LOGAN, Utah – After winning the Mountain West Soccer Tournament for the third-straight season to secure an automatic postseason bid, Utah State learned its NCAA Tournament fate on Monday. The Aggies, heading to the fifth NCAA Tournament in program history, will travel to Provo, Utah, to face five-seed BYU on Friday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m.
“We’re really excited about getting the opportunity to go into the tournament,” said Utah State head coach Manny Martins. “It’s been a long season filled with adversity, but I’m really proud of the group for showing resilience. To get the automatic bid is nice, and going down to BYU, it’s a good rivalry we have created here in the last few years. It’s going to be a tough game, but I think it’s going to be a tough game for both teams. It’s exciting, and it’s going to be great for the state.”
Utah State enters the postseason with a 10-6-6 overall record. The Aggies three-peated as Mountain West Tournament champions, after going 5-2-3 in conference play to earn the three-seed, then taking down New Mexico, Air Force and Boise State en route to the title. USU lost just one of its final 10 games of the season, and outscored its opponents by a combined margin of 26-8 during that span.
BYU earned a five-seed in the tournament after going 11-6-4 overall this year, then winning the Big 12 Tournament title. The Cougars defeated No. 5 TCU, No. 23 Baylor and Kansas in the league tournament.
This will be the second time in the past three seasons that Utah State and BYU will meet in the postseason, after playing in Provo in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, a 2-0 win for the Cougars. All-time, USU is 3-15-1 against BYU, but all three wins have come in the past four seasons under head coach Manny Martins.
Second and third rounds for the tournament will be played Nov. 20 and 23, with the quarterfinal round on Nov. 28 or 29. The 2025 Women’s College Cup will take place Dec. 5 and 8, at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
