2022 NCAA Tournament Field Factoids
As we await the start of the 2022 NCAA Division III men's and women's championship tournament, let's take a look at the tournament field.
PART 1 - THE PARTICIPANTS
Who's Back from Last Year's (2021) Tournament
MEN: 31 of last year's 64 participants (twelve Sweet 16 teams, seven Elite 8 teams, three Final Four teams)
WOMEN: 34 of last year's 64 participants (fourteen Sweet 16 teams, six Elite 8 teams, three Final Four teams)
First Ever Tournament Appearance
MEN (7): Birmingham-Southern, Brevard, Franciscan, Marymount, St. Joseph (Conn.), St. Thomas (Texas) (by AQ berth) and UW-Eau Claire (by Pool B at-large berth)
WOMEN (5): Emerson, Greenville, Sara Lawrence, Southern Maine, SUNY Delhi (by AQ berth)
D3Soccer.com Top 25 Ranked Teams NOT participating
MEN (1): #12 Montclair State (15-2-4), #16 Western Connecticut (20-0-2)
WOMEN (0): #20 TCNJ (14-3-2)
Undefeated Teams in the Tournament
MEN (4): Messiah (19-0-1), Chicago (16-0-1), Stevens (15-0-3), North Central (Ill.) (16-0-4)
WOMEN (9): Trinty (Texas) (20-0-1), Misericordia (18-0-1), Calvin (17-0-1), Mary Hardin-Baylor (17-0-1), Case Western Reserve (15-0-1), Johns Hopkins (17-0-2), Christopher Newport (16-0-2), Loras (16-0-3), Rowan (13-0-4)
Undefeated Teams NOT in the Tournament
MEN (1): Western Connecticut (20-0-2)
WOMEN (0): --
Previous Champions participating
MEN (9): Messiah 11x (2000-02-04-05-06-08-09-10-12-13-17), Tufts 4x (2014-16-18-19), Babson 3x (1975-79-80), Ohio Wesleyan 2x (1998, 2011), Rowan 2x (1981, 1990), Amherst (2015), Middlebury (2007), St. Lawrence (1999), Williams (1995)
WOMEN (8): Messiah 6x (2005-08-09-11-12-19), Williams 3x (2015-17-18), William Smith 2x (1998, 2013), Ithaca 2x (1990-91), Christopher Newport (2021), Washington U. (2016), Lynchburg (2014), Cortland State (1992)
Most Tournament Appearances, incl. this year (2022 participants only)
MEN (out of 49 total championships): 43 - Ohio Wesleyan | 32 - Messiah | 30 - Rowan | 28 - Babson | 24 - St. Lawrence | 21 - Cortland State | 20 - Amherst, Calvin, Williams | 19 - Johns Hopkins
WOMEN (out of 37 total championships): 32 - William Smith | 29 - Ithaca | 27 - Trinity (Texas) | 22 - Messiah | 21 - Lynchburg | 21 - Scranton, Washington U., Williams | 20 - Amherst, Emory, Johns Hopkins
Most Consecutive Tournament Appearances, incl. this year (2022 participants only)
MEN: 16 ('06-'22) - Amherst | 9 ('13-'22) - Franklin and Marshall, Kenyon | 8 ('14-'22) - Calvin, Chicago, Tufts | 6 ('16-'22) - John Carroll, Messiah
WOMEN: 22 ('00-'22) - Messiah | 17 ('05-'22) - Johns Hopkins | 16 ('06-'22) - Washington U. | 15 ('07-'22) - William Smith | 13 ('09-'22) - Trinity (Texas) | 11 ('11-'22) - Centre | 6 ('16-'22) - Christopher Newport, MIT, Scranton
Longest Tournament Appearance Streaks BROKEN this year
MEN: 19 ('02-'21) - Trinity (Texas) | 5 ('16-'21) - Rochester | 4 ('17-'21) - Connecticut College, Dominican
WOMEN: 30 ('91-'21) - TCNJ | 24 ('97-'21) - Wheaton (Ill.) | 18 ('03-'21) - Hardin-Simmons
