NAIA Men's Soccer National Tournament Qualifiers Begin the Quest to Orange Beach
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The journey to Orange Beach, Ala., begins now as 40 teams have punched their ticket to the First and Second Rounds of the 2025 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Tournament, taking place on Thursday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 22, at campus sites across the nation. Teams that advance out of those rounds will pack their bags and head to Orange Beach, where final site action will commence on December 1 and continue through December 8, until one team stands alone and is crowned a champion.
Last season's champion, Dalton State (Ga.), will face Warner Pacific (Ore.) in the first round of the West Palm Beach bracket, with fourth-seeded Keiser (Fla.) awaiting the winner on Saturday.
The Heart of America Athletic Conference, Mid-South Conference, Cascade Collegiate Conference, and Southern States Athletic Conference each have four institutions represented in the national tournament field. The most common mascot among participating teams is the Wildcats, appearing four times.
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) makes its 32nd appearance in the national tournament, while Rio Grande (Ohio) will enter the field for the 25th time. La Sierra (Calif.) and Faulkner (Ala.) make their first-ever appearance, while Harris-Stowe (Mo.) qualifies for the first time in 25 years.
Select first-and second-round games across the nation will be broadcast for free on the Urban Edge Network (UEN); others will be streamed on the host institutions' designated or traditional broadcast partner. All first and second-round streams are produced by the host institution.
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| INSTITUTION | CONFERENCE | HOW THEY QUALIFIED: | |
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Baker (Kan.) | Heart of America Athletic Conference | Regular-Season Champion |
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Bethel (Ind.) | Crossroads League | Tournament Champion |
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Bethel (Tenn.) | Mid-South Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Carroll (Mont.) | Cascade Collegiate Conference | At Large |
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Concordia (Neb.) | Great Plains Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Cumberland (Tenn.) | Mid-South Conference | At-Large |
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Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South Conference | At-Large |
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Dalton State (Ga.) | Southern States Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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Eastern Oregon | Cascade Collegiate Conference | Regular-Season Champion |
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Faulkner (Ala.) | Southern States Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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Georgia Gwinnett | Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) | Tournament Champion |
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Grace (Ind.) | Crossroads League | At-Large |
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Grand View (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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Harris-Stowe (Mo.) | American Midwest Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Indiana Tech | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Indiana Wesleyan | Crossroads League | At-Large |
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John Brown (Ark.) | Sooner Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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Keiser (Fla.) | The Sun Conference | Tournament Champion |
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La Sierra (Calif.) | Great Southwest Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Life (Ga.) | Southern States Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Mid-South Conference | At-Large |
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LSU Alexandria (La.) | Red River Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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LSU Shreveport (La.) | Red River Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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Madonna (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference | Regular-Season Champion |
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MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | Heart of America Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Milligan (Tenn.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference | Tournament Runner-Up |
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Oklahoma City | Sooner Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Oklahoma Wesleyan | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | Regular-Season Champion |
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Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Ottawa (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | Regular Season Runner-Up |
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Rio Grande (Ohio) | River States Conference | At-Large |
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Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Cascade Collegiate Conference | At-Large |
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Union Commonwealth (Ky.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference | Regular-Season Champion |
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Warner Pacific (Ore.) | Cascade Collegiate Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Westcliff (Calif.) | California Pacific Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Wiley (Texas) | HBCU Athletic Conference | Tournament Champion |
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William Carey (Miss.) | Southern States Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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William Penn (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference | At-Large |
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WVU Tech (W.Va.) | River States Conference | Tournament Champion |
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Xavier (La.) | Red River Athletic Conference | Regular-Season Champion |
