Volume II | Issue V
We have our first ticket punched to the 2026 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship field. Last night Truett-McConnell secured some hardware after claiming the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season title. With more regular season titles on track to be locked up for many conferences in the final week or two weeks of the regular season, it also means that more tickets will be claimed for the national tournament from those conferences with more than 12 teams.
Sam De Gier of Tennessee Southern picked up PrestoSports-NAIA Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week honors after anchoring the Firehawks’ defense last week in two matches against top team teams in the Southern State Athletic Conference (SSAC).
Georgia Pardalos of Columbia (Mo.) set three school records and tied another after two massive performances last week earning not only PrestoSports-NAIA Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors, but also a ticket to the American Midwest Conference Tournament that gets underway on November 3.
The second STADIONIC-NAIA Women’s Soccer National Selection Committee (NSC) Top 25 poll is here along with updated area rating committee (ARC) reports and ranking percentage index (RPI) standings. Keiser (Fla.) continues hold the No. 1 spot this week with a 9-0-2 mark as the sit atop the east ARC.
The Truett McConnell Bears continue to dominate the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) as they have yet another piece of hardware to add to the trophy case with their fifth straight regular season championship dating back to 2022. TMU’s 2-1 win on Wednesday evening over Reinhardt (Ga.) also gave the Bears one of two auto bids into the 2026 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship that the AAC had available. The second automatic ticket to the national tournament from the AAC will be decided in a few weeks during the conference tournament.
How the game went, well for Isabella Hodson tenth goal of the year in the 32nd minute proved to be the game-winner as No. 8 Truett McConnell (13-1-1, 10-0 AAC) held onto a 2-1 score over Reinhardt (8-5-1, 5-3-1 AAC) Wednesday evening at the TMU Soccer Complex.
Check our more on the game at tmbears.com!
Congratulations to the Bears on five straight regular season titles, and we look forward to seeing you in the national tournament!
The end is near for the regular season as the lights begin to shine on conference tournaments and eventually the national tournament. One ticket to the national tournament is punched already, and many more to come still over the coming weeks. The lineup of featured matches through the end of October are all high stakes not only for conference standings and conference tournament seedings, but also the conversation that the National Selection Committee is surely going to talk about in the room come the second week of November. Let’s look our lineup of featured matches
This Crossroads League match up is sure to have some fireworks in it. Two teams this close in not only ARC standings, but also strength of schedule, and even in conference record it’s sure to be an exciting duel.
Kickoff set for October 24 at 1 p.m. ET
Kickoff in the west is set for October 24 at 5 p.m. MT
Life (Ga.) can make a splash in the Southern States Athletic Conference and in the East ARC if they can find a decision against UT Southern. The Running Eagles are on a hot streak having three wins under their belt heading into this marque battle in Marietta at Lupo Family Field.
Kickoff is set for October 25 at noon CT.
Another Crossroads League match that is sure to live up to the hype. Grace stands atop the north ARC while Taylor looks to shake things up in many different aspects of the standings and data.
Kickoff is set for October 28, under the lights at 7 p.m. ET
The Bees are another team who can make a splash to close out October in various ways. The Fire currently sit at fifth in the east ARC and 12 in the NSC poll as of October 22, now a new release of both comes out ahead of this game, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Bees and fly through the Fire and return to Savannah with a solid decision in the books.
Kickoff is set for October 31 at 11 a.m. ET
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sam De Gier of Tennessee Southern picked up PrestoSports-NAIA Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week honors after anchoring the Firehawks’ defense last week in two matches against top team teams in the Southern State Athletic Conference (SSAC). In the first match of the week, the Breukelen, Netherlands native, allowed just […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Pardalos of Columbia (Mo.) set three school records and tied another after two massive performances last week earning not only PrestoSports-NAIA Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors, but also a ticket to the American Midwest Conference Tournament that gets underway on November 3. The Jefferson City, Mo., native […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The second STADIONIC-NAIA Women’s Soccer National Selection Committee (NSC) Top 25 poll is here along with updated area rating committee (ARC) reports and ranking percentage index (RPI) standings. Keiser (Fla.) continues hold the No. 1 spot this week with a 9-0-2 mark as the sit atop the east ARC. While multiple […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Charlize Davis and Matea Vernon of Rocky Mountain (Mont.) had two big matches last week, not only in Cascade Conference action, but on a national scale as well. Vernon’s baker’s dozen save total across both matches not only handed her the PrestoSports-NAIA Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week honors, while […]