HOUSTON – The University of St. Thomas women's soccer team is headed to Round Rock with its highest seed yet. The Celts earned the No. 2 seed in the 2026 SCAC Women's Soccer Tournament and a first-round bye, the conference announced Sunday.

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UST finished conference play 4-2-2 with 14 points, tied with LeTourneau for second place. The Celts took the tiebreaker by beating the YellowJackets 4-0 on October 23. The No. 2 seed is a step up from last season, when UST entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed.

This is only the third SCAC Tournament appearance in program history, and the second straight year the Celts have qualified as a top-three seed. UST went 6-7-4 overall against a demanding schedule that has prepared it for postseason soccer.

The bye sends the Celts straight to the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 6, at Round Rock Multipurpose Complex. UST will face the winner of Thursday's quarterfinal between No. 3 LeTourneau and No. 6 Ozarks (Ark.), which means a rematch with the team it shut out two weeks ago is possible.

The stakes are high. The SCAC champion earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship, so the Celts are two wins from a national tournament berth.

Top-seeded Texas Lutheran (8-0-0 SCAC) leads the other side of the bracket. The Bulldogs will face the winner of No. 4 Concordia (Texas) and No. 5 Austin College in Friday's first semifinal. The championship match is set for Sunday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. CT.

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UST opens SCAC Tournament play in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 6, in Round Rock, Texas.