User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2017 USC Women's Silver Cup
The 2017 USC Women's Silver Cup was the inagural edition of the USC Women's Silver Cup, a postseason tournament for teams that do not qualify for the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament. Thirty-two teams qualify for the tournament, including automatic berths from teams who did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament, but won their conference regular season title.
Participants
[edit]Automatic qualifiers
[edit]The following 10 teams were guaranteed berths into the 2017 Silver Cup field when they failed to receive an at-large NCAA bid by virtue of having won their respective conference's regular season championship and failing to win their conference tournaments.
| Team | Conference | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | Ohio Valley | 1st | Never |
| Illinois State | Missouri Valley | 14th | 2015 |
| Monmouth | Metro Atlantic | 2nd | 2016 |
| Oakland | Horizon | 1st | Never |
| South Dakota | Summit | 1st | Never |
| UNC Greensboro | Southern | 2nd | 2002 |
| UT Arlington | Sun Belt | 3rd | 2012 |
| Akron | MAC | 7th | 2016 |
| UC Irvine | Big West | 6th | 2014 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | WAC | 1st | Never |