INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The St. Olaf College men's soccer team will host a four-team regional in the first and second rounds of the 2024 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship, as the 64-team field for the national tournament was announced on Monday afternoon by the NCAA Selection Committee.

St. Olaf (14-4-3) earned the right to host the first two rounds at Rolf Mellby Field after winning the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Playoffs for the unprecedented third season in a row. The Oles will host American Rivers Conference Tournament champion Wartburg College (11-4-4) on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m.

The other first-round matchup will feature Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament champion UW-Superior (17-3-2) against College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) at-large qualifier North Park University (13-2-5) at 1:30 p.m. The winners of Saturday's first-round games will meet on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. for a spot in the sectional rounds.

St. Olaf will be making the 11th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history (1984, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) and will host on opening weekend for the fourth time (1999, 2021, 2023, 2024). A full preview of the four-team pod will be posted later this week.