MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The Wesleyan field hockey earned an at-large berth into the 2026 NCAA Division III Tournament, as announced on the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday evening. The Cardinals play host to SUNY Geneseo on Wednesday, November 11 on Hicks Field. Game time is set for 4:00 PM.
 
The Cardinals head into the NCAA Tournament armed with a 10-6 record, currently ranked No. 10 in the NCAA National Power Index (NPI) which is used to determine at-large bids and seeding for the national postseason tournament. The Cardinals went 5-5 in NESCAC regular season play, earning the six-seed for the NESCAC Tournament where they traveled to three-seed Bowdoin and fell in the Quarterfinal round. All six of Wesleyan's losses have come against NESCAC competition, two of which went into overtime, while five of those six loses came by just a one-goal margin.
 
The NCAA Tournament selection for the Cardinals is the third in team history, all of which coming in the past three seasons. Prior to 2024, Wesleyan had never made the NCAA Tournament field. Wesleyan is 2-0 all-time in the NCAA First Round, defeating Ithaca 2-0 at home in 2024 and recording a 7-0 win over Marywood on Hicks Field last season. Just last season, Wesleyan followed that win over Marywood with a 1-0 victory over Hamilton to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinal round for the first time in team history.
 
SUNY Geneseo (16-3, 9-0 Empire 8) heads into the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history and the third straight year overall. The Knights defeated Hartwick 2-0 on Saturday to take home a third straight Empire 8 Championship. Geneseo are winners of 12 straight games while the team sports an unblemished 9-0 record when playing away from home this season. The Knights sport the fifth-highest scoring offense in Division III, averaging 4.27 goals per game. Senior forward Ella Greico has 22 goals on the year, ranking inside the Top 10 in the nation in goals per game. Junior forward Ava Harman has 17 goals and 16 assists for 50 points in 19 games, currently the fifth-most assists per game in the nation. Halle Senfield (15 goals, six assists) and Aubree Wenner (11 goals, 10 assists) are both 30+ point scorers while senior goalkeeper Bridget Schafer has 36 wins as a two-year starter in cage and has a .746 save percentage and 0.99 goals against average while playing nearly 1,100 minutes this season.
 
The winner of the Wesleyan vs. Geneseo contest travels to the No. 2 overall seed in Middlebury for the NCAA Sweet 16 and Quarterfinal rounds over the weekend. Either Wesleyan or Geneseo will face the winner of Hamilton vs. Southern Maine in a neutral site game played at Middlebury on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 2 PM. The winner of the Babson vs. Union First Round game will face Middlebury on Saturday at 11 AM. The NCAA Elite 8 (Quarterfinal round) will be played on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 1 PM at Middlebury.
 
A total of 28 teams earned bids, 18 slots for automatic qualifiers and 10 at-large berths. Four semifinalists will advance to NCAA Championship Weekend which will be held at McCooey Field on the campus of William Smith in Geneva, New York on Nov. 20-22.
 
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