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WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University women's soccer team (13-2-3) got the news it was waiting for on Monday evening as the Golden Rams learned their 2026 season would continue in the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament as a six-seed. The reigning Atlantic Region Champion Golden Rams will travel to Kutztown this weekend to compete in a four-team pod alongside the Golden Bears, Fairmont State, and Point Park. West Chester opens its NCAA Tournament campaign against Fairmont State (16-2-3) on Friday afternoon at Kutztown.
The other half of the Atlantic Regional Tournament features PSAC Tournament Champion Gannon as the top seed along with Mountain East Champion Frostburg State and Slippery Rock.
First-round play gets underway on Friday afternoon, with the second round/regional semifinals to be played on Sunday. The East Region has hosting privileges in 2026, meaning that the winner of the two pods this weekend will travel to the highest remaining seed in the East Region next weekend to play the Atlantic Regional Final on November 20 and the National Quarterfinal on the 22
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West Chester made its return to the Tournament after a one-year hiatus in a big way last season as the Golden Rams entered as the second seed in the Atlantic Region and won its seventh Atlantic Regional Championship with a 1-0 win over Shepherd before falling to Franklin Pierce in overtime in the National Quarterfinals on Rockwell Field in early December.
The fall 2026 season is the final Division II Fall Festival, as a National Champion will be crowned in Kansas City during the first weekend in December. The last time a fall festival was held was in 2022, when the Golden Rams advanced to the Division II Women's Soccer National Championship game for the first time in program history before falling to Western Washington 2-1.
A full preview and more will be available on wcupagoldenrams.com later this week.
