BIG EAST Sends Three To NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Automatic qualifier Butler joined in the national tournament field by at-large picks Georgetown and St. John’s

Three BIG EAST women’s soccer teams’ seasons will continue as Butler, Georgetown and St. John’s all heard their names called during Monday’s NCAA Championship Selection Show. The Bulldogs earned the league’s automatic bid after winning the BIG EAST Championship yesterday at Creighton’s Morrison Stadium. St. John’s and Georgetown received at-large berths into the 64-team field and both will serve as First Round hosts. NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship First Round matches will take place Nov. 13-15 at campus sites.Just 24 hours after winning their first BIG EAST Championship, the Bulldogs learned where they would be playing their first NCAA Championship contest in program history.will travel to Ohio State to face a Buckeyes team which stands at 11-6-3 overall after falling to Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals as a No. 7 seed. After missing the cut last year, Ohio State is back in the NCAAs for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. No BIG EAST teams have faced the Buckeyes this season.Butler enters the NCAA Championship with a 16-6-1 record, including 6-3 in BIG EAST contests. Only one of the Bulldogs’ losses this season has been by more than one goal – a 4-1 setback at a then-nationally ranked Kentucky squad. Butler has won seven of its last eight, while its 16 victories in 2015 are a program record.earned an at-large bid for the third time following berths in 2009 and 2013. The Red Storm will host Patriot League Champion Boston University. The Terriers are making their third consecutive trip to the NCAAs. Marquette and Providence both faced BU during the regular season with the Golden Eagles winning 3-0 and the Friars falling 2-1.St. John’s is enjoying one of its most successful seasons in program history which included winning the BIG EAST regular-season title and claiming four of the league’s six major awards. St. John’s was upset in the BIG EAST Semifinals by eventual champion Butler, 2-1, but boasts program records for wins (15) and shutouts (12). Backed by the nation’s No. 2 goal scorer Rachel Daly, St. John’s is the only team in the league to not be shut out once this season. Two-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year Daly led the Red Storm to a 15-3-1 mark this season thanks in part to her 19 goals and 42 points. St. John’s is 1-1-1 all-time in the NCAA Championship, upsetting UCF in the 2013 First Round.earned an at-large invite for the fourth consecutive year and sixth time overall. The Hoyas will host Hofstra, which earned an at-large berth out of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Pride are 13-5-1 overall and are in the NCAAs for the first time since 2012. No BIG EAST teams have faced Hofstra this season.The Hoyas finished in a tie for second in the BIG EAST standings with 2014 champion DePaul, but had the tiebreaker with the Blue Demons to earn the No. 2 seed in last week’s BIG EAST Championship. GU was eliminated in the league tournament semis after Providence earned a 4-2 advantage in penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 draw. The Hoyas enter the NCAA Championship with an 11-5-3 overall record and went 6-1-2 in league contests. Georgetown played the seventh-most difficult non-conference schedule among all Division I teams at regular-season’s end, going 5-4 in those matches. The Hoyas are 4-5-2 in NCAA Championship matches, advancing to the Second Round last season after edging West Virginia in penalty kicks in the First Round.The BIG EAST extends its streak of multiple NCAA Championship berths to 21 straight seasons. At least three conference teams earned NCAA bids for the 17time in league history and first since 2013. BIG EAST teams are 129-74-18 (.624) in NCAA Championship play.