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ROCHESTER, NY (Nazathletics.com) – The Nazareth Women's Soccer Team (13-3-3) will head to Cambridge, MA over the weekend to host institution MIT to play #7 Messiah (14-2-3) in the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament. The Golden Flyers will take on the Falcons on Saturday, November 14 at 1:30 p.m. at Roberts Field on the Campus of MIT. #4 MIT (20-2-1) will square off against Eastern Connecticut State (13-2-2) in the other first round matchup on Saturday at 11 a.m. The Saturday winners will play each other in the second round on Sunday at MIT with 1 p.m. start time.

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In total, 64-teams makeup the bracket with 43 automatic bids and 19 at-large bids.

Nazareth earned an automatic berth to NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship after defeating Geneseo 3-1 in the title game at Golden Flyer Stadium on Saturday. The Empire 8 title was the 14^th for longtime Head Coach Gail Mann. Mann, coaching in her final season after 34 years behind the bench for the Purple and Gold, is making her 14^th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. One of the winningest women's soccer coaches in Division III history, Mann has 391 career victories.

Nazareth last appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2023 when it fell 4-1 to William Smith in the First Round.

Messiah earned a berth to the NCAAs after winning its 8^th-straight MAC Commonwealth Championship on Saturday, a 2-0 victory over York.

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