SCAC Champion Trinity Headed to NCAA Tournament

SCAC Champion Trinity Headed to NCAA Tournament

(Portions of this story were taken from the NCAA website)

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.
- The NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Committee announced the field of 60 teams for the 2010 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship today, and SCAC champion Trinity University was the only conference team to receive an invitation into the field. Complete Bracket

Trinity (18-2), the nation's top-ranked team, opens play at home against Pacific (Ore.) University (14-2-3). The Tigers are making their ninth consecutive appearance in the national tournament under head coach Paul McGinlay.

DePauw University (14-2-2), despite its No. 11 national ranking (which does not factor into NCAA championships selection) and having only lost to the current No. 1 (Trinity) and No. 2 (Ohio Wesleyan) teams in the nation, did not receive one of the 17 at-large berths. Not since 2000 has the SCAC been represented in the National Tournamnet by more than just the AQ when both DePauw and Trinity made the field.

Forty-one conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the 2010 championship. Two teams were selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions, and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final 17 berths were reserved for Pool C, which are institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and any remaining Pool B teams.

Four two-team, first-round games will be conducted November 11 with the winners advancing to play four teams which received first-round byes Saturday, November 14. Twelve sites will host four teams for first- and second-round competition Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Sunday, November 12-13 or 13-14. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites November 19-20 or 20-21. Winners of the four sectionals will advance to the finals December 3-4. All games, except the finals, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. Blossom Sports Stadium, in San Antonio, Texas, will be the site of this year's semifinals/final. Trinity University (Texas) and San Antonio Sports Foundation will serve as co-hosts.