Wayne Cavadi | NCAA.com | November 17, 2019 Here are the automatic qualifiers for the 2019 DII women's soccer tournament Chayse Richardson's acrobatic flip throw scores the game-winning goal Share The 2019 DII women's college soccer regular season is coming to a close and conference tournaments begin Nov. 8. Here's the schedule are the 21 teams that earned an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA DII tournament. RANKINGS: Regional | United Soccer top 25 The 56-team field is made up from the eight regions, with each region allocated a different amount of berths, but more on that in a bit. Of those 56 teams, 21 gain automatic entry to the bracket when selections are announced right here on NCAA.com at 6 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 18. Twenty conference tournaments will decide the bulk of the automatic qualifiers while one conference — the Pacific West — sends its regular-season champion to the DII women's soccer championship. DII women's soccer automatic qualifiers: Schedule and winner for every conference championship CONFERENCE DATES LOCATION WINNER CCAA Nov. 12, 15, 17 UC San Diego UC San Diego CACC Nov. 12, 15, 17 N/A Jefferson CC Nov. 9, 14, 17 at highest seed Mount Olive ECC Nov. 13, 17 at highest seed Molloy GAC Nov. 14-16 at regular-season champion Southwestern Oklahoma State GLIAC Nov. 10, 15, 17 at highest seed Grand Valley State GLVC Nov. 10, 15, 17 at highest seed Southern Indiana G-MAC Nov. 9-16 at Dayton, OH Walsh GNAC Nov. 14-16 at Seattle Pacific Western Washington GSC Nov. 12, 15, 17 at Pensacola, Fl. Montevallo LSC Nov. 12, 15, 17 at No. 1 seed DBU MEC Nov. 12-17 at highest seed Concord MIAA Nov. 8, 15, 17 at highest seed Central Oklahoma NE10 Nov. 10, 14, 17 at high seeds Saint Rose NSIC Nov. 13, 15, 17 at high seed Minnesota State PacWest Regular-season champion N/A Point Loma PBC Nov. 12, 15-17 at Evans, GA Flagler PSAC Nov. 12, 15, 17 at top West Division seed Slippery Rock RMAC Nov. 8, 10, 16 at high seeds Colorado School of Mines SAC Nov. 9, 15, 17 at Matthews, NC Lincoln Memorial SSC Nov. 11, 14, 17 at high seed Embry-Riddle DII NEWS: Top women's soccer stories | Follow the DII hub | Sign up for the DII newsletter DII women's soccer championship: How the bracket works There are 56 teams that make the tournament bracket, hoping to find themselves in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 12-14 for the national semifinals and championship match. Three regional rankings are released before the selection show, ranking the top teams in each of the eight regions. Here's a quick look at how the bracket is made up: Region Berths Teams ranked per region Atlantic 6 8 Central 7 9 East 8 10 Midwest 8 10 South 6 8 South Central 6 8 Southeast 8 10 West 7 9 Once the 21 conference champions earn their automatic bid to the championship, the selection committee picks the remaining 35 at-large teams. First-round action gets underway either Thursday, Nov. 21, or Friday, Nov. 22. History of the DII women's soccer championship Bridgeport shut down Grand Valley State's high-octane offense to capture its first DII women's soccer title last year. While the Purple Knights haven't been able to replicate last year's success, Grand Valley State — winners of five of the last ten national championships — is once again right back in the hunt, sitting at No. 2 in the top 25 and the No. 1-ranked team in the Midwest Region. HISTORY: Programs with the most DII women's soccer championships Here's a look at the complete history of the DII women's soccer championship match. YEAR CHAMPION COACH SCORE RUNNER-UP SITE 2018 Bridgeport (20-4-1) Magnus Nilerud 1-0 Grand Valley St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 2017 Central Missouri (26-0-0) Lewis Theobald 1-1 (5-3 PKs) Carson-Newman Kansas City, Mo. 2016 Western Washington (23-0-1) Travis Connell 3-2 Grand Valley State Kansas City, Mo. 2015 Grand Valley State (23-1-1) Jeff Hosler 2-0 Columbus State Pensacola, Fla. 2014 Grand Valley State (22-2-2) Jeff Hosler 3-0 Rollins Louisville, Ky. 2013 Grand Valley State (24-0-1) Dave Dilanni 2-0 West Florida Evans, Ga. 2012 West Florida (24-1-0) Joe Bartlinski 1-0 UC San Diego Evans, Ga. 2011 Saint Rose (24-1-1) Laurie Darling Gutheil 2-1 Grand Valley State Pensacola, Fla. 2010 Grand Valley State (22-1-2) Dave Dilanni 4-0 UC San Diego Louisville, Ky. 2009 Grand Valley State (22-0-4) Dave Dilanni 1-0 Cal State Dominguez Hills Tampa 2008 Seattle Pacific (22-1-2) Chuck Sekyra 1-0 (2OT) West Florida Tampa 2007 *Tampa (20-2-3) Gerry Lucey 0-0 (2OT, PK) Franklin Pierce Orange Beach, Ala. 2006 Metro State (24-2) Danny Sanchez 1-0 (OT) Grand Valley State Pensacola, Fla. 2005 Nebraska-Omaha (20-2) Don Klosterman 2-1 (OT) Seattle Pacific Wichita Falls, Texas 2004 Metro State (25-1) Danny Sanchez 3-2 Adelphi Wichita Falls, Texas 2003 Kennesaw State (25-1) Rob King 2-0 Franklin Pierce Virginia Beach 2002 Christian Brothers (22-1) Gareth O'Sullivan 2-1 Nebraska-Omaha Virginia Beach 2001 UC San Diego (21-2) Brian McManus 2-0 Christan Brothers UC San Diego 2000 UC San Diego (21-2) Brian McManus 2-1 Northern Kentucky Barry 1999 Franklin Pierce (20-1) Jeff Bailey 3-1 Cal Poly Pomona Barry 1998 Lynn (19-1) Rocky Orezzoli 3-1 Sonoma State Lynn 1997 Franklin Pierce (21-0) Jeff Bailey 3-0 West Virginia Wesleyan Cal State Dominguez Hills 1996 Franklin Pierce (18-1) Jeff Bailey 1-0 Lynn Lynn 1995 Franklin Pierce (19-0) Mark Krikorian 5-0 Barry Franklin Pierce 1994 Franklin Pierce (20-0) Mark Krikorian 2-0 Regis (Colo.) Franklin Pierce 1993 Barry (17-1) Mike Covone 2-0 Cal Poly Barry 1992 Barry (17-2) Mike Covone 3-2 Adelphi Adelphi 1991 Cal State Dominguez Hills (18-4-1) Marine Cano 2-1 Sonoma State Cal State Dominguez Hills 1990 Sonoma State (14-4) Peter Reynaud 2-0 Keene State Barry 1989 Barry (17-0-1) Mike Covone 4-0 Keene State Barry 1988 Cal State East Bay (18-2) Colin Lindores 1-0 Barry Barry Soccer Rules Committee clarifies handball interpretation Rules will align more with international competition READ MORE 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship selections announced The field of 48 teams, which will compete for the 39th NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, was announced this afternoon by the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Committee. 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