Championship Central
Tournament Bracket

NEW YORK | The 2026 Skyline Conference Championship field is set as six teams prepare to compete for the conference title and the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Championship.

Regular-season champion United States Merchant Marine Academy enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed after posting a 10-3 overall record and a perfect 8-0 mark in Skyline play. 

No. 2 seed Farmingdale State College finished 7-9 overall and 6-2 in league play, followed by No. 3 Mount Saint Mary College at 7-5 overall and 6-2 in conference competition. No. 4 St. Joseph’s University Long Island also posted a 6-2 Skyline record to earn the final home opening-round position.

Rounding out the field are No. 5 Manhattanville University (7-8, 4-4 Skyline) and No. 6 University of Mount Saint Vincent (3-8, 3-5 Skyline).

The championship opens with first-round action on Saturday, April 25. The top two seeds receive byes into the semifinal round. No. 3 Mount Saint Mary will host No. 6 Mount Saint Vincent at 2:00 pm, while No. 4 St. Joseph’s Long Island welcomes No. 5 Manhattanville at 3:00 pm.

Semifinal contests are scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, and the top-seeded USMMA will host the winner of St. Joseph’s-L.I. and Manhattanville at 7:00 pm with the second-seeded Rams hosting the winner of Mount Saint Mary and Mount Saint Vincent at 6:00 PM.

The two advancing teams will meet in the Skyline Conference Championship on Saturday, May 2.