Dartmouth clinched at least a share of the Ivy League women's soccer championship, one of five universities to claim regular-season conference titles on Saturday.
Christina Ferraris' overtime goal lifted the Big Green past Harvard, 2-1, at Cambridge, Mass., securing the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. A win or tie at home against Cornell on Nov. 9 would give Dartmouth the outright Ivy title. Princeton would earn a share of the crown with a victory next Saturday over Penn and a Cornell victory.
Dartmouth is the first school to earn a berth in the 64-team NCAA tournament. Brackets will be announced Nov. 10.
The Ivy League is one of three Division I conferences, along with the Pacific 10 and West Coast, that selects its NCAA qualifier through regular-season play. The other 26 conferences with automatic NCAA bids rely on postseason tournaments to determine their NCAA entrants.
Navy, Weber State, Coastal Carolina and Liberty also earned conference titles on Saturday, and Boston University and Utah completed title runs that earlier had gained them at least a share of their conferences' championships.
Navy got two goals from Meggie Curran and three assists from Stacy Finley to blast Bucknell, 4-0, and clinch a share of the Patriot League championship. American University can grab a piece of the title — along with the right to play host to the conference tournament — with a victory Sunday over Army.
Lindsay McFarland's overtime goal lifted Weber State past visiting Northern Arizona, 1-0, in a showdown for the Big Sky Conference title played in snow flurries and 30-degree temperatures. Northern Arizona would have won the championship had the match ended in a draw.
Coastal Carolina shared the Big South title with Liberty after settling for a 1-1 tie with last-place Charleston Southern. UNC Asheville also could have earned a piece of the crown with a victory Saturday over seventh-place Birmingham Southern, but the Bulldogs were beaten, 3-2. Liberty, which finished its Big South schedule on Monday, is the top seed for the conference tournament next week in High Point, N.C.
No. 14 Utah won the Mountain West Conference title outright by beating No. 16 Brigham Young, 1-0, in Provo, Utah, on Amanda Feigt's overtime goal. The Utes last week clinched a tie for the title; they would have shared it with BYU had the Cougars won.
Boston University, which last week clinched a tie for the America East Conference crown, claimed the title outright with a 4-0 romp over visiting Binghamton as Lauren Ciccone scored two goals.
Regular-season titles have been determined in the following conferences:
America East: Boston University
Atlantic Coast: North Carolina
Atlantic Sun: Florida Atlantic and Central Florida
Big East: Notre Dame in the Mid-Atlantic Division, Connecticut in the Northeast Division
Big Sky: Weber State
Big Ten: Penn State
Big 12: Colorado
Big West: Cal Poly
Colonial Athletic Association: Hofstra
Conference USA: UAB
Horizon League: UW Milwaukee
Ivy League: Dartmouth has clinched a tie, will win outright with a win or tie Nov. 9 against Cornell or Princeton's failure to beat Penn on Nov. 8
Metro Atlantic Athletic: Loyola, Md., has clinched a tie, will win outright with a win or tie Sunday at Niagara
Mid-American: Eastern Michigan and Kent State
Mid-Continent: Oakland
Missouri Valley: Drake and Illinois State
Mountain West: Utah
Northeast: Central Connecticut State
Ohio Valley: Samford
Patriot League: Navy has clinched a tie; American will earn a tie with a win Sunday over Army
Southeastern: Tennessee wins the overall and Eastern Division titles; Auburn wins the Western Division
Southern: Furman
Southland: Southeastern Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic: Grambling State in the West Division, Alabama A&M in the East Division
Sun Belt: Denver
Western Athletic: SMU and Hawaii
Conference tournaments (with teams that have qualified):
America East: Six teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at top seed (Boston U., Maine, Hartford, Northeastern, New Hampshire).
Atlantic Coast: Eight teams, Nov. 5, 7 and 9 at Cary, N.C. (all teams).
Atlantic Sun: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Florida Atlantic (Florida Atlantic, Central Florida, Campbell, Georgia State, Gardner-Webb, Stetson).
Atlantic-10: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Richmond (Richmond, Dayton, Fordham, Rhode Island, Xavier).
Big East: Eight teams, Nov. 2 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at Rutgers (Connecticut, Boston College, St. John's, Miami, Fla., Notre Dame, West Virginia, Rutgers, Villanova).
Big Sky: Four teams, Nov. 6 and 8 at Weber State (Weber State, Northern Arizona, Idaho State).
Big South: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 8 at High Point (all teams).
Big Ten: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Wisconsin (Penn State, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin).
Big 12: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at San Antonio (Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri).
Big West: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Cal State Fullerton (Cal Poly).
Colonial Athletic Association: Six teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at Hofstra (Hofstra, Virginia Commonwealth, Delaware, William & Mary, James Madison, George Mason).
Conference USA: Eight teams, Nov. 5, 6 and 8 at Charlotte (UAB, Marquette, DePaul, South Florida, Tulane, TCU, Saint Louis, Charlotte).
Horizon: Seven teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Loyola-Chicago (all teams).
Metro Atlantic Athletic: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Rider (Loyola, Md., Niagara).
Mid-American: Eight teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at top remaining seed (Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Western Michigan, Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Ohio U., Bowling Green).
Mid-Continent: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Oral Roberts (Oakland, Oral Roberts, Centenary).
Missouri Valley: Six teams, Nov. 2 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at St. Louis (Drake, Illinois State, Southwest Missouri State, Northern Iowa, Creighton, Drury).
Mountain West: Seven teams, Nov. 5, 6 and 8 at Utah (all teams).
Northeast: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Robert Morris (Central Connecticut State, Sacred Heart, Monmouth).
Ohio Valley: Six teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at Samford (Samford, Eastern Illinois, Jacksonville State, UT Martin, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee Tech).
Patriot League: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at top seed (Navy, American, Colgate).
Southeastern:Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Orange Beach, Ala. (Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Mississippi).
Southern: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at UNC Greensboro (Furman, UNC Greensboro, East Tennessee State, College of Charleston, Chattanooga, Wofford).
Southland: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Northwestern State (Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Northwestern State, Texas State, UL Monroe, McNeese State).
Southwestern Athletic: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Alabama A&M, no automatic NCAA bid (Alabama A&M, Mississippi Valley State, Grambling State, Prairie View A&M).
Sun Belt: Eight teams, Nov. 5, 6 and 8 at Western Kentucky (Denver, North Texas, Middle Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, South Alabama).
Western Athletic: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 8 at SMU (SMU, Hawaii, Rice, UTEP, Fresno State, Boise State).
NCAA QUALIFIERS
Ivy League: Dartmouth