa Cruz
Pool C Berths (20):
Brandeis University
California Lutheran University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
Connecticut College
Hamilton College
Illinois Wesleyan University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
McDaniel College
Messiah College
Middlebury College
Rowan University
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Susquehanna University
Tufts University
Virginia Wesleyan College
Wartburg College
Wilkes University
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Log on to www.NCAA.com for more information regarding the 2017 championship, including the complete bracket with dates and sites.
