INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – No. 22 Saint John's soccer earned one of the 22 at-large bids to the 64-team 2026 NCAA Division III Tournament and hosts the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III Tournament this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15, at Haws Field in Collegeville.
This Weekend’s Schedule
Saturday’s First Round
- 11 a.m.: No. 22 Saint John’s vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.)
- 1:30 p.m.: No. 21 North Park (Ill.) vs. Whitman (Wash.)
Sunday’s Second Round
Each of the 16 regionals’ winners advance to the tournament’s second weekend of competition Nov. 20-22. The Final Four is scheduled for Dec. 3 and 5 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
The Johnnies are making their fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament and the first since 2005, head coach Tudor Flintham’s senior season at SJU.
Saturday’s first-round game is the Johnnies’ first at home in the NCAA tournament since Nov. 12, 1989 (a 2-1 loss in overtime to UC-San Diego).
The Johnnies have set program records for wins (17-2-3 overall), goals (75), assists (83) and points (233) so far this fall. SJU finished third in the MIAC with a 7-2-1 record and advanced to the MIAC playoff championship, where it tied No. 1 St. Olaf 1-1 before falling via penalty kicks.
MSOE (13-4-4, 8-1-3 NACC) was seeded third in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) and won three-straight games for their third-consecutive NACC playoff title. MSOE brings a 12-game unbeaten streak (10-0-2 record) to the national tournament. The Johnnies are 2-1 all-time against MSOE: W, 3-2 on Sept. 4, 2011 in Mequon, Wis.; L, 0-3 on Sept. 5, 2015 in Milwaukee, Wis.; and W, 1-0 on Sept. 4, 2016 in Collegeville.
North Park (13-1-5, 6-0-2 CCIW) dropped its season opener at nationally ranked Chicago (Ill.) on Sept. 1 and are unbeaten since (13-0-5 record), including a 1-0-1 mark in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) playoffs. NPU tied Wheaton (Ill.) 3-3 in the championship game and claimed the title and coinciding automatic bid to nationals with a 4-2 edge in penalty kicks. SJU is 2-1 all-time against North Park: W, 2-1 (2OT) on Sept. 8, 2002 in Collegeville; W, 1-0 on Sept. 11, 2004 in Chicago; and L, 0-3 on Sept. 6, 2014 in Mequon, Wis.
Whitman (14-3-3, 12-2-2 NWC) earned the Northwest Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by claiming the regular-season title Nov. 8 with a 3-0 home win over Pacific Lutheran (Wash.). SJU and Whitman have never faced each other on the soccer pitch.
