Cavaliers earn 11-seed in 39th straight NCAA Tournament appearance
The West Virginia University women's soccer team, ranked No. 7 nationally, will host second- and third-round NCAA Tournament matches this weekend in Morgantown. It's the first Omaha program, other than hockey, to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Michigan State led the way with a No. 7 seed, while WMU and UM earned No. 10 and 13 seeds, respectively.
This is Clemson's fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth and fifth under head coach Mike Noonan, and it is the fourth consecutive year that the Tigers have earned a first round bye.
The Tigers are 12-5-1 overall in 2017 and finished in the top four in the ACC Tournament. Notre Dame has advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 on nine occasions, the national quarterfinals three times (2006-07, 2013), and claimed the national championship during the program's inaugural NCAA College Cup appearance in 2013.
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The Spartans have lost only one game at DeMartin Stadium in the last two seasons.
Presbyterian, the Big South Conference champion, earned the automatic berth into the field after edging High Point in a penalty kick shootout in the title game on Sunday.
California enters the NCAA Championship with an 11-6-0 record overall and was second in the Pac-12 with a 6-4-0 conference mark.
The full 48-team bracket can be found here from the NCAA. The Terrapins will open the first round against Albany on Thursday at home.
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