2021 NCAA Tournament Central

About the Championship

Men's Program / Women's Program

NOVEMBER 12-14

FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS

NOVEMBER 19-21

SECTIONALS

DECEMBER 3 & 4

SEMIFINALS AND FINALS

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2021 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Men: Connecticut College

Women: Christopher Newport

Men's All-Tournament Team

Women's All-Tournament Team

Chicago: D - Griffin Wada (Jr.), M - Ben Brandt (Sr.); Washington & Lee: M - Michael Kutsanzira (Jr.), F - Adrian Zimmerman (So.); Amherst: D - Laurens Ten Cate (Fr.), M - Ignacio Cubeddu (Jr.); F - Ada Okorogheye (So.); GK - Kofu Hope-Gund (Sr.); Connecticut College: M - Ryan Jaren (So.), D - Jack Kelesoglu (Fr.); F - Steve Yeonas (Jr.); M - Lorenzo Bocchetti (Sr.)

Loras: F - Brynn Jacobi (5th), F - Ryleigh O'Brien (Sr.); Wesleyan: F - Grace Devanny (Jr.), ???; TCNJ: D - Jess Hall (Sr.), M - Amelia Curtis (Sr.); M/F - Gianna Coppola (Jr.); Christopher Newport: F - Emily Talotta (Sr.), GK - Haley Eiser (5th); M - Ellie Cox (Fr.); D - Jill McDonald (Jr.), F - Riley Cook (5th),

Offensive MVP

M - Ignacio Cubeddu (Jr.), Amherst

Defensive MVP

M - Lorenzo Bocchetti (Sr.), Conn. Col.

Offensive MVP

F - Riley Cook (5th), Chris. Newport

Defensive MVP

D - Jill McDonald (Jr.), Chris. Newport

FINAL FOUR

UNC-Greensboro Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC

Host: UNC-Greensboro Athletics

Final Four Website

Useful Links:

Ticket Information | Tourism Website

Directions: UNC-Greensboro Spartans website, Google Maps | Parking Information

UNC-Greensboro Campus Map: Interactive, Printable, Google Maps

Men's Schedule

Women's Schedule

Semifinals - Friday, December 3
Connecticut Col. 2, Washington & Lee 1 (ot)
Amherst 1, Chicago 0 (2ot)

Final - Saturday, December 4
Connecticut Col. 1, Amherst 1 (2ot) (4-1 pk's)

Semifinals - Friday, December 3
Chris. Newport 1, Loras 0 (ot)
TCNJ 1, Wesleyan 0

Final - Saturday, December 4
Chris. Newport 2, TCNJ 0

Men's Semifinal Previews

Women's Semifinal Previews

Washington & Lee vs. Connecticut Col.
Amherst vs. Chicago

Chris. Newport vs. Loras
Wesleyan vs. TCNJ

MEN'S TOURNAMENT

WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT

Men's Bracket

Women's Bracket

Final Four

Connecticut Col., Washington & Lee, Chicago, Amherst

Loras, Chris. Newport, TCNJ, Wesleyan

Elite 8

Tufts, Connecticut Col., Washington & Lee, Messiah, North Park, Chicago, Amherst, Middlebury

UW-La Crosse, Loras, Chris. Newport, Chicago, TCNJ, William Smith, Wesleyan, MIT

Sectional Previews

Continental | East
Midwest | Northeast

Midwest | Continental
East | Northeast

Sectionals

Friday, November 19

Third Round
North Park 1, St. Olaf 0
Chicago 1, Calvin 0

Saturday, November 20

Third Round
Amherst 4, Cortland State 1
Tufts 2, Washington Col. 1 (ot)
Washington & Lee 3, Chris. Newport 2
Middlebury 2, John Carroll 1
Connecticut Col. 1, Redlands 0
Messiah 3, Hanover 1

Quarterfinals
Chicago 2, North Park 0

Third Round
Chris. Newport 1, Trinity (Texas) 0
Wesleyan 2, Johns Hopkins 1
UW-La Crosse 1, Washington U. 1 (2ot) (3-1 pk's)
TCNJ 3, Scranton 1
Chicago 2, Case Western 1
MIT 2, Carnegie Mellon 1 (ot)
Loras 2, Centre 0
William Smith 5, Misericordia 4 (ot)

Sunday, November 21

Quarterfinals
Amherst 1, Middlebury 0
Connecticut Col. 5, Tufts 4
Washington & Lee 3, Messiah 1

Quarterfinals
Chris. Newport 2, Chicago 1
Wesleyan 2, MIT 1 (ot)
TCNJ 1, William Smith 0
Loras 2, UW-La Crosse 2 (2ot) (4-3 pk's)

Sweet 16

Tufts*, Washington Col., Redlands, Connecticut Col.

