NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced the bracket for the league’s 2026 Sun Belt Women’s Soccer Championship on Sunday evening.
The tournament will be contested November 9-14 at the Foley Sports Tourism Complex in Foley, Ala., marking the 11th-consecutive year the women’s soccer championship will be conducted at the site. Each of the tournament’s seven matches will be broadcast on ESPN+.
James Madison claimed the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed in a tiebreaker over Old Dominion after both teams accumulated 23 points in the conference standings as regular season co-champions. The title is the Dukes’ second in the last three seasons after winning it outright in 2024 before going on to win the tournament championship that year. They will take on No. 8 seed Southern Miss in the first round.
Earning a share of its first Sun Belt regular season title, Old Dominion secured the tournament’s No. 2 overall seed for the second year in a row. The Monarchs won the Sun Belt’s tournament championship in back-to-back seasons in their first two seasons in the conference in 2022 and 2023 and have reached the semifinals each of the last two years. They will face No. 7 seed Marshall in the first round.
App State locked up the No. 3 seed in the Sun Belt Championship with 20 points in the conference standings, which marks the program’s highest position in the tournament draw in program history. The Mountaineers will take on No. 6 seed Louisiana in the first round.
Georgia State earned the No. 4 seed as the winner of a three-way tiebreaker with South Alabama and Louisiana at 17 points, respectively, in the standings. The Panthers and will face No. 5 seed South Alabama in the first round.
2026 Sun Belt Women’s Soccer Championship Schedule
Quarterfinals – Monday, November 9
Match 1 – (3) App State vs. (6) Louisiana, 11 a.m. CT
Match 2 – (2) Old Dominion vs. (7) Marshall, 1:30 p.m. CT
Match 3 – (4) Georgia State vs. (5) South Alabama, 4:30 p.m. CT
Match 4 – (1) James Madison vs. (8) Southern Miss , 7 p.m. CT
Semifinals – Wednesday, November 11
Match 5 – Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 4 p.m. CT
Match 6 – Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 7 p.m. CT
Championship – Saturday, November 14
Match 7 – Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 7 p.m. CT