(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.