INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Committee announced today the field of 64 teams that will compete in the 2021 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship.
Forty-four conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the 2021 championship. The final 20 berths were reserved for Pool C, which includes institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that did not win their conference championship as well as independent institutions.
Sixteen four-team sites will conduct first- and second-round play on the first weekend of the championship, November 12 and 13 or 13 and 14. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites November 19 and 20 or 20 and 21. 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 3 and 4, at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina, with The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Greensboro Sports Foundation serving as hosts.
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In 2019, Messiah University won its sixth national championship, having defeated William Smith College in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 2020 championship was canceled due to COVID-19.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (44):
| Conference | Team |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | Penn State-Behrend |
| American Rivers Conference | Loras |
| American Southwest Conference | Hardin-Simmons |
| Atlantic East Conference | Cabrini |
| Centennial Conference | McDaniel |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | John Jay |
| Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Wheaton (IL) |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Bryn Athyn |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Gordon |
| Empire 8 | Nazareth |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Johnson & Wales University (Providence) |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Hanover |
| Landmark Conference | Scranton |
| Liberty League | William Smith |
| Little East Conference | Western Connecticut State |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Westfield State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Hope |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Messiah |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Misericordia |
| Midwest Conference | Beloit |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | St. Catherine |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Lesley University |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Middlebury |
| New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | MIT |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | The College of New Jersey |
| North Atlantic Conference | Maine Maritime |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Wittenberg |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Dominican (IL) |
| Northwest Conference | Pacific Lutheran |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Ohio Northern |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Virginia Wesleyan |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | Chatham |
| Skyline Conference | Farmingdale State |
| Southern Athletic Association | Rhodes |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Pomona-Pitzer |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Trinity (TX) |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Fontbonne |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY Geneseo |
| United East Conference | Penn State Harrisburg |
| University Athletic Association | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-Superior |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Covenant |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Confeerence | Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Pool C Berths (20):
| Amherst |
| Brandeis |
| Calvin |
| Carnegie Mellon |
| Case Western Reserve |
| Centre |
| University of Chicago |
| Connecticut College |
| Emory |
| Franklin & Marshall |
| Hamilton |
| Ithaca |
| Johns Hopkins |
| Lynchburg |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Trine |
| Wartburg |
| Wesleyan (CT) |
| Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Log on to www.ncaa.com for more information regarding the 2021 championship, including the complete bracket with dates and sites.
