
Tufts players celebrate after winning a penalty kick shootout. (Tufts Athletics)
And then four Division 3 men’s soccer teams from New England were left standing.
The NCAA tournament’s 64-team field has been whittled down to its third-round stage, with this past weekend ending the 2021 season for the majority of those who booked a ticket to the big dance.
That crop featured 10 teams from the region, including four NESCACs. Unsurprisingly, that quartet from the country’s top D3 soccer conference is still kicking.
Here’s your New England-centric breakdown of who’s left and who’s out of the national tournament, with local hopes still alive of silverware getting raised come Dec. 4 in Greensboro, North Carolina.