INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2018 Division III Women’s Soccer Championship.
Forty-three conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the 2018 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 9 and 10 or 10 and 11. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites November 16 and 17 or 17 and 18. 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 November 30 and December 1, at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina, with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Greensboro Sports Commission serving as hosts.
Williams College is the defending national championship, having defeated the University of Chicago 1-0 in last year’s championship game.
Conferences and teams receiving automatic qualification (43):
Pool B Berth (1):
Cabrini
Pool C Berths (20):
Amherst
Arcadia
Brandeis
Bridgewater (Virginia)
University of Chicago
Emory
Hope
Ithaca
Johns Hopkins
New York University
University of Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rowan
Scranton
Tufts
Vassar
Virginia Wesleyan
Wartburg
Wheaton (Illinois)
Williams
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