SALEM, Va. – The No. 11-ranked St. Olaf College men's soccer team will face No. 13-ranked Amherst College in the championship game of the 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship on Sunday, Dec. 3 at Kerr Stadium in Salem, Va.

In its first appearance in the national semifinals, St. Olaf (19-3-3) broke a 1-1 tie with a pair of goals in the final 20 minutes to claim a 3-1 victory over Washington College (Md.) on Sunday to advance to the national championship game. In the second game of the day, Amherst (17-2-4) got past Washington & Lee University in penalty kicks, 2-0, following a 2-2 tie. Kickoff between the Oles and Mammoths is set for 11 a.m. CST on Sunday.

Tickets are available on day passes and all-tournament passes. Day passes are $15 for adult general admission and $10 for students/senior citizens. All-tournament passes are $25 for adult general admission and $17 for students/senior citizens. The primary spectator parking location is the lot on High Street with supplementary parking in the Bast Center lot, 310 N. Market Street. Signs will be posted in the area directing you to available parking. 

Live video and live statistics will be available for those unable to make the trip to Virginia. Members of the St. Olaf community are invited to attend a watch party in Tomson Hall 280 beginning at 10:45 a.m.

Sunday's game will mark the first time a St. Olaf team has played in a national championship game, while Amherst, which won the national title in 2015, is in the championship game for the third time in four seasons and the fourth time overall (2015, 2019, 2021, 2023). It will also be just the second time a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) program has played for a national championship in men's soccer, as Gustavus Adolphus College reached the title game in 2005 but fell, 1-0, to Messiah University (Pa.).

In addition to Sunday's game being the first-ever meeting between the two programs, St. Olaf has never previously faced a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) foe. The Oles, who are riding a program-record 21-game unbeaten streak (18-0-3), are trying to become the Western-most program to win the NCAA Division III men's soccer national title since Trinity University (Texas) in 2003.