BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The No. 7-ranked Illinois Wesleyan women's soccer team will square off with No. 23-ranked Wisconsin Whitewater for the second time this season at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Francis Field in St. Louis.

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The NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Sectional is being hosted by No. 4-ranked Washington U.-St. Louis, who will play No. 22-ranked Wartburg in the other sectional semifinal at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The winners will meet on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 1 p.m. for a berth in the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Final Four held December 4-5 at Swope Soccer Park in Kansas City, Mo.

Illinois Wesleyan is 20-2-0 this season and comes into Saturday's match winning their last two matches. In the season opener against the Warhawks, junior Emily Snider scored what would be the only goal of the game in the 15th minute while Freshman goalkeeper Katie Denney posted her first career shutout in a 1-0 win on Sept. 1. The win marked the first time that Illinois Wesleyan has beaten Wisconsin-Whitewater since the 2012 campaign, as the Titans lead the all-time series 5-2-1. Saturday will also mark the first time that Illinois Wesleyan has played an opponent on a neutral field.

The Titans have outscored opponents 62-8 this season and have allowed only one first-half goal. Senior forward Sydney Fox is IWU's leading scorer with 12 goals and 12 assists while senior forward Tess Bottorff has 10 goals including six game-winning goals. Junior Skyler Tomko has 21 points coming on 10 goals with one assist. Freshman goalkeeper Katie Denney has a 0.34 goals-against average and has made 50 saves with 10 shutouts.

Illinois Wesleyan has a 9-5-3 record all-time in the NCAA tournament including two wins last weekend. The Titans downed Westminster (Mo.) 7-0 before needing two overtimes to defeat Pomona-Pitzer 1-0. Illinois Wesleyan is looking for their second straight trip the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Final Four after having never advanced past the first weekend before last year.

Wisconsin-Whitewater (19-5) advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second time in school history with a pair of shutout wins over Carroll University (1-0) and Wheaton College (2-0) in Whitewater, Wis. The Warhawks have a 5-4-1 record in five NCAA appearances, and are seeking their first Final Four appearance.

WASHINGTON U.: Illinois Wesleyan has a 5-10-3 record historically against Washington U. and the Bears have won five straight against the Titans including a 1-0 decision in St. Louis on Sept. 19 ... The last IWU win over Washington U. was in 2010 and 15 of the last 18 matches between the two squads have been decided by one goal or fewer ... WashU has a 26-12-6 (.659) overall record in 15 NCAA tournament appearances ...WashU (18-2) advanced to Sectional play for the 11^th time in school history after posting wins over York College (4-0) and Denison University (1-0) in Granville, Ohio ... The Bears have won six-straight contests, and have allowed just one goal in the last 10 games ... WashU is making its 10^th-consecutive and 15^th overall appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament ... The Bears have a 26-12-6 (.659) record in NCAA Tournament play with a pair of Final Four appearances in 1997 and 2009.

WARTBURG: Illinois Wesleyan and Wartburg have never met in women's soccer ... The Knights (15-4-3) punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 with a 1-0 win over the College of St. Scholastica and a 5-4 shootout win over No. 13 University of Puget Sound in Waverly, Iowa ... This marks the first appearance in Sectional play since 2007, and second all-time in program history ... Wartburg has a 4-3-3 record in five NCAA appearances, and is seeking its first trip to the Final Four ... Wartburg and Washington U. met earlier this season with the Bears claiming a 2-1 victory on Sept. 12 in St. Louis.

NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES: Nine of the top-10 ranked teams still remain in the bracket. Trinity Texas (No. 2) was upset last weekend by Hardin-Simmons 2-0 ...  Of the top 15 ranked teams in the NSCAA Top 25 poll, 11 of them still remain ... Hardin-Simmons is the only team still remaining that is not ranked in the NSCAA Top 25 Poll (ranked No. 27) ... The four sectional hosts (Messiah, William Smith, Washington U. and Carnegie Mellon) are ranked 1, 3, 4 and 5 ... Three schools that Illinois Wesleyan has played this year are still in the tournament, with two of the schools (Wisconsin-Whitewater and Washington U.) in the same sectional as IWU. Calvin, who IWU beat 1-0 on Sept. 4, plays sectional host Carnegie Mellon ...