College Soccer
Delaware, La Salle, Villanova, Penn teams seeking Division 1 tournament bids
Delaware women are into their conference semifinals for the first time since 2019 and are one win away from playing at home for the Conference USA final after a dominant 3-0 win over Middle Tennessee on Sunday afternoon.
They are one of a small handful of area Division 1 teams still in the running for trophies and a coveted NCAA tournament bid. Delaware men are also in the semifinals – they play in the Summit League – after a thrilling 3-2 road win over third-seeded UMass. They travel to Kansas City to take on No. 2 seed Omaha on Wednesday afternoon.
La Salle won their third match in a row and advanced to the Atlantic 10 semifinals with a 1-0 win over Loyola Chicago at home on Friday night. Rylee Henson’s 65th minute goal was the difference in the tightly contested match and earned the Explorers a trip to Dayton to take on Liv Grenda and the Flyers with a ticket to the conference final on the line. La Salle won their 2-0 earlier in the season. The match kicks off at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Villanova capped an unforgettable season with a 2-1 win over UConn at home Saturday to earn their 12th victory of the season and the second seed in the Big East tournament kicking off Wednesday at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds, Md.
The win marked just the third time the Wildcats have gone unbeaten at home and was their first win over UConn in 20 years. They take on Seton Hall in Wednesday’s semifinal looking for a repeat performance of their 2-0 win in South Orange three weeks ago.
Penn men beat defending champions Princeton 3-2 on the road behind a Marco Bottene brace in their regular season finale to earn the second seed in the Ivy League Championship. They’ll take on third seed Yale in the semifinal on Thursday night in Ithaca, N.Y.
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