DENVER, Colo. – The post season is here, and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference released the bracket for the 2026 RMAC Women's Soccer Championship this Wednesday and the field is set for this year's tournament with No. 16 in the nation, Regis to serve as host for the first time since 2017.
The Rangers will host the semifinals and championship game of the tournament at the Regis Turf Fields with them being the No. 1 seed in the tournament out of eight total schools.
In the rest of the field, UCCS earned the No. 2 seed, Colorado School of Mines earned the No. 3 seed and Colorado Mesa earned the No. 4 seed.
Fort Lewis comes in at the five seed with Black Hills State as the No. 6 seed. This is Black Hills State's first ever appearance in the RMAC Tournament as well.
The final two teams are Westminster as the seven seed and Colorado Christian as the eight seed.
The Rangers earn the honor of being the top seed this year after going 15-2-1 (11-0-1 RMAC) this season while claiming its seventh RMAC Regular Season Championship in school history. Their undefeated record in conference play is also just the third time this has been achieved in school history.
Regis has qualified for the RMAC Tournament every year since 1999 as well, being crowned the champs in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2010. The last time they won both the regular season title and the tournament title in the same season was 2001.
Regis will face off with the winner of No. 4 Colorado Mesa and No. 5 Fort Lewis in their first-round semifinals game next Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 1 P.M. with them earning a bid past the quarterfinals as the top seeded team.
The championship game will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 4 P.M. to follow.
The winner of the tournament will claim the conference tournament championship and earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament which begins on Nov. 12.
The top six teams from the South Central Region will make the NCAA Tournament with an automatic bid coming from both conference tournament winners (the other being the Lonestar Conference) and the rest earning at large bids.
Below is breakdown of all the accolades achieved this season with more still to come depending on how the rest of the postseason plays out.
- RMAC Regular Season Champions for the first time since 2017; seventh in program history
- Captured an undefeated RMAC record (11-0-1) for the first time since 2017 and just third time in program history
- Recorded a 13-game winning streak this season which was the longest one in all of Division II
- Eight RMAC Player of the Week honors on the season
- Maggie Payne earned RMAC Goalkeeper of the Week five times which is a new program record for a player in a single season
- Fernanda Rodriguez was a one-time RMAC Offensive Player of the Week
- Brielle Bickham and Brooklyn Bailey were one-time RMAC Defensive Players of the Week
- Finished the regular season with No. 1 ranked defense in the conference only giving up nine goals
- Ranked in the top three of RMAC offenses as well with 39 total goals scored
- 11 shutouts this season currently ties for second most in program history
- Fernanda Rodriguez's 17 goals are currently tied for fifth most in a single season in program history
- Maggie Payne's 84 saves are currently seventh most in program history; her .923 save percentage is currently second best in program history right now; her 0.46 Goals Against Average is currently second best in program history
- The team's current No. 16 rank in the nation for the IWSOC Polls is the highest rank the Rangers have been since 2008
Tickets for all RMAC Championships are available at RMACSports.org/tickets.
All RMAC Championship events, including all seven women's soccer championship matches, will be broadcast on the RMAC Network. All RMAC Championship broadcasts are included in annual and monthly subscriptions. Individual matches are available on a pay-per-view basis for $10 per match.
For more information the bracket is attached below or, click here
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First Round | Friday, Oct. 30 | Campus Sites of Highest Seeds
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Match 1: #7 Westminster vs. #8 Colorado Christian
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6 p.m.
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Quarterfinals | Sunday, Nov. 1 | Campus Sites of Highest Seeds
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Match 2: #4 Colorado Mesa vs. #5 Fort Lewis
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1 p.m.
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Match 3: #2 UCCS vs. Winner of Match 1
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12 p.m.
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Match 4: #3 Colorado School of Mines vs. #6 Black Hills State
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12 p.m.
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Semifinals | Wednesday, Nov. 4 | Regis Turf Fields; Denver, Colorado
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Match 5: #1 Regis vs. Winner of Match 2
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1 p.m.
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Match 6: Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4
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4 p.m.
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Championship | Saturday, Nov. 7 | Regis Turf Fields; Denver, Colorado
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Match 7: Winner of Match 6 vs. Winner of Match 5
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4 p.m.
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