Hamilton College hosts the first and second rounds of the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship at Love Field in Clinton, N.Y., on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15.
 
The Continentals take on the Allegheny College Gators in Saturday's opener at 11 a.m. followed by the Denison University Big Red and the SUNY Plattsburgh Cardinals at 1:30 p.m. The winners meet on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Hamilton and Allegheny have never played each other. The Continentals aim to move on to the second round for the fifth time. Here's a glance at the four teams that will converge on College Hill this weekend.
 
Records
Hamilton: 7-4-5 overall (3-4-3 in New England Small College Athletic Conference, tie for sixth place)
Allegheny: 12-6-2 overall (8-2-1 in Presidents' Athletic Conference, second place)
Denison: 12-1-6 overall (6-0-2 in North Coast Athletic Conference, second place)
Plattsburgh: 11-3-4 overall (7-0-1 in State University of New York Athletic Conference, first place in East Division)
 
Rankings
Hamilton: No. 15 in November 10 United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 poll and No. 6 in November 8 NCAA Power Index
Allegheny: No. 152 in November 8 NCAA Power Index
Denison: No. 19 in November 10 United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 poll and No. 23 in November 8 NCAA Power Index
Plattsburgh: No. 51 in November 8 NCAA Power Index
 
How They Got Here
Hamilton: NCAA at-large selection
Allegheny: Automatic NCAA bid for winning the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament
Denison: Automatic NCAA bid for winning the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament
Plattsburgh: Automatic NCAA bid for winning the State University of New York Athletic Conference Tournament
 
NCAA History
Hamilton: Sixth appearance, 3-4-2 record in NCAA Championship (2000, 2004, 2006-07, 2024)
Allegheny: Second appearance, 0-1-2 record in NCAA Championship (2004)
Denison: 14^th appearance, 6-13-0 record in NCAA Championship (1974, 1978-79, 1981-83, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2021, 2023-25)
Plattsburgh: 13th appearance, 5-9-5 record in NCAA Championship (1981, 1992-94, 1998-2000, 2005, 2009-10, 2013, 2015)
 
Head Coaches
Hamilton: Brendan Ujvary, second season, 14-9-8 record
Allegheny: John Lichina, fifth season, 39-44-14 record
Denison: Brandon Bianco, sixth season at Denison, 76-21-23 record (137-68-44 in 13 seasons overall)
Plattsburgh: Chris Taylor, ninth season at Plattsburgh, 72-43-27 record (99-78-34 in 13 seasons overall)
 
Team Stats
Hamilton: 1.19 goals/game; 1.00 goals allowed/game; 13.6 shots/game; 12.1 shots allowed/game; 89 corner kicks; 74 corner kicks allowed
Allegheny: 2.35 goals/game; 1.55 goals allowed/game; 17.5 shots/game; 12.8 shots allowed/game; 108 corner kicks; 81 corner kicks allowed
Denison: 1.42 goals/game; 0.63 goals allowed/game; 12.3 shots/game; 8.6 shots allowed/game; 122 corner kicks; 69 corner kicks allowed
Plattsburgh: 2.22 goals/game; 0.72 goals allowed/game; 15.2 shots/game; 10.3 shots allowed/game; 128 penalty corners; 49 corner kicks allowed
 
Individual Stat Leaders
Hamilton: Troy Miller '28 (M/F, 6-1, 10G-2A-22P); Zach Tracy '28 (M, 6-0, 2G-2A-6P)
Allegheny: Will Gruca (Sr., M, 5-11, 12G-6A-30P); Cole Bowser (Sr., M, 5-11, 7G-3A-17P); Arthur Every (Jr., M, 5-10, 5G-4A-14P); Ben Keefer (Jr., M, 6-3, 2G-6A-10P)
Denison: Jack Rice (Sr., F, 6-1, 5G-4A-14P); Colin MacDonald (Jr., M, 5-10, 6G-0A-12P)
Plattsburgh: Xavier Kamba (Sr., F, 5-9, 9G-9A-27P); Tristan Laundree (Sr., F, 6-0, 7G-8A-22P); Robbie Kapovic (So., F, 6-3, 4G-2A-10P)
 
The Goalkeepers
Hamilton: Tobin Walsh '29 (6-3, 8 starts, 4-1-4 record, 0.69 GAA, .806 save pct., 3 shutouts)
Allegheny: Haylee Romasco (Jr., 5-10, 15 starts, 7-6-2 record, 1.67 GAA, .695 save pct., 3 shutouts)
Denison: Alex Provost (So., 6-2, 15 starts, 8-1-5 record, 0.60 GAA, .833 save pct., 7 shutouts)
Plattsburgh: Matthew D'Ippolito (Jr., 6-0, 18 starts, 11-3-4 record, 0.73 GAA, .841 save pct., 8 shutouts)
 
Notes
Hamilton: Unbeaten in its last six matches at 4-0-2…Continentals are hosting the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship for the first time since 2000…Troy Miller '28 has scored 10 of Hamilton's 19 goals…Brendan Ujvary was an assistant coach for the Continentals from 2015 to 2024.
Allegheny: Unbeaten in its last 12 matches at 10-0-2…Will Gruca is the leader in goals (12) and points (30) out of the four teams here this weekend and was named his conference's Offensive Player of the Year…Gruca is tied for third in assists and is fifth all-time in points in team history…The Gators won their first conference tournament title since 1978.
Denison: Rolls into NCAAs on a seven-match win streak…The Big Red's lone loss was on September 19 at Centre College, 2-0…Kaden Kist was named his conference's Defensive Player of the Year…Denison is in the national tournament for the fourth straight year…Colin MacDonald scored the golden goal in overtime in the conference tournament semifinals.
Plattsburgh: Unbeaten in its last 13 matches at 9-0-4 and hasn't lost since September 12…Xavier Kamba was named his conference's Offensive Athlete of the Year…Coaching staff honored as the conference's Coaching Staff of the Year…The Cardinals and Hamilton played to a 1-1 draw in a 2000 NCAA regional semifinal.