DUBUQUE, Iowa — November 10, 2026 — Both Loras College soccer teams are headed to the NCAA Division III Tournament, and the women’s team will open its run at home in Dubuque.

The NCAA announced the tournament fields on Monday, November 9, 2026. The Loras men earned their place by winning the American Rivers Conference Tournament championship, which carried the conference’s automatic bid. The Loras women were selected as an at-large team and will host the opening two rounds of the women’s tournament at the Rock Bowl.

The Loras men travel to Northfield, Minnesota, for the first round on Saturday, November 14, 2026, where they will face the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The winner of that match plays the winner of St. Olaf and Grinnell in the second round on Sunday, November 15, 2026.

The Loras women, 13-1-2, won the American Rivers Conference regular-season championship and finished conference play unbeaten. They open the NCAA Tournament against St. Catherine University at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at the Rock Bowl in Dubuque. The other first-round match in the Dubuque regional pairs the University of Chicago, 14-1-1, against the University of Wisconsin-Superior, 12-5-4. The two winners meet in the second round on Sunday, November 15, 2026, with a trip to the sectional round on the line.

St. Catherine, making its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and seventh in program history, is a familiar opponent for Loras. The two teams met in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at Loras. Wisconsin-Superior reached the Dubuque regional by winning the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference tournament, beating Northwestern of Minnesota 2-0 in the final.

The Loras women’s hosting assignment means the first two rounds of the national tournament will be played in Dubuque, with four teams competing at the Rock Bowl over the weekend. The Loras men, meanwhile, will need two wins in Northfield to reach the sectional round.

The American Rivers Conference will be well represented in the women’s bracket. Simpson College, which beat the University of Dubuque 2-0 in the conference tournament championship on Saturday, November 7, 2026, took the conference’s automatic bid.

Sources

• Radio Dubuque, “Loras Men & Women Soccer Land NCAA Bids,” November 10, 2026 — https://www.radiodubuque.com/2026/11/10/loras-men-women-soccer-land-ncaa-bids/
• St. Catherine University Athletics, “Wildcats head to Loras for NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds,” November 9, 2026 — https://stkatesathletics.com/news/2026/11/9/soccer-wildcats-head-to-loras-for-ncaa-tournament-first-and-second-rounds.aspx
• NCAA.com, “2026 DIII men’s soccer championship: Selection show info, bracket, schedule,” November 9, 2026 — https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2026-11-09/2026-diii-mens-soccer-championship-selection-show-info-bracket-schedule
• ESPN Radio 92.3 (WOSQ), “Two Wisconsin schools to D-III women’s soccer tournament,” November 10, 2026 — https://wosqfm.com/2026/11/09/two-wisconsin-schools-to-d-iii-womens-soccer-tournament/