WASHINGTON -- The Atlantic 10 had four teams selected for the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament, it was announced Monday, tied for the most the conference has ever had.

Dayton, the Atlantic 10 Champions, are the No. 5 seed nationally and earned a bye into the Second Round on Sunday, November 24. Massachusetts and Saint Louis will both host First Round games on Thursday, while Fordham will hit the road for a First Round Matchup.

This ties the most teams the A-10 has ever put in the Men's Soccer field. The conference also had four in 2012 when Saint Louis, VCU, Charlotte and Xavier all made the field.

No. 5 Dayton, who won the Atlantic 10 Championship on Sunday, earned the league's automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. It is UD's sixth A-10 tournament championship and 10th overall title. UD will take on the winner of Michigan and Robert Morris on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. ET, who play Thursday night in Ann Arbor, Mich. Dayton sits at 13-2-3 overall this year and went 5-1-2 in A-10 play. The Flyers are currently on an eight-game winning streak and are 6-2 at Baujan Field this year.

Massachusetts will host Evansville at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday in the First Round with the winner traveling to No. 6 Penn on Sunday. This marks the Minutemen's first NCAA Touanament appearance since 2021. UMass stands at 10-3-5 on the season.

Saint Louis will host Kansas City at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday in the First Round with the winner traveling to No. 15 Missouri State on Sunday. The Billikens have now made the tournament in three of the past four seasons and have won a game in its last three trips to the tournament. Saint Louis stands at 8-4-8 on the season.

Fordham will travel to in-state foe Cornell at 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday in the First Round with the winner traveling to No. 2 Pittsburgh on Sunday. Fordham last qualified for the NCAA Tournament in the spring of 2021 after winning its fourth A-10 Tournament title.  The Rams also appeared in the NCAA field in 1996, 2014, 2016 and 2017.  In 2017, Fordham advanced to the tournament's quarterfinals after moving past St. Francis Brooklyn, Viriginia and Duke. The Rams received their bid after compiling an 8-5-5 record against the seventh toughest schedule in the country.