NCAA Women's Soccer Bracket Announced: Boston College Is In, Travels To Princeton Saturday Night

The NCAA women's soccer bracket was announced this afternoon and Boston College has made the field of 64, returning to the tournament after a brief absence last season.

The Eagles will travel to New Jersey to take on Princeton on Saturday night at 7 PM in their tournament opener. BC finished 11-6-2 on the season and #34 nationally in RPI, powered by leading scorers McKenzie Meehan and Hayley Dowd. Princeton should be a tough matchup for the Eagles; they finished 13-3-1, including an undefeated run to the Ivy League championship, and ended the season #31 in RPI. BC went 2-0 against Ivy League opponents this year, topping Harvard and Colombia.

A stout challenge awaits the winner of BC-Princeton, likely in the form of 4-seed USC, who hosts Cal State Fullerton in their first round game on Saturday afternoon. Southern Cal finished 14-5-1 in the regular season.

Should BC advance to the Sweet 16, their likely task would be to take down #5 in the nation UVA, who went 16-1-2 this season in the ACC and lost the conference title game to Florida State on penalty kicks.

As usual, the ACC is well-represented in the tournament field. 8 teams in total qualified for the tournament, including two #1 seeds, a #2 seed, three #3 seeds and a #4 seed. Last year, Florida State defeated UVA in an all-ACC national championship game.

Click here to see the entire printable bracket.