2019 NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament

2019 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 24-December 14, 2019
Teams	40
Final positions
Champions	Charleston (WV) (2nd title, 4th final)
Runner-up	Cal State LA (2nd final)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	110 (2.82 per match)
	← 2018 2020 →; All statistics correct as of 11/19/2019.

The 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 48th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from December 12–14, 2019 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2019.^[1]

Qualification

All Division II men's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the 38-team tournament field. No teams received automatic bids; at-large bids are based on the teams' regular season records and the Quality of Winning Percentage Index.^[2] Teams were placed into one of four unbalanced super-regional brackets, consisting of eight or ten teams, based on geographic location.

Qualified Teams

Team	Qualified As	Qualified On	Qualification Type	Previous Appearances in Tournament ^[3]	Previous best performance ^[3]	Tournament Seed
Assumption	Northeast-10 Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	None (Debut)	—	Super Region 1 Seed No. 10
Azusa Pacific	Pacific West Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	2 (2014, 2018)	Third Round (2018)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 1
Bellarmine	Great Lakes Valley Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	None (Debut)	—	Super Region 3 Seed No. 2
Cal Poly Pomona	CCAA Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	5 (1998, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Runners-up (2015)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 4
Charleston (WV)	Mountain East Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	9 (1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Champions (2017)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 3
Colorado School of Mines	RMAC Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	8 (2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)	Quarterfinals (2015)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 8
Francis Marion	Peach Belt Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	2 (2000, 2008)	Quarterfinals (2000)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 7
Lee	Gulf South Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	None (Debut)	—	Super Region 2 Seed No. 9
Limestone	Conference Carolinas Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	7 (2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Third Round (2014)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 10
Lynn	Sunshine State Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	17 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Champions (2003, 2012, 2014)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 1
Mercy	East Coast Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	3 (1979, 1989, 2018)	Quarterfinals (1979)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 6
Midwestern State	Lone Star Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	13 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)	Semifinals (2007, 2010)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 10
Millersville (PA)	PSAC Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	6 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018)	Semifinals (2011)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 8
Post	CACC Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	3 (2012, 2013, 2018)	Second Round (2012)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 9
Tiffin	GMAC Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018)	Second Round (2013, 2016, 2018)	Super Region 3 Seed No. 6
Western Washington	GNAC Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	1 (2016)	Second Round (2016)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 6
Wingate	South Atlantic Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	9 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)	Champions (2016)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 3
Wis.-Parkside	GLIAC Champions	November 18, 2019	Automatic	4 (1994, 2000, 2004, 2006)	Second Round (2004)	Super Region 3 Seed No. 10
Adelphi	Super Region No. 1 Rank 2	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	8 (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Champions (1974)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 1
Gannon	Super Region No. 1 Rank 1	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	9 (1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2007, 2012)	Semifinals (1989, 1990, 1993)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 2
Franklin Pierce	Super Region No. 1 Rank 5	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	19 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016)	Champions (2007)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 4
Wilmington (DE)	Super Region No. 1 Rank 3	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	4 (2009, 2013, 2015, 2018)	Second Round (2009, 2013, 2015, 2018)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 5
West Chester	Super Region No. 1 Rank 6	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	4 (2002, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Runners-up (2018)	Super Region 1 Seed No. 7
Palm Beach Atl.	Super Region No. 2 Rank 3	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Quarterfinals (2015)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 2
Florida Tech	Super Region No. 2 Rank 4	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	9 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2016)	Champions (1988, 1991)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 4
West Florida	Super Region No. 2 Rank 2	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	6 (1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013)	Semifinals (2006)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 5
Young Harris	Super Region No. 2 Rank 5	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	4 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)	Quarterfinals (2014, 2017)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 6
Queens (NC)	Super Region No. 2 Rank 8	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	7 (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2018)	Quarterfinals (1999, 2006)	Super Region 2 Seed No. 8
Lake Erie	Super Region No. 3 Rank 1	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	None (Debut)	—	Super Region 3 Seed No. 1
Maryville (MO)	Super Region No. 3 Rank 4	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	2 (2017, 2018)	Second Round (2017)	Super Region 3 Seed No. 3
McKendree	Super Region No. 3 Rank 5	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	None (Debut)	—	Super Region 3 Seed No. 4
Ohio Valley	Super Region No. 3 Rank 3	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	2 (2017, 2018)	Quarterfinals (2018)	Super Region 3 Seed No. 5
Cedarville	Super Region No. 3 Rank 6	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	1 (2015)	Second Round (2015)	Super Region 3 Seed No. 7
Fort Hays State	Super Region No. 3 Rank 8	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	7 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Semifinals (2018)	Super Region 3 Seed No. 8
UIndy	Super Region No. 3 Rank 9	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	3 (2013, 2015, 2017)	First Round (2013, 2015, 2017)	Super Region 3 Seed No. 8
Cal State LA	Super Region No. 4 Rank 2	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	13 (1981, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Runners-up (1981)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 2
St. Mary's (TX)	Super Region No. 4 Rank 3	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	None (Debut)	—	Super Region 4 Seed No. 3
Cal State San Bernardino	Super Region No. 4 Rank 4	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	3 (1991, 2009, 2010)	First Round (1991, 2009, 2010)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 5
UC San Diego	Super Region No. 4 Rank 8	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	4 (2003, 2013, 2014, 2016)	Semifinals (2016)	Super Region 4 Seed No. 7
Texas A&M International	Super Region No. 4 Rank 11	November 18, 2019	At-Large Bid	None (Debut)	—	Super Region 4 Seed No. 9

