DANBURY, Conn.  - The NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Committee announced the field of 60 teams for the 2007 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship today and Western Connecticut State University was selected to host the first and second rounds at The Westside Athletic Complex on Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and 11. Game times will be determined early in the afternoon on Monday. (2007 NCAA BRACKET)

WestConn, 17-2-1 and recently crowned Little East Conference Champions will face Rowan University (14-4-0) on Saturday, while Endicott College (16-5-0) will take on SUNY Oneonta (17-3-1) 30 minutes following the first game. The winners of the first round meetings will meet on Sunday at The WAC, to see who moves on to the Sectionals the following weekend.

The Colonials won the Little East Conference Tournament this past Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Eastern Connecticut State University to earn an automatic berth into their seventh NCAA Tournament (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2006).

Junior forward Catherine Nathans (New Fairfield, Conn.) leads the team and Little East Conference with 14 goals and seven assist for 35 points. Nathans is followed by Kim Crayco (Bolton, Conn.) who has 12 goals and one assist for 25 points in her final campaign. LEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, sophomore midfielder Cassie Barbaresi (Bridgeport, Conn.) has seven goals an a team and LEC -high 11 assists on the year. In last week's LEC Tournament, Barbaresi scored both goals in Saturday's championship and assisted on the game-tying goal with 2:02 remaining in the Colonials' double-overtime semifinal win over Rhode Island College on Thursday.

Defensively, senior keeper Jenna Cappellieri (Stratford, Conn.) has a 0.59 goals against average and has made 80 saves in 20 outings. She has nine of the team's 14 shut outs. Shannon Cawley (Willimantic, Conn.) has appeared in five games and has allowed one goal over a stretch of 105 minutes.

The defense is bolstered by Caitlin Boyle (Brookfield, Conn.), Lindy Winchell (Wethersfield, Conn.), Amanda Genova (New Milford, Conn.) and Heather Garrity (Rocky Hill, Conn.) in the back third. WestConn has out shot its opponents 472-196 and have allowed just 89 shots on goal.

Ticket prices are set at: $6 for general admission; $4 for all students with validated identification, senior citizens and children 3-12 years of age.

NO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS will be made available for the two sessions.