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PICTURED: North Park junior Carele Kawale and Carthage junior Adrian Herrera.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – For the first time since 2011, Carthage and North Park will face each other in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Soccer Tournament championship on Saturday.
The two teams will play at 7 p.m. at North Park as the Vikings look to win their fourth tournament title in school history under the current format, and first title since 2010. The Red Men are also looking to win their fourth tournament title under the current format and third-straight. North Park and Carthage played to a 2-2 draw on October 11.
Carthage advanced to the tournament final with a 2-1 overtime win at Illinois Wesleyan on Tuesday night as freshman forward
Luke Schoffstall scored in the 97
th minute off an assist from sophomore midfielder
Freddy Martinez.
North Park defeated North Central 1-0 on Wednesday after junior midfielder/forward
Carel Kawale scored his 14
th goal of the season in the 25
th minute off an assist from sophomore forward
Peder Nalum Olsen.
The winner of Saturday’s championship contest will earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship. The Red Men have made two-straight NCAA appearances, while the Vikings last qualified in 2014.
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2016-17 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,900 academic all-conference recipients, 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, one CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and over 100 all-Americans.