Beavers on outside looking in at NCAA Tournament following selection show

BEMIDJI — After the Bemidji State women’s soccer team lost in the NSIC Tournament championship game against top-seeded Minnesota State, the Beavers looked to be the last team in an at-large postseason position. However, after the final calculations in the National Power Index (NPI), the Beavers fell to 10th and were knocked out of the Central Region Tournament, revealed on Monday during the NCAA Division II Selection Show. In Sunday’s NSIC final, seventh-seeded BSU lost to Minnesota State 1-0 at The Pitch in Mankato. A win would’ve secured an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. At-large teams are decided by the NPI rankings. The winners of the NSIC, Great American Conference and Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association receive automatic bids, while the next five teams from those three conferences with the highest NPI rankings earn at-large bids.

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