The 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament field and bracket were released Monday morning and Lake Forest College will serve as a host for the first two rounds this weekend.
The Foresters will take on Spalding University Saturday morning at 11:00 and Carleton College will face John Carroll University at 1:30 p.m. Saturday's winners will meet in round two Sunday afternoon at 1:00.
At 20-0-0, Lake Forest is the only team in the nation without a loss or tie this season. The Foresters went 8-0-0 in the Midwest Conference to claim their third consecutive league championship and posted 1-0 victories over Grinnell College and Lawrence University over the weekend to win the MWC Tournament and claim an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Lake Forest is making the program's fifth appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament and second in the last three years.
Spalding is 15-4-1 on the season and were second in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a 7-1-0 mark in league play. The Golden Eagles blanked Webster University 4-0 in the semifinals of the SLIAC Tournament before playing to a scoreless tie with Greenville University and winning the penalty kick shootout in the final. They are also making their second trip to the NCAA Tournament with the first coming in 2023.
This will be the first ever meeting between Lake Forest and Spalding.
Carleton (16-2-2) finished second in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings with a 9-1-1 league record and defeated St. Olaf College and St. Catherine University by the same 1-0 score in the MIAC Tournament. The Knights are in the NCAA Tournament for the third year in a row and the sixth time overall.
John Carroll (13-5-1) finished first in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 5-2-0 league record and, like Lake Forest and Carleton, won the conference tournament with a pair of 1-0 triumphs. The Blue Streaks knocked off Kenyon College and Denison University to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the third time. They reached the quarterfinals of the event two seasons ago.
This weekend's contests will be played on Mohr Field. Game times have yet to be announced.