The SCIAC regular season champion No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Sagehens, SCIAC Tournament champion No. 17 California Lutheran University Regals and No. 23 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges Athenas all are headed to the NCAA Championship for a second consecutive year.
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No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer (NPI rank: 9)
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Second Round
Sun, Nov. 16 vs. Puget Sound (NPI rank: 67), 3 p.m. |
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Sat, Nov. 15 vs. St. Joseph's (L.I.) (NPI rank: 91),
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Claremont, Calif.
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The Sagehens (14-1-3, 9-0-3) earned their spot in the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament for the ninth time in program history, this season via an at-large bid. After winning their seventh straight SCIAC regular season title, the Sagehens advanced to the conference tournament championship game but fell 2-1 to Cal Lutheran. Eight of Pomona-Pitzer's nine NCAA Tournament appearances have come since the 2015 season with the Sagehens reaching the Elite Eight in 2016 and the Final Four in 2019. Pomona-Pitzer enters the weekend ranked 10th nationally in goals-against average (.364), 14th in shutout percentage (.722) and 17th in save percentage (.891).
No. 17 California Lutheran (NPI rank: 13)
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Sun, Nov. 16 at Trinity (Texas) (NPI rank: 17), 11:00 a.m. |
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Sat, Nov. 15 vs. McMurry (NPI rank: 82),
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San Antonio, Texas
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Cal Lutheran women's soccer (15-3-2, 9-2-1 SCIAC) defeated 1-seed Pomona-Pitzer (14-1-3, 9-0-3 SCIAC) on the road in the SCIAC Tournament Championship, taking home the program's first SCIAC Tournament Title since 2011 and the third in Cal Lutheran history. The Regals scored a pair of goals in an eight-minute span and held on for a 2-1 victory.
Pomona-Pitzer entered today's contest without a loss all season, ranked #7 in the most recent NPI. Cal Lutheran wasn't far behind at #16, making the conference title game a clash of national heavyweights. The Regals lost their SCIAC opener to the Sagehens by a score of 2-1 back on September 17 despite leading for over 70 minutes in that match.
No. 23 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (NPI rank: 26)
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Sat, Nov. 15 vs. Puget (NPI rank: 67), L 1-0 (OT)
Claremont, Calif.
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CMS stands at 13-3-3 on the year, and was one of three SCIAC teams to earn a bid. Pomona-Pitzer was the regular season champion, while Cal Lutheran won the SCIAC Tournament and will play in a regional hosted by Trinity (Texas).
All three of the Athenas' losses came to either Cal Lutheran or Pomona-Pitzer, while tying both foes one time as well. CMS fell 2-1 at Cal Lutheran in the regular season, and again by 2-1 in the SCIAC Semifinals, while playing the Regals to a 0-0 tie at home. The Athenas fell at home to Pomona-Pitzer 1-0 on a late goal, and then played the Sagehens to a 0-0 tie on the road.
A year ago, CMS qualified for the NCAA Tournament and dropped a 1-0 decision to Colby in a game hosted by MIT. The Athenas previous NCAA bid was in 2019, when they received an at-large despite not qualifying for the SCIAC Tournament, before going on to win the regional at Cal Lutheran (beating Emory 2-1 and the host Regals on penalty kicks). CMS eventually fell in the Round of 16 to WashU, matching the deepest tournament advancement in program history.
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