GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Headlined by a pair of No. 1 seeds, 10 Atlantic Coast Conference women’s soccer teams were selected to the 2022 NCAA Championship, announced Monday. The ACC’s 10 teams are the most of any league.
 
The ACC has placed a team in the Women’s College Cup in 39 of the past 40 NCAA Tournaments and in each of the past 17. Current ACC membership combines for 27 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championships.
 
After winning its second consecutive ACC Championship on Sunday, Florida State is the tournament’s overall No. 1 seed, while Notre Dame received one of the three other No. 1 seeds. North Carolina, which finished as the tournament runner-up on Sunday, joined Duke as No. 2 seeds. Virginia gained a No. 3 seed, while Pitt earned a No. 4 seed in its first-evet trip to the NCAA Tournament. Clemson received a No. 5 seed and NC State rounded out the first-round home matches by earning a No. 8 seed.
 
Virginia Tech and Wake Forest also earned berths and will play on the road in the first round.
 
The Seminoles (13-2-3), making their 23rd overall NCAA appearance after coming off their national title run a season ago, host FGCU (12-5-2) on Friday at 5 p.m.
 
The Fighting Irish (14-2-3) welcome Omaha (7-8-6) to South Bend in their first-round matchup on Saturday at 2 p.m. Notre Dame is appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the 28th time.
 
North Carolina (15-4-1), the only team that has appeared in all 41 NCAA Tournaments, hosts Old Dominion (9-8-3) on Saturday at 7 p.m., while the Blue Devils (12-4-3), who are making their 28th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, welcome Radford (12-3-4) at a time and date to be announced.
 
Virginia (13-3-3) is in the field for the 35th time and will take on Fairleigh Dickinson (8-10-3) in its first-round matchup. Friday’s kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m.
 
Pitt (12-4-3) will see it historical run to the NCAA Tournament continue Saturday when it hosts Buffalo (15-1-4) at 7 p.m.
 
Making its 23rd appearance, Clemson (8-4-5) will take on Vanderbilt (11-4-4) at home on Friday at 3 p.m., and NC State (7-7-5) will host UCF (9-2-5) for its 17th NCAA appearance. A date and time is to be determined.
 
Virginia Tech (10-6-2) hits the road to West Virginia (10-4-7) for a 1 p.m. kickoff on Sunday, and Wake Forest (9-6-3) travels to South Carolina (13-3-5) on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Hokies are in the field for the 12th time and the Demon Deacons are making their 22nd appearance.
 
First-round action will be played November 11-13, while the second and third rounds will be held November 18 and 20, with the quarterfinals on November 25 or 26. This 41st annual NCAA Women’s College Cup will be played Dec. 2 and 5 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.
 
The first national semifinal will be played and broadcast live on ESPNU at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, followed by the second semifinal beginning at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET live on ESPNU.
 
The national championship match will take place at 6 p.m. ET Monday, Dec. 5 and will be broadcast live on ESPNU.