BRACKET
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Three teams from The American were selected for the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship, the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee announced on Monday. UConn, Memphis, and SMU will compete for the 2016 Women's College Cup.
UConn will host Albany to open the tournament. The Huskies won the conferences' automatic bid to after defeating SMU 1-0 to claim The American tournament crown. The Huskies only lost one match at home this season and are riding an eight match winning streak into the tournament.
Memphis will travel to take on Arkansas in the round of 64. Memphis finished runners-up in the regular season and had its seven match winning streak snapped in a 1-0 loss to SMU in the conference tournament semifinals. The Tigers defeated then-ranked 19 Ole Miss 1-0 to post a 1-0-0 record against SEC opponents.
SMU will take on the Sooners of Oklahoma to open the NCAA tournament. The Mustangs finished runners-up to UConn in the conference tournament. This is SMU's first tournament appearance since 2006.
First-round games will be played November 11, 12 and 13 at campus sites. Second-round games will be played Friday, November 18 at campus sites, and third-round games will be played Sunday, November 20 at the same campus sites. Quarterfinal games will be played November 25 or 26 also on campus sites.
The 35th annual NCAA Women’s College Cup will be played December 2 and 4 at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California, with the West Coast Conference and the San Jose Sports Authority serving as co-hosts. The first national semifinal will be played and shown live on ESPNU at 5 p.m. Eastern Time Friday, December 2. The second semifinal will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time live on ESPNU. The national championship match will take place at 6 p.m Eastern Time on Sunday, December 4 and will also broadcast live on ESPNU.
Pairings (American Athletic Conference Selections Only)
[*] Indicates host institution
First Round
Albany (11-7-1) vs.
UConn* (18-2-1)
SMU (13-6-2) vs Oklahoma* (13-6-2)
Memphis (14-4-1) vs. Arkansas* (17-5-0)