Four Calvin teams are NCAA Bound
The women's volleyball, men's soccer and men’s and women’s cross country teams are hitting the road for the NCAAs this week. The women's volleyball team enters as the defending NCAA champions, the men's soccer team hopes to return to the NCAA championship game for a second straight year, and the men's and women's cross country teams are racing toward championship weekend in Elsah, Illinois.
Follow all of the Knights' teams competing in NCAA postseason action November 9-11, 2017:
Women’s volleyball
The Knights open the 2017 NCAA Division III Tournament in Bloomington, Illinois. The women’s volleyball team is making its 27th NCAA Tournament appearance and its 14th-straight appearance with coach Amber Warners.
The #2 ranked Knights (26-3) open tournament play on Thursday, November 9, 2017, against #13 Washington in St. Louis (24-9). The two teams met in the NCAA Championship match in 2016.
For more info, visit the NCAA regional site.
Men’s soccer
The Knights open the 2017 NCAA Division III Tournament play in University Heights, Ohio. The men’s soccer team is making its 15th trip to the tournament and its ninth in the last 10 years.
The #1 ranked Knights (19-0-1) open tournament play on Friday, November 10, 2017, against Thomas More (14-4-2) at 8 p.m. (EST).
For more info, visit the host site’s athletics page.
Cross Country teams
The men’s and women’s cross country teams both qualified for the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional competition scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 11, at Ohio Wesleyan University.
The men's team is ranked 13th in the nation and has advanced to the NCAA Division III Championships 32 times, including an active streak of 24-straight appearances. The women's team has advanced to the NCAA III Championships 27 times in school history, including each of the past 12 years.
For more info, visit the NCAA regional site.