Women's Soccer Heads to Campbellsville for NAIA First & Second Rounds
KANSAS CITY, MO - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the teams and matchups for the 2024 NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship. The 40-team field will begin with the NAIA National Championship First & Second Rounds at 16 campus locations around the country on November 21-23. The field includes 26 automatic bids and 14 at-large selections.
UNOH earned an automatic bid after finishing runners-up in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Tournament falling on penalty kicks in the championship to No. 5 Aquinas on Wednesday, November 13. The Racers will head to the Campbellsville Bracket hosted by Campbellsville University beginning Thursday, November 21. As the two-seed, UNOH will have a first-time matchup against LSU-Shreveport with the top-seeded Tigers awaiting the winner on Saturday, November 23 for a trip to Pensacola, Florida.
You can purchase tickets for Thursday's match here: Tickets
Watch all the action from Campbellsville here: Watch Live
All UNOH Students are encouraged to stop by the Racer Station for the Watch Party Thursday evening.
#6 Campbellsville University Tigers (17-1-1)
The Tigers finished as the regular season runners-up in the Mid-South Conference (MSC) going 5-1-0 in league play with their only blemish coming to defending National Champion No. 1 Cumberlands, 1-0. They fell in the MSC Semifinals to Cumberland 5-4 on penalty kicks but earned an at-large bid to the NAIA Tournament.
Record vs. Tournament Teams (5-1-1)
Record vs. Opponents Finishing in Top 25 (3-1-1)
8/29 @ #8 Columbia (Mo) (W, 3-2)
9/29 @ #22 Georgia Gwinnet (W, 3-2)
10/4 @ #18 Cumberland (W, 5-3)
10/11 vs. #1 Cumberlands (L, 1-0)
11/11 (N) vs. #18 Cumberland (T, 0-0 | L, 5-4 PK)
Goals: 89
Assists: 66
Goals Against: 16
Clean Sheets: 9
The MSC will send three teams to the NAIA National Championship First & Second Rounds (Campbellsville, Cumberlands, Cumberland).
#24 University of Northwestern Ohio Racers (13-3-4)
UNOH ended the regular season second in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) at 10-1-1 earning an automatic bid to the NAIA Tournament as the WHAC Tournament runners-up. The Racers finished 1-1 in the championship match and lost on penalty kicks (3-2) to No. 5 Aquinas who had already clinched an automatic bid as the WHAC Regular Season champions.
Record vs. Tournament Teams (0-2-2)
Record vs. Opponents Finishing in Top 25 (0-2-2)
8/20 vs. #16 Indiana Wesleyan (L, 1-0)
8/7 vs. #9 Marian (T, 0-0)
10/5 @ #5 Aquinas (L, 1-0)
11/13 @ #5 Aquinas (T, 1-1 | L, 3-2 PK)
Goals: 67
Assists: 48
Goals Against: 10
Clean Sheets: 14
The WHAC is sending two teams to the NAIA National Championship First & Second Rounds (UNOH, Aquinas).
(RV) Louisiana State University - Shreveport Pilots (15-4-1)
The Pilots earned an automatic bid after winning the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Regular Season title going 12-1-0 with their only blemish coming against (RV) Xavier (La.), 4-2. LSUS fell in the RRAC Semifinals to LSU Alexandria, 3-1.
Record vs. Tournament Teams (1-3-0)
Record vs. Teams Finishing in Top 25 (0-1-0)
8/22 vs. #21 Science and Arts (L, 4-2)
Goals: 77
Assists: 62
Goals Against: 20
Clean Sheets: 10
The RRAC is sending two teams to the NAIA National Championship First & Second Rounds (LSU-Shreveport, Xavier).
2024 NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Qualifiers Release