11/13/2026 | Men’s Soccer
BRUNSWICK, Maine – The NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament begins this weekend at Bowdoin College, and the Polar Bears will play host to the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Tournament’s First and Second Rounds for the second-consecutive season.
The pod is composed of the host, Bowdoin, along with the Thomas College Terriers, St. Lawrence University Saints and the Neumann University Knights. The contests begin on Saturday, Nov. 15, with Bowdoin hosting Thomas at 11:00 a.m., with the Saints and the Knights playing at 1:30 p.m. The advancing teams will meet on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 1:00 p.m. All games will be carried online at NCAA Champs Pass.
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Bowdoin College Polar Bears
Record: 8-3-5 (5-2-3 NESCAC)
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The Bowdoin College men’s soccer team will play host of a regional pod for the second-consecutive season, while making the tournament for the fourth-time in five seasons. The Polar Bears are led by 13th-year head coach Scott Wiercinski (122-56-50, .645), who recently began the program’s winningest coach, as Bowdoin makes its 12th NCAA Tournament appearance all-time and the seventh under his direction.
The Polar Bears finished third in the NESCAC and ranked fifth nationally in the Division III NPI to earn hosting rights.
Bowdoin earned five All-NESCAC second team selections in sophomore goalkeeper Oliver King, senior defender Keito Ishibashi, sophomore defender Lucas Nuerberg, senior midfielder Jack Banks and junior forward Adam Prince. Banks (2G 6A), Patrick Brady (4G, 2A) and Prince (5G) lead the team with 10 points, respectively. King holds an .806 save percentage with 58 stops on the season facing 142 shots while earning five shutouts.
Thomas College Terriers
Record: 12-3-1 (7-0 NAC)
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Thomas College Men’s Soccer recently earned their 500th all-time win since founding in 1965.
The team is 37-13-6 since the start of 2024, with NAC Championships in 2024 and 2026-totaling 19 conference championships since 1978 to go with eight NCAA Tournament appearances.
This season, the Terriers hold the eighth best scoring offense in Division III with 50 goals in 16 games (3.12 per game) notching the 2026 NAC Championship with a win in PKs over #2 seed Husson University. Senior Forward David Ivarsson, hailing from Reykjavik, Iceland, is the leading scorer and playmaker for the team with 12 goals and nine assists this year and a total of 40 goals and 33 assists in 52 career games.
Defensively, junior goalkeeper Jaime Fischer, a native of Dubendorf, Switzerland, has accumulated 52 saves and seven shutouts this season to go with a career record of 34-12-6 and a goals against average of 1.29.
St. Lawrence University Saints
Record: 11-2-4 (5-1-3 LL)
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The St. Lawrence University men’s soccer program enters the NCAA Tournament for the 25th time in program history and for the first time since the 2022 season after earning an at-large bid.
St. Lawrence enters the tournament with an 11-2-4 overall record. The Saints won the Liberty League regular-season title with a 5-1-3 conference mark and earned a first-round bye in last weekend’s conference tournament.
Senior Nicholas Petrone was named the Liberty League Performer of the Year, while sophomore goalkeeper Zach Amato earned Defensive Performer of the Year honors. Mike Toshack, along with assistant coaches Luke van Galen and Eric Shinnick, were named Liberty League Co-Coaching Staff of the Year. The honor is the third for Toshack, who last received the award in 2022.
Petrone and Amato were First Team selections alongside sophomore defender Kenneth Mejia Lopez. It marks Petrone’s third career All-League honor after earning Second Team recognition in 2024 and Honorable Mention accolades in 2025, while Amato and Mejia Lopez are making their All-League debuts.
Petrone, who recorded three points in Friday’s semifinal to increase his season total to 23, was the offensive catalyst for the Saints this season. The captain led the team with seven goals and nine assists, while his 23 points paced the Liberty League. His 1.44 points-per-game average also leads the conference.
Amato has been a stalwart in goal for the Saints this season, posting an 11-1-4 record in 16 starts. The sophomore has recorded seven shutouts while posting a 0.58 goals-against average and a .873 save percentage. Both marks lead the Liberty League, while his seven clean sheets rank second in the conference. Amato has surrendered just nine goals all season, six fewer than the next-closest goalkeeper in the league. Nationally, he ranks 14th in Division III in goals-against average and seventh in save percentage.
Neumann University Knights
Record: 14-3-2 (7-0-1 MAC)
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Neumann University men’s soccer enters the tournament after knocking off Messiah, 1-0, to win its first MAC Commonwealth Championship in its inaugural season in the conference. The Knights have now won four straight conference championships after capturing the previous three Atlantic East titles.
The Knights, who entered Selection Monday as the No. 39 team in the NPI, are led by First Team All-MAC forward Jordan Illian, who has totaled 16 points on six goals and four assists this season. Josh Moreland has also been highly effective, recording five goals and two assists in 14 appearances exclusively off the bench.
Neumann’s XI also features MAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year Chase Dougherty, a First Team selection who has added two goals and an assist. Joining Dougherty among the major award winners are Rookie of the Year Tim Koke, who also earned Second Team honors, and head coach Erik Temple, who was named Coaching Staff of the Year.
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