Most Consecutive Years Advancing to Sectionals (Sweet 16)
(2022 participants only)
MEN: 11 ('10-'21) - Amherst | 7 ('14-'21) - Tufts | 6 ('15-'21) - Calvin | 5 ('16-'21) - Messiah
WOMEN: 7 ('15-'22) - Washington U., William Smith | 3 ('19-'22) - Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, Trinity (Texas)
Most Years Since Previous Tournament Appearance
MEN: 15 yrs. (2006) - North Central (Ill.) | 8 yrs. (2013) - Roger Williams | 7 yrs. (2014) - Muhlenberg, Husson | 6 yrs. (2015) - Rose-Hulman | 5 yrs. (2016) - Mass-Boston, Merchant Marine, Scranton, Vassar, Worcester State
WOMEN: 15 yrs. (2006) - Grinnell, Western New England | 14 yrs. (2007) - Westminster (Pa.) | 6 yrs. (2015) - Bowdon, Capital, York (Pa.) | 5 yrs. (2016) - Denison, Marywood, Montclair State, Trinity (Conn.), Washington and Lee
Most Tournament Wins All-Time (2022 participants only)
MEN: 90 - Messiah | 67 - Ohio Wesleyan | 39 - Amherst | 36 - Calvin | 36 - Williams | 35 - Rowan | 31 - Babson | 29 - St. Lawrence, Tufts | 27 - Cortland State
WOMEN: 71 - Messiah | 64 - William Smith | 45 - Williams | 44 - Washington U. | 41 - Ithaca | 33 - Trinity (Texas) | 32 - Amherst | 31 - Johns Hopkins | 30 - Lynchburg | 18 - Emory, Puget Sound
Highest Tournament Winning Percentage All-Time, min.10 games
(2022 participants only)
MEN: .826 - Messiah (90-17-5), Tufts (29-6-3) | .688 - Amherst (39-15-10) | .664 - Williams (36-16-9) | .645 - Chicago (17-8-6) | .644 - Ohio Wesleyan (67-36-7) | .640 - Oneonta State (15-8-2) | .632 - Calvin (36-20-6) | .602 - St. Lawrence (29-20-3) | .600 - Luther (13-8-4), Washington and Lee (9-6-0)
WOMEN: .835 - Messiah (71-10-10) | .729 - Carnegie Mellon (15-4-5) | .711 - William Smith (64-23-10) | .710 - Washington U. (44-15-10) | .697 - Williams (45-17-9) | .679 - Pomona-Pitzer (8-3-3) | .677 - Amherst (32-14-5) | .645 - Ithaca (41-21-7) | .625 - Johns Hopkins (31-18-3), Lynchburg (30-17-5), Tufts (13-7-4), UW-La Crosse (6-3-3)
Most Tournament Appearances Without a Tournament Win
(aka Most Desperate for First Tournament Win)
MEN: 6 - Worcester State (0-6-1) | 5 - Lake Forest (0-5-0) | 4 - Greenville (0-4-0), Pacific Lutheran (0-4-1) | 3 - Husson (0-3-0), Lehman (0-3-0)
WOMEN: 8 - Lesley (0-8-0), Westfield State (0-8-1) | 5 - Piedmont (0-5-0) | 4 - Johnson and Wales (0-4-0), Western New England (0-4-0) | 3 - RIT (0-2-3)
Longest Active Winning Streaks Entering the Tournament
(tournament participants only)
MEN: 18 - Messiah | 8 - Husson | 7 - Babson, Greenville, St. Thomas (Texas), UW-Superior | 6 - John Carroll, North Central (Ill.), Ohio Wesleyan | 5 - five teams
WOMEN: 19 - Trinity (Texas) | 18 - Johnson and Wales | 15 - Johns Hopkins | 14 - Methodist | 12 - Misericordia, UW-La Crosse | 10 - Amherst, Loras, Scranton | 8 - Bryn Athyn, John Jay, Pitt-Greensburg, Westfield State
Longest Active Unbeaten Streaks Entering the Tournament
(tournament participants only)
