St. Louis – For the first time ever the ninth-ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis women's soccer team has been selected as the top seed and will host one of two NCAA Midwest Region tournaments as announced in the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Selection Show on Monday evening.

The Tritons will face eighth-seeded Saginaw Valley State in the first round this Thursday (November 12) at 3 p.m. at Don Dallas Field.

UMSL has made it into the NCAA Tournament field seven times including two straight under head coach Stephen Cavallo. The Tritons are the defending Midwest Region champions and advanced to the national quarterfinals last season.

The tournament field is comprised of three teams from the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, three from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and two from the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

The Midwest Region is broken up into two subregions with UMSL hosting fourth seeded Cedarville, fifth seeded Findlay and Saginaw Valley.

Ashland, the number two seed, will host the other subregion with McKendree, Wayne State (Mich.) and Grand Valley State.

2026 NCAA Midwest Region #1 Tournament pairings
Thursday, November 12 – St. Louis, Mo. (Don Dallas Field)
12 p.m. – No. 4 Cedarville (14-2-4) vs. No. 5 Findlay (13-2-5)
3 p.m. – No. 1 UMSL (14-2-3) vs. No. 8 Saginaw Valley State (12-6-3)

Saturday, November 14 – St. Louis, Mo. (Don Dallas Field)
3 p.m. – Cedarville/Findlay winner vs. UMSL/Saginaw Valley winner