Women’s Soccer Draws Messiah College in NCAA Division III Championship First Round

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CHICOPEE, Mass. – The Elms College women's soccer team will travel to Grantham, Pa. on Saturday, November 12 to take on No. 1 Messiah College in the NCAA Division III Championship first round at 11:00 a.m. at Shoemaker Field.

Elms (10-5-4) is making its first-ever NCAA postseason appearance after clinching the New England Collegiate Conference's (NECC) automatic bid to the postseason behind a 1-0 win over Lesley University in the conference tournament championship game on Nov. 5.

Messiah (17-0-1), ranked first nationally in the latest D3soccer.com poll, secured its fifth consecutive MAC Commonwealth Conference championship following a 5-1 victory over Lebanon Valley College last Saturday. The Falcons are making their 12^th appearance in the NCAA postseason tournament and have competed in the national title game in each of the last four seasons, winning in 2008 and 2009.

Skidmore College (13-6) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (14-3-3) are the other two teams in the Messiah pod and will square off against each other on Nov. 12 at Shoemaker Field. Game time is 1:30 p.m. The winners will then meet on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 51:00 p.m. at Shoemaker Field.