WAUKESHA, Wis. --- After reeling off six-consecutive victories in conference play, the Thunder men's soccer team traveled north to Wisconsin on Wednesday night knowing that a seventh league win would see it clinch at least a share of this year's CCIW regular season title. Wheaton got the result it was looking for with a 2-1 victory at Carroll University, and coupled with Illinois Wesleyan's draw at North Central, tonight's outcomes were enough to see the Orange and Blue clinch a second-consecutive regular season trophy and a record-extending 22nd title for the conference's most successful men's soccer program.

Wheaton's win streak stands at eight games, and the team now owns an overall record of 11-2-3, matching the squad's highest number of wins in a season under head coach Steve McCrath. Wednesday's victory also marked the second time under McCrath's guidance that the Thunder won all four of their CCIW road matches, last doing so in his first campaign at the helm in 2022.

Wheaton secured this year's trophy with a game to spare despite being picked to finish second in the league in August's preseason coaches' poll and not receiving a single first-place vote. The Thunder topped the preseason favorites, North Park, 1-0, in Chicago on October 4th and now sit an impressive 12 points ahead of their old rivals in the current standings.

In addition to the regular season title, Wheaton has locked up the #1 seed for the 2025 CCIW Men's Soccer Championship and will host a semifinal match at Joe Bean Stadium on Wednesday, November 5th, marking the fourth-consecutive year that the Thunder have earned the right to host a conference tournament semifinal. Wheaton will face the winner of a quarterfinal match between the #4 and #5 seeds, and more details about the fixture will be announced in the coming days.