INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The NCAA Division III
Women's Soccer Committee announced today the field of 63 teams for
the 2009 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship, and SCAC
champion Trinity University received the only first-round bye. The
Tigers will open play on November 15 against the winner of
Maryville (Tenn.) and Mary Washington. Interactive
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No other SCAC school made the field.
Forty conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the 2009
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 21 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.
One team will receive a first-round bye. One two-team
first-round match will be played to determine the team that
advances to the second round to play the team that received a
first-round bye. Fifteen four-team sites will conduct first-
and second-round play on the first weekend of the championship,
November 13-14 or 14-15. Second-round winners will advance to
one of four sectional sites November 20-21 or 21-22. 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 4-5, at Blossom
Soccer Stadium in San Antonio, Texas.