Reigning champions Florida State are one of several teams in action on Friday, taking on Samford in their first-round clash. North Carolina, the tournament’s most successful team with 22 titles, will also begin play on Friday against USC Upstate, while first-round games will continue through the weekend.
The tournament will serve as a showcase for the college game’s top talent, many of whom aspire to become professionals. The abolition of the NWSL college draft means some of the NCAA’s top players won’t have to wait until January to find their next landing spot, should they choose the professional route. That includes Trinity Byers of the San Diego Wave, an American youth international who became the first college athlete to join an NWSL club in the league’s post-draft landscape. He played four seasons of college football at Texas, but will sit out this year’s championship game after a season-ending knee injury.
Here’s what you need to know about this year’s NCAA DI Women’s Soccer Championship.
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First round
All Eastern Time
All games will be broadcast on ESPN+
Friday, November 15
- No. 8 Utah St. vs. Washington, 4 p.m.
- No. 7 Georgia vs. Colorado, 4:30 p.m.
- No. 1 Florida St. vs. Samford, 5 p.m.
- No. 1 Duke vs. Howard, 6 p.m.
- No. 2 North Carolina at USC Upstate, 6 p.m.
- No. 2 Wake Forest vs. Morehead St., 6 p.m.
- No. 3 Ohio State vs. James Madison, 6 p.m.
- No. 3 South Carolina vs. East Carolina, 6 p.m.
- No. 3 Iowa vs. Missouri St., 7 p.m.
- No. 4 Notre Dame vs. Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
- No. 4 Texas vs. Boston U, 7 p.m.
- No. 4 Virginia vs. Princeton, 7 p.m.
- No. 5 Kentucky vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m.
- No. 6 Auburn vs. FIU, 7 p.m.
- No. 6 Minnesota vs. South Dakota St., 7 p.m.
- No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m.
- No. 2 Arkansas vs. Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m.
- No. 5 TCU vs. SFA, 8 p.m.
- No. 5 Wisconsin vs. Maine, 8 p.m.
- No. 7 BYU vs. Santa Clara, 8 p.m.
- No. 8 Saint Louis vs. Kansas, 8 p.m.
- No. 8 Texas Tech vs. LSU, 8 p.m.
- No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. Lipscomb, 8 p.m.
- No. 2 UCLA vs. California Baptist, 9 p.m.
- No. 3 Stanford vs. UC Santa Barbara, 9 p.m.
Saturday November 16
- No. 5 Michigan St. vs. Western Michigan 12 p.m.
- No. 6 Georgetown vs. Fairfield, 12 p.m.
- No. 7 Pepperdine vs. California, 3 p.m.
- No. 6 Rutgers vs. UConn, 5 p.m.
- No. 1 Mississippi St. vs. Southern U., 6 p.m.
- No. 4 Penn St. vs. Stony Brook, 6 p.m.
Sunday, November 17
- No. 1 Southern California vs. Sacramento St., 5 p.m.
Second and third round
Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23
Quarter finals
Friday, November 29 and Saturday, November 30
Semifinals
Friday December 6
End
Monday December 9
- TBD vs TBD, 7 pm (ESPNU)