Tournament bracket

Super-Region No. 1

First Round			Second Round			Third Round			Quarterfinals

			1	Adelphi	0
8	Millersville (PA)	2	9	Post	1
9	Post	3				9	Post	1
						4	Franklin Pierce	2
			4	Franklin Pierce	1
			5	Wilmington (DE)	0
									4	Franklin Pierce	0
									3	Charleston (WV)	2
			3	Charleston (WV)	5
7	West Chester	1	6	Mercy	0
10	Assumption (2OT)	2				3	Charleston (WV)	3
						2	Gannon	0
			2	Gannon	5
			10	Assumption	0

Host Institution

Super-Region No. 2

First Round			Second Round			Third Round			Quarterfinals

			1	Lynn	1
8	Queens (NC) (PK)	1	8	Queens (NC)	0
9	Lee	1				1	Lynn	2
						4	Florida Tech	1
			4	Florida Tech	2
			5	West Florida	1
									1	Lynn	3
									3	Wingate	0
			3	Wingate	5
7	Francis Marion	3	6	Young Harris	2
10	Limestone	2				3	Wingate	3
						2	Palm Beach Atl.	1
			2	Palm Beach Atl.	2
			7	Francis Marion	1

Super-Region No. 3

First Round			Second Round			Third Round			Quarterfinals

			1	Lake Erie	0
8	Fort Hays St.	2	9	UIndy	2
9	UIndy	3				9	UIndy	3
						5	Ohio Valley	2
			4	McKendree	0
			5	Ohio Valley	2
									9	UIndy	1
									3	Maryville (MO)	0
			3	Maryville (MO)	1
7	Cedarville (PK)	0	6	Tiffin	0
10	Wis.-Parkside	0				3	Maryville (MO)	2
						2	Bellarmine	1
			2	Bellarmine (PK)	0
			7	Cedarville	0

Super-Region No. 4

First Round			Second Round			Third Round			Quarterfinals

			1	Azusa Pacific	1
8	Colo. Sch. of Mines	2	8	Colo. Sch. of Mines	2
9	Tex. A&M Int'l	1				8	Colo. Sch. of Mines	1
						5	CSU San B'dino	2
			4	Cal Poly Pomona	0
			5	CSU San B'dino	1
									5	CSU San B'dino	0
									2	Cal State LA	2
			3	St. Mary's (TX)	5
7	UC San Diego	0	6	Western Wash.	0
10	Midwestern St.	1				3	St. Mary's (TX)	1
						2	Cal State LA (PK)	1
			10	Midwestern St.	0
			2	Cal State LA	3

Division II College Cup

Semifinals December 12, 2019 Highmark Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania			Championship December 14, 2019 Highmark Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1	Cal State LA	3

4	UIndy	0
			1	Cal State LA	0

			2	Charleston (WV)	2
2	Charleston (WV)	3

3	Lynn	1

Final

December 14, 2019

15:00 EST (UTC−5)

Charleston (WV)	2–0	Cal State Los Angeles
Freddy Tracey 9:14', 73:59' (Cabañas) Williams N'Dah 48:49'	Report	Carl Solli 38:27' Tim Klefisch 49:42'

Highmark Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 112

Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

References

^ "2019 - 2026 Future DI NCAA Championship Sites | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
^ "Division II Men's Soccer Championship field announced". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "DIVISION II MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-27. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[1] "2019 - 2026 Future DI NCAA Championship Sites | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-19.

[2] "Division II Men's Soccer Championship field announced". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[:0-3] "DIVISION II MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-27. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament
NCAA Tournaments	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022
Records & statistics	All-time team records Appearances Cumulative results