MEN: 26 - Stevens | 20 - North Central (Ill.) | 19 - Messiah | 17 - Chicago | 15 - St. Lawrence | 13 - Amherst, Penn State-Harrisburg | 12 - Ohio Wesleyan | 11 - Penn State-Behrend, Rose-Hulman, Vassar
WOMEN: 41 - Christopher Newport | 22 - Mary Hardin-Baylor | 21 - Rowan, Trinity (Texas) | 19 - Johns Hopkins, Loras, Misericordia | 18 - Calvin, Johnson and Wales | 16 - Case Western Reserve, Rose-Hulman, UW-La Crosse, UW-Superior
Highest 2022 Overall Winning Percentages (tournament participants only)
MEN: .975 - Messiah (19-0-1) | .971 - Chicago (16-0-1) | .917 - Kenyon (16-1-1), Stevens (15-0-3) | .900 - North Central (Ill.) (16-0-4), UW-Eau Claire (18-2-0) | .861 - St. Thomas (Texas) (14-1-3) | .850 - Calvin (16-2-2), Pacific Lutheran (17-3-0) | .842 - Gustavus Adolphus (14-1-4)
WOMEN: .976 - Trinity (Texas) (20-0-1) | .974 - Misericordia (18-0-1) | .972 - Mary Hardin-Baylor (17-0-1) | .972 - Calvin (17-0-1) | .969 - Case Western Reserve (15-0-1) | .947 - Johns Hopkins (17-0-2) | .944 - Christopher Newport (16-0-2) | .929 - UW-La Crosse (19-1-1) | .921 - Loras (16-0-3) | .900 - Messiah (17-1-2)
Lowest 2022 Overall Winning Percentages (tournament participants only)
MEN: .500 - Lake Forest (8-8-3) | .553 - Mount Aloysius (9-7-3), New England College (9-7-3) | .575 - Muhlenberg (8-5-7) | .583 - Birmingham-Southern (8-5-5) | .632 - Mass-Boston (10-5-4), Scranton (11-6-2) | .643 - Rowan (11-5-5) | .647 - Williams (6-1-10) | .656 - New York University (9-4-3), Tufts (7-2-7)
WOMEN: .474 - Denison (7-8-4) | .579 - SUNY Delhi (9-6-4), Washington U. (8-5-6) | .583 - Wesleyan (8-5-5) | .588 - Trinity (Conn.) (7-4-6) | .605 - Nazareth (8-4-7) | .625 - Lesley (12-7-1) | .632 - Marywood (11-6-2) | .647 - Tufts (10-5-2) | .667 - Greenville (13-6-2)
Highest 2022 Strength of Schedule (SOS = 2/3 OWP + 1/3 OOWP)
(tournament participants only)
MEN: .619 - New York University | .616 - Amherst | .611 - Middlebury | .609 - Ohio Wesleyan | .606 - Chicago | .604 - Case Western Reserve | .601 - Christopher Newport | .599 - John Carroll | .595 - Washington and Lee | .594 - Vassar
WOMEN: .657 - Emory | .650 - Christopher Newport | .641 - Washington U. | .622 - William Smith | .621 - Wesleyan | .620 - Misericordia | .616 - Tufts | .614 - Trinity (Conn.) | .612 - Lynchburg | .611 - Carnegie Mellon
Lowest 2022 Strength of Schedule (SOS = 2/3 OWP + 1/3 OOWP)
(tournament participants only)
MEN: .429 - Marymount | .433 - New England College | .437 - Husson | .455 - Worcester State | .457 - Lehman | .460 - Brevard | .473 - Rosemont | .475 - Franciscan | .481 - Medaille | .486 - UW-Superior
WOMEN: .440 - UW-Superior | .445 - Bryn Athyn, SUNY Delhi | .452 - Lesley | .464 - Westfield State | .466 - Pitt-Greensburg | .476 - Grinnell | .477 - Sarah Lawrence | .485 - Marywood | .498 - John Jay
Highest 2022 Goals Per Game (tournament participants only)
MEN: 4.35 - Messiah | 3.44 - Kenyon | 3.38 - UW-Superior | 3.32 - Penn State-Harrisburg | 3.11 - St. Thomas (Texas) | 3.05 - Luther, Medaille | 3.00 - Mary Hardin-Baylor, Pacific Lutheran | 2.89 - St. Joseph (Conn.)
