Selection Monday has come and gone and Arizona soccer was left out of the NCAA Tournament field for the first time since 2016.
It’s not unexpected since the field was reduced from 64 teams to 48 this season due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a normal year, the Wildcats likely would have made it. They finished 9-5-1 overall and 4-5-1 in the Pac-12, good for eighth place in the ultra-competitive conference.
“It was definitely different in a transition year for us with 13 freshmen and Kyle (Venter) joining the staff full time, and Katie (Coleman) joining the staff full time,” head coach Tony Amato said Saturday.