Washington & Lee*, Chris. Newport, Messiah, Hanover

North Park, St. Olaf, Chicago*, Calvin

Amherst*, Cortland State, Middlebury, John Carroll

* - sectional hosts

Washington U., UW-La Crosse, Loras*, Centre

Chris. Newport, Trinity (Texas), Case Western*, Chicago

Scranton*, TCNJ, Misericordia, William Smith

Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins, MIT*, Carnegie Mellon

* - sectional hosts

First & Second Rounds

Friday, November 12

First Round
Washington & Lee 6, Baruch 1
Ohio Wesleyan 1, Knox 0
Covenant 1, Denison 0
Calvin 4, Rochester 0

First Round
Centre 3, Covenant 1
Chicago 3, Rhodes 0
Emory 4, Wittenberg 0
Case Western 5, Chatham 0
Loras 1, Fontbonne 0
Wheaton (Ill.) 2, UW-Oshkosh 2 (2ot) (2-1 pk's)
Ohio Northern 2, Hope 0
Calvin 2, MSOE 1

Saturday, November 13

First Round
Amherst 5, Rosemont 0
Connecticut Col. 0, Salem State 0 (3-2 pk's)
Chicago 2, Webster 0
John Carroll 3, Bethany 0
Washington U. 1, UW-Superior 0
St. Olaf 3, Dominican 0
Tufts 5, New England Col. 1
Montclair State 1, Gordon 0
Rowan 2, Mount St. Vincent 0
Messiah 2, Mount Aloysius 0
Emory 1, Centre 1 (4-3 pk's)
Babson 2, Cabrini 1
Franklin & Marsh. 5, SUNY Poly 0
New York Univ. 3, St. Joseph's (Me.) 2 (ot)
Otterbein 5, Trine 1
Johns Hopkins 2, PSU-Harrisburg 1
North Park 4, Carleton 2
Loras 2, North Central (Ill.) 1
Stevens 1, Swarthmore 0
Washington Col. 2, St. Lawrence 0
Chris. Newport 3, Eastern Conn. 0
Kenyon 4, Catholic 1
Hanover 2, Lynchburg 1 (ot)
Middlebury 1, Oneonta State 0
Pacific Lutheran 1, Trinity (Texas) 1 (4-2 pk's)
Cortland State 6, Nazareth 1
Redlands 2, Concordia (Tx.) 0
Kean 3, Gettysburg 1

Second Round
Washington & Lee 2, Covenant 1
Calvin 1, Ohio Wesleyan 0

First Round
William Smith 9, John Jay 0
Wesleyan 1, PSU-Behrend 0
Amherst 6, Lesley 1
MIT 4, Maine Maritime 0
McDaniel 2, PSU-Harrisburg 0
Washington U. 4, Beloit 0
St. Catherine 4, UW-Superior 0
Trinity (Texas) 1, Hardin-Simmons 0
Chris. Newport 2, Cabrini 0
Scranton 3, Nazareth 0
TCNJ 4, Westfield State 0
Misericordia 11, Bryn Athyn 0
Hamilton 3, Johnson & Wales 2
Stevens 3, Ithaca 0
Johns Hopkins 3, Gordon 0
Brandeis 2, Farmingdale St. 1
Carnegie Mellon 2, Trine 1 (2ot)
Dominican 2, Hanover 1
UW-La Crosse 1, Wartburg 0
Pomona-Pitzer 1, Pacific Lutheran 0
Franklin & Marsh. 2, Western Conn. 1
Geneseo State 2, Connecticut Col. 1
Messiah 1, Va. Wesleyan 0 (ot)
Middlebury 3, Lynchburg 2

Second Round
Centre 2, Emory 1 (ot)
Chicago 2, Wheaton (Ill.) 0
Case Western 2, Ohio Northern 0
Loras 3, Calvin 0

Sunday, November 14

Second Round
Amherst 3, Babson 0
Chicago 2, Otterbein 0
Connecticut Col. 3, New York Univ. 0
North Park 3, Washington U. 1
St. Olaf 4, Loras 0
Tufts 0, Stevens 0 (2ot) (11-10 pk's)
Chris. Newport 1, Rowan 0
Messiah 2, Kenyon 1
Hanover 1, Emory 0
Middlebury 2, Franklin & Marsh. 0
John Carroll 2, Johns Hopkins 1
Washington Col. 2, Montclair State 0
Redlands 4, Pacific Lutheran 1
Cortland State 3, Kean 1

Second Round
TCNJ 2, Messiah 1
William Smith 2, Hamilton 1
Wesleyan 1, Stevens 0
Johns Hopkins 2, Amherst 1
MIT 2, Brandeis 0
Carnegie Mellon 2, McDaniel 0
Washington U. 1, Dominican 0
UW-La Crosse 1, St. Catherine 0 (2ot)
Trinity (Texas) 1, Pomona-Pitzer 1 (2ot) (4-3 pk's)
Chris. Newport 1, Franklin & Marsh. 0
Scranton 1, Geneseo State 0
Misericordia 3, Middlebury 0

Men's Bracket

Women's Bracket

Men's Printable Bracket

Women's Printable Bracket

Men's Participants

Women's Participants

Men's Tournament History

Women's Tournament History

NCAA Links

Pre-Championships Manual
Men's Championship Info
Men's Selection Show - Nov. 8, 1:30 pm ET
Men's Interactive Bracket
All-Time Tournament Records and Results
All-Time Tournament Brackets

NCAA Links

Pre-Championships Manual
Women's Championship Info
Women's Selection Show - Nov. 8, 1:00 pm ET
Women's Interactive Bracket
All-Time Tournament Records and Results

PRE-TOURNAMENT

About the Championship - a guide to the tournament format, schedule, determination of participants, bracketing of teams, etc.

AQ's, Pool B and Pool C? What does it all mean? - a guide to understanding the types and allocation of berths, as well as the at-large selection process

Conference Championship Central - how did the AQ's get in?

Men's At-Large Berth Analysis & Predictions - which men's teams we think will be selected and why

Women's At-Large Berth Analysis & Predictions - which women's teams we think will be selected and why

Men's Selection Show, LIVE Monday, Nov. 8 at 1:30 pm ET

Women's Selection Show, LIVE Monday, Nov. 8 at 1:00 pm ET

Tournament Field Factoids - some quick facts and background on the men's and women's participants and the composition of the tournament fields