KANSAS CITY, Mo. – [
First & Second Round Schedule] The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the teams and pairings for the 2024 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship. The 40-team field will kick things off in the NAIA National Championship First & Second Rounds presented by Select Sport America, at 16 campus locations on November 21-23.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw two teams qualify for the national tournament. No. 10-ranked College of Idaho earned the conference’s first automatic qualifier after winning both the regular-season and tournament championships. Oregon Tech also picked up a spot as the 2024 CCC Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank, runner-up. The Yotes will host Westcliff (Calif.) and Hope International (Calif.) and play the winner on Saturday. The Owls are headed to West Palm Beach, Florida to face Tennessee Wesleyan on Thursday.
The 2024 NAIA National Championship Second Round winners will meet up in Pensacola, Fla., at the NAIA National Championship final site event. The final site will be held at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex from December 2-9, 2024, hosted by Pensacola Sports.
This year’s championship field includes 26 automatic qualifiers and 14 at-large selections. Automatic berths were given to teams that either won their respective conference tournament title, regular-season championship, finished runner-up at the conference tournament as determined by each conference qualification plan. The at-large bids were determined by the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Selection Committee. This committee consists of one representative from each geographical area, a representative from the National Administrative Council, the current and past president of the NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches Association, and three at-large members. The committee evaluated teams throughout the year on various criteria.
All championship first and second-round matches will be video streamed by the host.
The NAIA Women's Soccer Championship is broadcast FREE on
Urban Edge Network and the newly redesigned
NAIA Network for all matches at the final site in Pensacola, Fla.
Qualifier Highlights:
- Mid-America Christian (Okla.) and Oakland City (Ind.) both earned a bid into the field for the first time in program history
- The Masters (Calif.) earned an at-large bid to make an appearance in the field for the first time since the 2019 season
- Seven teams have 17 or more wins on the season, including; Cumberlands (Ky.), College of Idaho, Campbellsville (Ky.), Columbia (Mo.), Science and Arts (Okla.), Tennessee Southern, and William Carey (Miss.)
- The Firehawks of Tennessee Southern lead the field with 20 tournament appearances, Keiser (Fla.) has the second most tournament appearances in the field with 18
- Spring Arbor (Mich.) boasts the most championship wins of the 2024 field with 37, followed closely by the Firehawks with 35
- The field combines for an impressive record of 552-117-72 for a 79.4 winning percentage out of a total of 741 matches
- 26 of the 40 teams have an animal as a mascot.
- The Crossroads, Great Southwest, Mid-South, Sooner, and Southern Stats all have three teams in the tournament field; while the Heart of America leads all conferences with four teams making the field
- For a full look at all of the First & Second Round tournaments and matchups, click HERE
2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Qualifiers
| Institution |
Qualification Method |
Season Record |
Last Qualified |
Appearances |
Championship Record |
Titles |
| Aquinas (Mich.) |
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion |
16-0-2 |
2023 |
6 |
9-6-0 |
0 |
| Benedictine (Kan.) |
At-Large |
13-6-1 |
2023 |
11 |
14-9-3 |
0 |
| Campbellsville (Ky.) |
At-Large |
17-1-1 |
2022 |
4 |
2-4-0 |
0 |
| Central Methodist (Mo.) |
At-Large |
16-3-1 |
2023 |
7 |
9-6-2 |
0 |
| College of Idaho |
Cascade Collegiate Conference Regular Season/Tournament Champion |
17-0-2 |
2023 |
4 |
1-4-0 |
0 |
| Columbia (Mo.) |
American Midwest Conference Tournament Champion |
17-1-1 |
2023 |
11 |
5-9-4 |
0 |
| Concordia (Neb.) |
Great Plains Athletic Conference Regular Season Runners Up |
13-6-1 |
2020 |
3 |
0-2-0 |
0 |
| Cumberland (Tenn.) |
At-Large |
12-5-2 |
2023 |
9 |
10-9-0 |
0 |
| Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Mid-South Conference Tournament Champion |
17-0-0 |
2023 |
5 |
12-4-1 |
1 |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
Great Southwest Athletic Conference Tournament Champion |
15-2-3 |
2023 |
8 |
4-6-3 |
0 |
| Friends (Kan.) |
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Champion |
14-5-2 |
2023 |
3 |
0-3-0 |
0 |
| Georgia Gwinnett |
Continental Athletic Conference Tournament Champion |
12-6-2 |
2023 |
8 |
2-8-0 |
0 |
| Hastings (Neb.) |
Great Plains Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion |
15-1-5 |
2023 |
12 |
7-12-2 |
0 |
| Hope International (Calif.) |
At-Large |
14-4-1 |
2023 |
3 |
3-2-0 |
0 |
| Indiana Wesleyan |
At-Large |
13-4-2 |
2023 |
11 |
7-11-0 |
0 |
| John Brown (Ark.) |
Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Champion |
14-5-1 |
2023 |
10 |
5-8-2 |
0 |
| Keiser (Fla.) |
At-Large |
14-1-1 |
2023 |
18 |
31-16-1 |
2 |
| Life (Ga.) |
At-Large |
14-4-1 |
2023 |
1 |
3-1-0 |
0 |
| LSU Shreveport (La.) |
Red River Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion |
15-4-1 |
2020 |
2 |
0-2-0 |
0 |
| Marian (Ind.) |
At-Large |
16-3-2 |
2023 |
6 |
12-5-2 |
0 |
| Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
At-Large |
14-3-2 |
N/A |
0 |
0-0-0 |
0 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Champion |
14-4-2 |
2022 |
3 |
0-3-0 |
0 |
| Missouri Valley |
Heart of America Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion |
14-4-1 |
2023 |
5 |
4-4-1 |
0 |
| Northwestern Ohio |
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Runner Up |
13-3-4 |
2023 |
9 |
18-8-0 |
1 |
| Oakland City (Ind.) |
River States Conference Tournament Champion |
15-4-0 |
N/A |
0 |
0-0-0 |
0 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan |
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion |
16-0-4 |
2023 |
6 |
6-5-1 |
0 |
| Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular Season Runner Up |
9-5-6 |
2023 |
9 |
7-8-2 |
0 |
| Oregon Tech |
Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament Runner Up |
15-5-1 |
2021 |
3 |
4-2-2 |
0 |
| SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
The Sun Conference Tournament Champion |
15-1-2 |
2023 |
5 |
1-5-0 |
0 |
| Science and Arts (Okla.) |
At-Large |
17-2-1 |
2022 |
7 |
1-7-0 |
0 |
| Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
Crossroads League Tournament Champion |
16-3-0 |
2023 |
15 |
37-10-3 |
3 |
| St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion |
14-5-2 |
2023 |
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