The Hope College women's soccer team (18-2-1) will take on UW-Whitewater Friday, Nov. 10 in Chicago for the first round of the 2017 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship.
Hope, currently one of the national leaders in goals-against average, earned their NCAA Championship berth after claiming the 2017 MIAA Women's Soccer Tournament Championship by virtue of a 2-1 victory over Olivet Nov. 4. The Flying Dutch were also the 2017 MIAA regular season champions.
UW-Whitewater (14-3-4) is an at-large berth out of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference after losing in penalty kicks in the WIAC Tournament title contest versus UW-La Crosse. Hope and UW-Whitewater shared one common opponent in 2017 in Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hope posted a 4-2 victory Sept. 1, while the Warhawks were 4-0 winners over MSOE Sept. 23.
The winner of Hope/UW-Whitewater will face the winner between Chicago (17-1-0) and St. Catherine (9-6-4) Saturday, Nov. 11. The 2017 NCAA national semifinals and national championship will take place Dec. 1-2 at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Tournament links
NCAA Division III Women's Soccer page
2017 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer bracket announcement
2017 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer interactive bracket
