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The NCAA News -- November 9, 1998

Division III Women's Soccer

Field: A 40-team bracket will be selected for the championship.

Dates and sites: Sixteen first-round games will be conducted on campus sites November 4. Eight four-team regionals will be played November 7-8. The winners will advance to the quarterfinals at campus sites November 14 or 15. The semifinals and final will be played on campus site of a participating institution November 21-22.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915). The request numbers are 1461 for bracket/schedule, 5153 for semifinal results and 5154 for championship-match results. Championship results will appear in the December 7 issue of The NCAA News.

Championship notes: UC San Diego has won the championship the past three years and has won four titles overall in the 12-year history of the tournament .... The College of New Jersey, Ithaca and Rochester have won two championships each .... Total attendance records at the championship have been broken the past four years. Last year's total championship attendance reached a record 9,774 .... Three of the past nine championship games have played into overtime .... UC San Diego is the only school to have been selected to all 12 championship fields.