Dragons named top seed in NCAA regional

Tiffin University is returning to the NCAA regionals.
Tiffin University is returning to the NCAA regionals.

Tiffin University returns to the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championships as the top seed in Super Region 3.

Tiffin (14-2-3) will play host and take on the winner of 8th-seed Maryville (10-3-5) and 9th-seed Wisconsin-Parkside (9-4-3) on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 12 pm in the second round of the Super Region 3 regional. Maryville and Wisconsin-Parkside will come to Tiffin to play on Friday, Nov. 17 at 12 pm.

In the other part of the Dragons' bracket, 4th-seed McKendree (11-2-6) will host 5th-seed Southern Nazarene (14-4-2).

In the other part of the Super Region 3 bracket, 2nd-seed Illinois-Springfield (13-1-6) will host 7th-seed Lewis (10-3-5) and 10th-seed Purdue Northwest (10-3-4). UIS will get the winner of that matchup in the second round. 

This marks Tiffin's seventh selection to the NCAA regional level. The regionals, which will feature 40 teams nationally, saw the Dragons participating in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2022. Tiffin University is the GMAC regular-season and tournament champion.

Here is the schedule for the 2023 DII men's soccer championship:

  • First-round games will take place either Thursday, Nov. 16 or Friday, Nov. 17
  • Second-round games will take place either Saturday, Nov. 18 or Sunday, Nov. 19
  • Third-round games will take place on Thursday, Nov. 30 or Friday, Dec. 1
  • Quarterfinal games will take place on Saturday, Dec. 2 or Sunday, Dec. 3
  • Semifinal games will take place on Thursday, Dec. 7
  • The 2023 DII men's soccer national championship final will take place on Saturday, Dec. 9

In this single-elimination tournament, 10 teams are selected by the Men's Soccer Committee from each of the four super-regions to make up the 40-team field. The champions of 19 conferences are granted Automatic Qualification while the remaining teams will be selected at-large by the Men's Soccer Committee.

The tournament continues through the national championship game on Saturday, Dec. 9 at the Matthews Sportsplex in Matthews, N.C.