The Division III championship field was officially unveiled on Monday, in a selection show aired on the NCAA’s website.
Sixty-two teams will be part of the field; there are sixteen regionals, though one of the regionals will be held as a best-of-three series between two teams. The remaining fifteen regionals each have the standard four teams participating.
Texas Lutheran and Chapman will play the head-to-head regional.
Christopher Newport, who has lost just once this season and spent nearly the entire year ranked #1 in the nation, earned the top seed in the tournament. The Captains are 37-1 on the year.
In Division 3, 43 teams qualified for the NCAA tournament via automatic bids that were earned via conference championships. Only 19 at-large bids were extended. For a link to the full bracket, click here.
Sixteen teams will host regionals; those schools include Amherst, Trine, Randolph-Macon, Case Western Reserve, Millikin, SUNY Geneseo, Arcadia, DePauw, East Texas Baptist, Tufts, Christopher Newport, Salisbury, Texas Lutheran, Bethel, Saint Benedict, and Kean.
The nineteen at-large qualifiers included:Â Alma, Arcadia, Babson, Buena Vista, Case Western Reserve, DePauw, East Texas Baptist, Kean, Millikin, MIT, Nebraska Wesleyan, North Central, Randolph-Macon, Roanoke, Saint Benedict, Salisbury, The College of New Jersey, Tufts, Washington University in St. Louis
| CONFERENCE | SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | Penn State-Behrend |
| American Rivers Conference | Wartburg |
| American Southwest Conference | Belhaven |
| Atlantic East Conference | Cabrini |
| Coast-to-Coast Conference | Christopher Newport |
| Centennial Conference | Muhlenberg |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | Hunter |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Wilson |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Endicott |
| Empire 8 | Alfred |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Johnson & Wales University (Providence) |
| Heartland Athletic Conference | Mount St. Joseph |
| Landmark Conference | Susquehanna |
| Liberty League | Rochester |
| Little East Conference | Eastern Connecticut State |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | Framingham State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Trine |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Messiah |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Midwest Conference | Illinois College |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Bethel (Minnesota) |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Lesley |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Amherst |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | WPI |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Rowan |
| North Atlantic Conference | Husson |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Hiram |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Concordia Wisconsin |
| Northwest Conference | Linfield |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Ohio Northern |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Virginia Wesleyan |
| Presidents’ Athletic Conference | Waynesburg |
| Skyline Conference | Farmingdale State |
| Southern Athletic Association | Berry |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Chapman |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Texas Lutheran |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Fontbonne |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY Geneseo |
| United East Conference | Penn State-Berks |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | Bethany Lutheran College |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Piedmont |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
