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MEADVILLE, Pa. -- Allegheny College was one of two institutions selected to host the first two rounds of the 2026 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Women's Soccer Championship on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15.

The Gators will host the ECAC's western four-team pod at Robertson Athletic Complex. In the first round, eighth-seeded Allegheny will face the tournament's No. 1 seed, McDaniel College, at 11 a.m. on the blue turf. In the second first-round match, No. 4 University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg will take on No. 5 Franciscan University.

The two advancing teams will meet in the semifinal round on Sunday at noon.

The eastern pod – hosted by Rutgers University-Camden in Camden, New Jersey – will feature No. 2 Rutgers-Camden vs. No. 7 City College of New York and No. 3 Wilkes University vs. No. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham in the opening round.

The 2026 ECAC championship game will be held on Saturday, November 21. The site of the championship game will be determined following Sunday's semifinals.

AC women's soccer is making its first-ever appearance in the ECAC Division III Championship. The Gators enter the weekend with a 9-6-4 overall record after going 7-0-4 in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play. They earned the No. 2 seed for the PAC tournament, but fell to No. 3 Saint Vincent College in the semifinals, 1-0. Allegheny ended the regular season without a conference loss for the first time since 1988.

Saturday's opponent, McDaniel, earned the top seed in the ECAC tournament with a 9-3-6 record. The Green Terror tied Franklin & Marshall College in the first round of the Centennial Conference Championship, but fell in the shootout, 4-2. McDaniel faced two nationally-ranked opponents during the regular season, falling to No. 9 Messiah University, 2-1, on Sept. 16 and tying No. 17 Swarthmore College, 1-1, on Oct. 3. The Green Terror are making their seventh all-time ECAC appearance and their first since 2019.