BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College men's soccer team has secured the sixth seed for the 2021 New England Small College Athletic Conference Tournament and will play at third-seeded Tufts in the quarterfinals on Saturday, October 30 at noon. It will be the second meeting in five days between the teams, who played to a 1-1 deadlock in the regular season finale on Tuesday afternoon.
Quarterfinal action begins on Saturday on the campuses of the higher seeds. The four quarterfinal winners will square off in the semifinal round on Saturday, November 6 at the highest remaining seed, and the championship game is set for Sunday, November 7 at the site of the semifinal matches.
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#6 Bowdoin Polar Bears
2021 Record: 9-4-2 (14 pts. / 4-4-2 NESCAC)
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 19
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 4 (last: 2015)
NESCAC Titles Won: 2 (back-to-back 2014 & 2015)
Notes: Bowdoin is the No. 6 seed for the first time since 2015 and will travel to No. 3 Tufts in a rematch of the regular-season finale that resulted in a 1-1 draw on October 26 … Bowdoin is 2-1-1 against Tufts in the NESCAC Championship, having won the last meeting between the two teams in the 2016 quarterfinals … The Polar Bears have qualified for the NESCAC postseason 19 times in 21 years … Bowdoin's last quarterfinal win came in 2017 … The Polar Bears won back-to-back NESCAC titles in 2014 and 2015.
#3 Tufts Jumbos
2021 Record: 10-1-3 (21 pts. / 6-1-3 NESCAC)
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 19
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 2 (last: 2019)
NESCAC Titles Won: 2 (2017 & 2019)
Notes: 2019 NESCAC Champion … The Jumbos are the No. 3 seed for the first time since 2015 … Tufts will host a quarterfinal game for the ninth consecutive year when it meets No. 6 Bowdoin in a rematch of the regular-season finale on October 26 when the teams played to a 1-1 draw … Tufts is 1-2-1 against Bowdoin in the NESCAC Championship … The Jumbos fell, 2-1, in the 2016 quarterfinals when they last met in the NESCAC Tournament … The Jumbos have advanced to the semifinals twice in the last three years and four times overall … Tufts owns a 6-0-0 mark on its home field in 2021.
