CANTON, Ga. - Two league schools earned a spot in the Division III Women's Soccer Championship field as announced by the NCAA on Monday morning. Conference tournament champion Centre is joined by at-large selection Trinity University on the national stage.
The Division III women's soccer bracket includes 64 teams with 43 qualifying automatically as conference champions. The reamining 21 entrants were determined by ranking in the NCAA Power Index (NPI).
Centre (13-2-4) will enter their 12th NCAA Tournament after winning the leagues automatic bid with the conference tournament title. The team wil ltake on Grove City (14-2-4) at Calvin. Grove City has won the last four PAC titles.
The winner of the matchup will take on the winner of the Milwaukee School of Engineering/Calvin game.
The Colonels have been steady all season backed by SAA tournament MVP Zara McCarthy who has 13 goals and 29 points this season with a defense who has produced nine shutouts.
Trinity (14-2-1) earns an at-large berth after being high in the NCAA NPI rankings all season long. The Tigers fell in the SAA championship game after winning it last season but are primed for success as they are not stranger to the NCAA tournament.
The Tigers will host the first round and take on Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-5-5) who they played back at the beginning of September with a win of 2-1. The Cru are coming off an ASC championship title after defeating Hardin-Simmons 4-3 on PKs as the No. 2 seed.
The winner of the game will face Puget Sound (19-0-1) or Concordia (TX) (7-8-2) in the second round of the tournament.
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