2015 NCAA Division III men's soccer tournament explained

NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
Year:2015
Country:United States
Dates:December 4–5, 2015
Num Teams:61
Champions:Amherst College (MA)
Runner-Up:Loras College (IA)
Third:Calvin College (MI)
& SUNY Oneonta (NY)
Matches:60
Goals:164
Top Goal Scorer:n/a
Player:Bryce Ciambella, Amherst
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016
Updated:12/7/2015

The 2015 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri (the home field of Swope Park Rangers, the USL affiliate of MLS's Sporting Kansas City) from December 4–5, 2015 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2015.[1]

Qualification

All Division III men's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the 61-team tournament field. 42 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 19 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.[2]

Automatic qualifiers (42)

ConferenceChampionRecord
Allegheny MountainMount Aloysius12–6–2
American SouthwestTexas–Dallas15–3–3
Capital AthleticSalisbury13–3–3
CentennialHaverford16–3
CUNYACCCNY11–7
CCIWCarthage11–7–3
Colonial StatesCabrini15–2–3
Commonwealth CoastGordon15–4–0
Empire 8Stevens Tech15–3–2
Great NortheastJohnson & Wales (RI)17–4
HCACRose–Hulman13–2–5
IIACLoras14–4–1
LandmarkScranton10–6–2
Liberty LeagueSt. Lawrence14–3–2
Little EastUMass Boston16–4
MSCACBridgewater State17–3–1
MIAACalvin20–0–1
MAC CommonwealthLycoming16–1–2
MAC FreedomEastern16–2–2
MidwestLake Forest13–6–1
MIACSt. Olaf13–7–1
NECCDaniel Webster18–3
NESCACBowdoin10–3–4
NEWMACBabson12–6–2
NJACRutgers–Camden13–7–2
North AtlanticThomas (ME)13–4–1
North CoastKenyon17–1
NEACMorrisville State13–4–2
NACCMilwaukee Engineering14–4–1
NorthwestWhitworth16–1–1
Ohio AthleticOhio Northern17–4–1
ODACWashington and Lee15–3–2
PresidentsWestminster (PA)11–5–4
SLIACWestminster (MO)17–2–0
SkylineSage13–3–3
SAAMillsaps14–4
SCIACRedlands16–3–2
SCACTrinity (TX)19–2
SUNYACSUNY Oneonta15–3–1
UAABrandeis16–2–1
Upper MidwestSt. Scholastica18–2–1
USA SouthMethodist14–4–3

At-large qualifiers (19)

TeamConferenceRecord
AmherstNESCAC14–1–1
Carnegie MellonUAA11–3–3
ChicagoUAA11–5–2
DePauwNorth Coast11–3–4
DickinsonCentennial12–4–3
Franklin & MarshallPresidents'15–3
MacalesterMIAC13–1–5
MITNEWMAC16–2–1
Montclair StateNJAC18–2–1
Ohio WesleyanNorth Coast15–4–2
Plattsburgh StateSUNYAC14–4–3
RPILiberty11–4–3
RowanNJAC16–5
Thomas MorePresidents'16–2–1
TuftsNESCAC9–4–3
Washington–St. LouisUAA11–4–3
Wheaton (IL)CCIW12–3–3
Wisconsin–OshkoshWIAC11–3–3
Wisconsin–WhitewaterWIAC14–3–1

Tournament bracket

Division III College Cup

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites . Ncaa.com . 2015-05-14.
  2. Web site: NCAA DIII Men's Soccer Committee selects championship field . Ncaa.com . 2015-11-12.