WOMEN: 4.82 - Bryn Athyn | 4.68 - Misericordia | 4.16 - Johns Hopkins | 4.00 - Trinity (Texas) | 3.84 - Loras | 3.77 -Johnson and Wales | 3.50 - John Jay | 3.45 - Pitt-Greensburg | 3.43 - Greenville | 3.30 - Messiah
Lowest 2022 Goals Against Average (tournament participants only)
MEN: 0.27 - Stevens | 0.37 - Bowdoin | 0.44 - Johns Hopkins | 0.47 - Chicago | 0.50 - Kenyon | 0.52 - Williams | 0.54 - John Carrol | 0.55 - UW-Eau Claire | 0.56 - Ohio Wesleyan | 0.57 - Rose-Hulman
WOMEN: 0.10 - Trinity (Texas) | 0.11 - Calvin | 0.24 - Rowan | 0.26 - Scranton | 0.33 - Lynchburg, William Smith | 0.35 - Messiah | 0.39 - Christopher Newport | 0.40 - Mary Hardin-Baylor | 0.42 - Johns Hopkins, Misericordia, Ohio Northern
Highest 2022 Goal Differential (GSA - GAA) (tournament participants only)
MEN: 3.75 - Messiah | 2.94 - Kenyon | 2.56 - UW-Superior | 2.29 - St. Thomas (Texas) | 2.20 - UW-Eau Claire | 2.18 - Penn State-Harrisburg | 2.10 - Luther | 2.05 - Pacific Lutheran | 1.95 - St. Olaf | 1.90 - Washington and Lee
WOMEN: 4.26 - Misericordia | 4.20 - Bryn Athyn | 3.91 - Trinity (Texas) | 3.74 - Johns Hopkins | 3.16 - Loras | 3.06 - Johnson and Wales | 2.95 - Messiah | 2.76 - Pitt-Greensburg | 2.69 - John Jay | 2.57 - Greenville
Lowest 2022 Goal Differential (GSA - GAA) (tournament participants only)
MEN: -0.35 - Lake Forest | 0.45 - Birmingham-Southern | 0.52 - Roger Williams | 0.53 - Brevard | 0.56 - Worcester State | 0.58 - Rowan | 0.59 - New England College | 0.61 - Franklin and Marshall | 0.64 - Mount Aloysius | 0.66 - Williams
WOMEN: -0.10 - SUNY Delhi | 0.16 - Denison | 0.32 - Washington U. | 0.38 - Trinity (Conn.) | 0.42 - Wesleyan | 0.56 - Williams | 0.62 - Grinnell | 0.63 - Nazareth | 0.75 - York (Pa.) | 0.79 - Lesley
Most Shutouts Posted in 2022 (tournament participants only)
MEN: 13 - John Carroll, Johns Hopkins, Stevens | 12 - Babson, Kenyon, UW-Eau-Claire | 11 - Gustavus Adolphus, St. Olaf, UW-Superior | 10 - Bowdoin, Christoper Newport, Messiah, Ohio Wesleyan, Rose-Hulman, Rowan, St. Joseph (Conn.) Williams
WOMEN: 19 - Trinity (Texas) | 16 - Calvin, Lynchburg | 14 - Concorida (Wis.), Johns Hopkins, Messiah, Ohio Northern, Piedmont, Scranton, William Smith
PART 2 - REPRESENTATION
Most Represented Conferences
MEN: 5 - NESCAC | 4- UAA | 3 - Centennial, Coast-2-Coast | 2 - nine conferences
WOMEN: 6 - NESCAC | 4 - UAA | 3 - Liberty, ODAC | 2 - seven conferences
Representation by Region
MEN: 9 - Region VII | 8 - Regions I & V | 7- Region IX | 6 - Regions III, VI, VIII | 5 - Regions IV & X | 4 - Region II
WOMEN: 9 - Region I | 8 - Regions VI & VII | 7 - Region III | 6 - Regions V & IX | 5 - Regions II, IV, VIII, X
Most Represented States
MEN: 8 - New York, Pennsylvania | 6 - Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio | 5 - Virginia | 3 - Wisconsin | 2 - four states
WOMEN: 10 - Pennsylvania | 9 - New York | 8 - Massachusetts | 4 - Ohio, Virginia | 3 - Iowa, Wisconsin | 2 - seven states
Schools Represented in Both Men's and Women's Tournaments (21)
Amherst, Bowdoin, Calvin, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, Christopher Newport, Cortland State, Greenville, Johns Hopkins, Lynchburg, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Messiah, Ohio Northern, Pacific Lutheran, Rose-Hulman, Rowan, Scranton Tufts, UW-Superior, Washington and Lee, Williams
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