NM State and Utah Valley to Participate in 2022 Women's Soccer Championship

11/7/2022 12:00:00 AM

NM State and Utah Valley to Participate in 2022 Women's Soccer Championship

2022 DI Women's Soccer Championship

ARLINGTON, Texas - For the first time since the 2012 season there will be two Western Athletic Conference teams represented in the 2022 DI women’s soccer championship that will take place from Nov. 11-Dec. 5. 

The 2022 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament Champions NM State Aggies along with the Regular Season Champions Utah Valley Wolverines have both earned bids to participate in this year's NCAA tournament.

NM State is slated to face the No. 7 seed Mississippi State on Nov. 11 at 3:00 p.m. CST in Starkville, Mississippi. Utah Valley will face a familiar foe in the No. 6 seed BYU on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. CST in Provo, Utah. The Wolverines faced the Cougars during the regular season back on Sept. 10 and beat them 4-2. 

First-round games are scheduled to take place Nov. 11-13 at 32 different campus sites. The second and third-round games will occur at eight campus sites, and those rounds will take place Nov. 18 and 20.

The four quarterfinal games will take place Nov. 25 and 26, also on campus sites. The 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer College Cup is scheduled to take place Dec. 2-5 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.