INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Washington College men's soccer team has received an at-large bid to the 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament and will play Otterbein on Saturday, November 11 at 1:30 p.m. at Kenyon in Gambier, Ohio in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.  Kenyon will host Dominican (IL) in the other game on Saturday at 11 a.m.  The two teams that advance will play on Sunday at Kenyon for the right to advance to the Round of 16 with a 1:00 p.m. kickoff.

This is the Shoremen's third trip to the NCAA Tournament and second in three seasons.  Washington (11-2-5) qualified for the tournament in 1973 and 2021 when it reached the Round of 16.  It will be the squad's fifth NCAA Tournament game in program history.  It will be the first-ever meeting between the Shoremen and Cardinals in men's soccer.  WC has never played Kenyon or Dominican (Ill.) either in men's soccer.

The 18th ranked Shoremen gave up just 13 goals on the season with eight shutouts are led in goal by senior goalkeeper Anthony Pinto (Matawan, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy), who has a .780 save percentage, a 0.73 goals against average and seven clean sheets this fall.  On offense, senior midfielder Ben Strine (Hockessin, Del./Salesianum School) and junior midfielder Katim Njie (Montgomery Village, Md./Watkins Mill) are tops on the squad with 14 points with Strine scoring seven goals and Njie netting five scores to go along with four assists.  Washington has netted 25 goals this season.

Otterbein (12-4-3) fell to Ohio Northern in the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday, are led on offense by Will Issac with 10 goals and eight assists for 28 points and brother Nick Issac, who has 18 points on six scores and six helpers.  Casey Thompson has pitched six shutouts this season and has .853 save percentage and 0.77 goals against average as the Cardinals have outscored their opponents 43-15.  Like Washington, #25 Otterbein earned an at-large spot.

Host #17 Kenyon (15-4) dropped the North Coast Athletic Conference final to Denison, 3-1, but was able to secure an at-large bid.  The Owls are led by Eamon Dujakovich with 11 goals and three assists for 25 points and Alem Duratovic with 10 goals and two helpers for 22 points.  In net, Jack Pedreschi has .708 save percentage, eight blankings and a 1.11 goals against average as the Owls have outscored the opposition, 46-21, this season.  Kenyon is competing in its 10th straight NCAA Tournament.

Dominican (Ill.), won its 22nd conference crown on Saturday with a 1-0 road win over host Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference final.  Oscar Montejano scored from John Cronnolly in the 58th minute for the only goal of the game to give the Stars the automatic bid to the tournament.  Dominican (Ill.) (14-3-3) is led by Montejano's 24 points on seven goals and 10 assists followed by Cronnolly's team-high 10 goals in addition to two helpers for 22 points.  Oscar Cerritos has a .813 save percentage and a 0.77 goals against average to go along with two shutouts and sharing five others.  The Stars have outscored their opponents, 44-17, in 2023.

Washington is one of three from the Centennial Conference to earn a bid joining #8 Franklin & Marshall and Johns Hopkins.

Ticket information will be available later this week.  Visit washcollsports.com for more information.