Middlebury midfielder Liam Sloan sends in a cross. (Will Costello)
After this coming weekend, Final Four tickets in the Division 3 men's soccer NCAA tournament will be punched.
But sectional rounds, starting with Sweet 16 games, first have to unfold. And there's a distinct possibility that two programs from New England will be marching to Greensboro, North Carolina in early December.
Both Amherst and Tufts are hosting on Saturday, and they respectively could end up facing Middlebury and Connecticut College in the Elite Eight. The NESCAC, yet again, is thrust into the national spotlight.
As room for error decreases, here's what awaits across New England's D3 landscape.
