Men's Soccer Off To York, Pennsylvania for NCAA First Round Game
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St. Joseph's (L.I.) (13-10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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York (Pa.) (18-2-2) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Indianapolis, Ind. — St. Joseph's College (13-9) will play against York College of Pennsylvania (17-2-2) in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship Tournament as the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Committee announced the field of 62 teams on Monday afternoon.
Printable Bracket - Interactive Bracket - Tournament Home Page (With Ticket Info)
The 2012 Skyline Conference champion Golden Eagles will face the York Spartans who have made the NCAA Tournament in eight consecutive seasons. The Eagles won the Skyline's automatic berth in the NCAA's via their 3-0 win over Mount Saint Mary in the conference's championship game. The Spartans earned an automatic bid courtesy of a Capital Athletic Conference championship win over Mary Washington, 5-0. With the victory, York also earned the right to host a pair of first round matches and a second round match on Saturday and Sunday.
In the other first round game to be held at the four-team regional, Rutgers-Camden will play Medaille. Rutgers-Camden comes into the NCAA tournament with a mark of 16-2-2 as they defended their New Jersey Athletic Conference title with a 3-0 win over Rowan in the tournament finals. The Mavericks of Medaille are 17-2 having won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference title with a 1-0 win over Penn State Behrend.
Game times for the weekend have now been announced and SJC's first game is at 11:00 am on Saturday. Saturday's winners will square off on Sunday with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line.
The Golden Eagles will make their third NCAA Tournament appearance, having also clinched a berth in 2008 and 2009 as Skyline Champions in each of those years. Under the direction of first-year head coach Tim Trava, St. Joseph's earned the top-seed in the Skyline Tournament as they posted an 8-1 conference record.
The team is led on the offensive end by senior John Dettori (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore), who is currently ranked in the NCAA's top ten in points and goals. He owns the team lead in goals (21) and points (50) and was named the Most Outstanding Player in the Skyline Tournament. Junior Fabio Alves (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East) is second on the club with 12 goals and 32 points and Brendan O'Brien (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai) leads with 10 assists.
Defensively, seniors Michael Carroll (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) and Dylan Evans (Bohemia, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) are the stalwarts for the Eagles in the backfield. Senior goalkeeper Chris Muhs (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) posted a 13-7 record with nine shutouts.
NCAA MEN'S DIVISION III SOCCER TOURNAMENT
First and Second Round Matches hosted by York College
Graham Field - York, Pa.
First Round - Saturday, November 10, 2012
11 am - York (Pa.) (17-2-2) vs. St. Joseph's (L.I.) (13-9)
1:30 pm - Rutgers-Camden (16-2-2) vs. Medaille (17-2)
Second Round - Sunday, November 11, 2010
1 pm - First Round winners for a trip to the Sweet 16
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CONFERENCES AND TEAMS RECEIVING AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION |
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Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference |
Medaille (17-2-0) |
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American Southwest Conference |
Mississippi College (13-5-1) |
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Capital Athletic Conference |
York (Pa.) (17-2-2) |
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Centennial Conference |
Haverford (12-7-0) |
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City University of New York Athletic Conference |
Baruch (11-5-3) |
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College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin |
Wheaton (Ill.) (15-5-3) |
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Colonial States Athletic Conference |
Cabrini (11-7-3) |
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Commonwealth Conference |
Messiah (19-0-1) |
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Commonwealth Coast Conference |
Salve Regina (16-5-1) |
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Empire 8 |
Stevens Institute of Technology (16-2-1) |
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Freedom Conference |
Misericordia (12-6-2) |
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Great Northeast Athletic Conference |
Albertus Magnus (15-3-3) |
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Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Transylvania (16-1-2) |
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Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Loras College (19-1-1) |
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Landmark Conference |
Susquehanna (17-2-0) |
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Liberty League |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (9-5-6) |
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Little East Conference |
Eastern Connecticut State (17-1-1) |
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Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference |
Westfield State (9-9-2) |
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Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Calvin (16-3-1) |
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Midwest Conference |
Carroll (Wis.) (12-7-1) |
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Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Gustavus Adolphus (15-2-2) |
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New England Collegiate Conference |
Elms (11-7-2) |
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New England Small College Athletic Conference |
Amherst (15-0-2) |
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New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (13-4-2) |
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New Jersey Athletic Conference |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden (16-2-2) |
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North Atlantic Conference |
Thomas (15-2-2) |
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North Coast Athletic Conference |
DePauw (13-1-5) |
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North Eastern Athletic Conference |
Morrisville State (15-4-1) |
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Northern Athletics Conference |
Dominican (Ill.) (16-2-1) |
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Northwest Conference |
Whitworth (13-2-3) |
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Ohio Athletic Conference |
Ohio Northern (20-2-0) |
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Old Dominion Athletic Conference |
Roanoke (13-4-2) |
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President's Athletic Conference |
Thomas More (13-3-4) |
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Skyline Conference |
St. Joseph's (L.I.) (13-9-0) |
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St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Webster (12-5-2) |
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Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps College (13-6-2) |
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Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Trinity (Texas) (18-0-3) |
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State University of New York Athletic Conference |
State University College at Oneonta (13-5-1) |
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University Athletic Association |
Carnegie Mellon (13-5-1) |
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Upper Midwest Athletic Association |
College of St. Scholastica (18-4-0) |
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USA South Athletic Conference |
Methodist (15-2-3) |
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POOL B BERTHS |
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Centre (14-4-2) |
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POOL C BERTHS |
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Babson (13-3-3) |
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Brandeis (16-2-1) |
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Carleton (17-1-2) |
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Christopher Newport (15-3-2) |
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Colorado College (13-4-3) |
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Dickinson (12-4-2) |
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Emory (10-6-2) |
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Montclair State (17-2-0) |
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North Park (12-2-5) |
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Ohio Wesleyan (13-2-5) |
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Rochester (10-3-3) |
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St. Lawrence (13-2-3 ) |
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Scranton (14-2-2) |
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Swarthmore (14-2-2) |
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Tufts (9-3-4) |
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Vassar (12-4-3) |
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Washington (Mo.) (10-4-2) |
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Wesleyan (Conn.) (9-4-3) |
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Williams (13-1-3) |
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Wisconsin-Platteville (14-3-1) |
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Ohio Wesleyan is the defending national champion, having defeated Calvin 2-1 in last year's championship game.
