America’s top collegiate women’s soccer teams will go head-to-head with an eye to winning the 2024 NCAA DI Women’s Soccer Championship, which kicks off Friday with first-round games.

Reigning champion Florida State is one of several teams in action Friday, taking on Samford in their first-round series. North Carolina, the tournament’s most successful team with 22 titles, also begins play against USC Upstate on Friday, with first-round games continuing throughout the weekend.

The tournament will serve as a showcase for the top talent in the college game, many of whom aspire to turn pro. The elimination of the NWSL’s college draft means some of the NCAA’s best players won’t have to wait until January to find their next landing spot, should they choose the professional route. That includes San Diego Wave’s Trinity Byers, a U.S. youth international who became the first collegiate athlete to join an NWSL club in the league’s post-draft landscape. She played four seasons of collegiate soccer at Texas but will not compete in this year’s championship due to a season-ending knee injury.

Here’s what you need to know about this year’s NCAA DI Women’s Soccer Championship.

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First round

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All games will be streamed on ESPN+

Friday November 15

• No. 8 Utah St. vs. Washington, 4 p.m
• No. 7 Georgia vs. Colorado, 4:30 p.m
• No. 1 Florida St. vs. Samford, 5 p.m
• No. 1 Duke vs. Howard, 6 p.m
• No. 2 North Carolina vs. USC Upstate, 6 p.m
• No. 2 Wake Forest vs. Morehead St., 6 p.m
• No. 3 Ohio State vs. James Madison, 6 p.m
• No. 3 South Carolina vs. East Carolina, 6 p.m
• No. 3 Iowa vs. Missouri St., 7 p.m
• No. 4 Notre Dame vs. Milwaukee, 7 p.m
• No. 4 Texas vs. Boston U, 7 p.m
• No. 4 Virginia vs. Princeton, 7 p.m
• No. 5 Kentucky vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m
• No. 6 Auburn vs. FIU, 7 p.m
• No. 6 Minnesota vs. South Dakota St., 7 p.m
• No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m
• No. 2 Arkansas vs. Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m
• No. 5 TCU vs. SFA, 8 p.m
• No. 5 Wisconsin vs. Maine, 8 p.m
• No. 7 BYU vs. Santa Clara, 8 p.m
• No. 8 Saint Louis vs. Kansas, 8 p.m
• No. 8 Texas Tech vs. LSU, 8 p.m
• No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. Lipscomb, 8 p.m
• No. 2UCLA vs. California Baptist, 9 p.m
• No. 3 Stanford vs. UC Santa Barbara, 9 p.m

Saturday November 16th

• No. 5 Michigan St. vs. Western Michigan 12 p.m
• No. 6 Georgetown vs. Fairfield, 12 p.m
• No. 7 Pepperdine vs. California, 3 p.m
• No. 6 Rutgers vs. UConn, 5 p.m
• No. 1 Mississippi St. vs. Southern U., 6 p.m
• No. 4 Penn St. vs. Stony Brook, 6 p.m

Sunday November 17

• No. 1 Southern California vs. Sacramento St., 5 p.m

Second and third rounds

Friday November 22 and Saturday November 23

Quarterfinals

Friday November 29 and Saturday November 30

Semi-finals

Friday December 6

Final

Monday December 9

• TBD versus TBD, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)