2025 Men's Soccer NCAA III Tournament Bracket
The Calvin men's soccer team is headed back to the NCAA III Tournament. The Knights will compete in a four-team regional this weekend on the campus of Hobart College in Geneva, New York.
Calvin (16-3-1) will face Grove City College (15-2-2) in a first round game Friday at 1:30 p.m. (ET). The two teams met at Calvin back on September 20. Calvin led the game 1-0 early in the second half before the game was cancelled due to thunderstorms that swept through West Michigan. Grove City will carry an unbeaten streak of 15 games into Friday's contest. Calvin will carry an unbeaten streak of five games into the match
Host Hobart (13-0-5) will host Messiah University (11-7-2) in the opening first round game on Friday at 11 a.m. (ET).
Friday's winners will meet in the regional final on Saturday at 1 p.m. (ET).
Calvin advanced to the NCAA III Tournament by winning the MIAA Tournament title last week. Calvin opened the tournament with a 5-0 win over Olivet in the first round on November 1 and followed with a 4-1 win over Albion (semifinals) and a 2-0 triumph over Hope (championship final).
Calvin is making its 11
th straight appearance in the NCAA III Tournament including its 12
th under current head coachÂ
Ryan Souders. Calvin has now made the NCAA III Tournament 16 out of the last 18 years with the Covid pandemic wiping out the 2020 NCAA III Tournament. The Knights are making their 22nd trip overall to the tournament and are 39-22-7 all-time in NCAA III Tournament play.
The Knights advanced to the national semifinals in 2015 and 2019 and to the NCAA III Finals in 2009, 2011, 2016 and 2018.
