DePauw Collects NCAC Men’s Soccer Title, Enters Tourney as No. 1 Seed

CLEVELAND, OH – DePauw earned its first North Coast Athletic Conference men’s soccer championship after finishing the regular season with an unbeaten 5-0-3 record and 18 points. Ohio Wesleyan leads the league with 24 conference titles and is followed by Kenyon with 14 all-time, while Denison and Wooster own three apiece. Wittenberg has captured one conference crown
 
Denison (5-1-2, 17 pts) finished second in conference standings this fall, followed by Wooster (3-1-4, 13 pts) in third, Kenyon (3-2-3, 12 pts) in fourth and John Carroll (3-3-2, 11 pts) and Ohio Wesleyan (3-3-2, 11 pts) tied for fifth. Rounding out the nine-team standings were Wabash (2-5-1, 7 pts) and Oberlin (1-6-1, 4 pts) and Wittenberg (0-4-4, 4 pts). 

As NCAC champs, the DePauw Tigers enter the NCAC Tournament as the top seed and will host fourth-seeded Kenyon on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7:00 p.m. The Tigers’ and Owls’ regular season match ended in a 1-1 tie. Second-seeded Denison will host third-seeded Wooster in the other semifinal match on Wednesday also at 7:00 p.m. The Big Red and Fighting Scots played to a 1-1 draw during the regular season.

The championship match is set for Saturday, November 8, at the site of the highest remaining seed to emerge from the semifinal round.

TOURNEY NOTES: The tournament winner receives the NCAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament ... DePauw, the defending conference tournament champ, returns to the postseason for the third-straight season and will make its ninth overall appearance after six-straight from 2011-16. The Tigers maneuvered through the 2024 tournament bracket as the No. 4 seed, defeating No. 1 Ohio Wesleyan 2-1 in overtime of the semifinals before capturing the NCAC tourney title with a 4-1 penalty kick advantage over No. 2 Denison after the finale produced a 1-1 tie ... Denison will make its 15th appearance overall and will be looking for its sixth tournament crown … Wooster enters the conference postseason for the first time since making three-straight appearances in 2002-04 … Kenyon, making its 18th overall appearance in the field of four, currently owns the longest active streak of 13-straight appearances … Ohio Wesleyan leads all programs with 11 tournament titles, followed by Kenyon with five, Denison with four, DePauw with three and Allegheny with one.

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