MOUNTIE MEN'S SOCCER DRAWS MESSIAH IN NCAA FIRST ROUND
On Monday, the NCAA held their Division III Men's Soccer Selection Show, announcing the 64 teams that made the tournament, as well as the matchups and weekend pods.
On Monday, the NCAA held their Division III Men's Soccer Selection Show, announcing the 64 teams that made the tournament, as well as the matchups and weekend pods. Mount Aloysius College is set to travel to Messiah College, where they will take on the hosts in the first round.
By virtue of winning the AMCC Tournament, Mount Aloysius earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Ahead of Monday's announcement, the team knew they would be playing this coming weekend, but did not know where or when.
They were placed in the first/second round pod, hosted by Messiah. The Mounties were also matched up against the 8th-ranked Falcons in the first round. The teams will meet on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Saturday's winner will move on to play the winner of 14th-ranked Kenyon College and Catholic University, on Sunday.
2021 is the second appearance for Mount Aloysius in program history. Their other appearance came in 2015, after they won their first AMCC Championship. The Mounties fell to Calvin, 1-0, making them 0-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
Saturday's game information, as well as the tournament page, can be found at GoMessiah.com/NCAAmsoc21. Game links can also be found below and on the team's schedule page.
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The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team will travel to Newark, New Jersey, and the campus of Rutgers-Newark for the first round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III tournament this weekend.
The Lions (12-5) are scheduled to open play against the Cougars of Misericordia University (12-4-1) on Saturday for a 3 p.m. start. This year marks the ninth time Behrend will take part in the tournament.
Both teams enter the competition after dropping contests in the postseason of their respective conferences. Misericordia fell in their title game to Stevens on penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie after regulation and the Lions lost to Mt. Aloysius in the semifinals of the AMCC last time out.
Rutgers-Newark will be up against Westminster in their first-round tilt and the victor of the match between Behrend and Misericordia will face the winner of the aforementioned for a trip to the ECAC Championship.
The Lions last won an ECAC Title in 2009 with their most recent appearance coming in 2017.