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PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania men’s soccer team is back in the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2013. The Quakers will host Rutgers in a first-round match on Thursday at 7 pm in Penn Park.
Penn (12-2-2) earned the Ivy League’s automatic bid into the field after going 6-1-0 in Ivy play this season, culminating in the Quakers’ 3-0 victory at Princeton on Saturday night.
This is the Quakers’ first trip to the NCAA postseason under head Coach Brian Gill and the program’s 11thoverall. Penn is joined in the 48-team field by fellow Ancient Eight school Cornell, which earned a #14 national seed and a bye into the second round on Sunday.
The Scarlet Knights (10-4-6) are in the field for the first time since 2015 and 18th time overall on the strength of a 3-1 Victory over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament Championship match on Sunday in Piscataway, NJ The Scarlet Knights were one of four Big Ten teams to make the field, joined by #13 Indiana, Maryland, and Ohio State.
The Penn-Rutgers Winner will advance to the second round on Sunday and face #3 seed Syracuse. The Orange claimed the ACC Tournament Championship with a 2-0 win over Clemson on Sunday.
The 2022 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship will culminate with the College Cup on December 9 and 12 in Cary, North Carolina.
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