NAPERVILLE, Ill. - After a thrilling night of action on Wednesday, the top two teams in CCIW men’s soccer entering the night – North Central and North Park – stayed there following an entertaining 2-2 draw, but the number of teams within three points of the top climbed to five after road wins by Millikin and Wheaton.

The Big Blue and the Thunder are each riding two-match winning streaks and will look to keep rising on Saturday as Millikin hosts Augustana and Wheaton welcomes in Elmhurst. On Wednesday night, the Thunder will have a major opportunity to upend the standings as they host co-leaders North Central.

Upcoming Schedule

Saturday, October 17, 2026
Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
Augustana	Millikin	3:30 P.M.	Decatur, IL (Conf.)	Stats Video
Illinois Wesleyan	Carroll	3:30 P.M.	Waukesha, Wis. (Conf.)	Stats Video
Elmhurst	Wheaton	7:00 P.M.	Wheaton, Ill. / Joe Bean Stadium (Conf.)	Stats Video
North Central	Carthage	7:30 P.M.	Kenosha, Wis. (Conf.)	Stats Video
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
Millikin	Monmouth College	3:30 PM	Monmouth, Ill.	Stats Video
North Central	Wheaton	7:00 P.M.	Wheaton, Ill. (Conf.)	Stats Video
Illinois Wesleyan	Carthage	7:00 P.M.	Kenosha, Wis. (Conf.)	Stats Video
North Park	Elmhurst	7:00 P.M.	Elmhurst, Ill. (Conf.)	Stats Video
Carroll	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	7:00 P.M.	Whitewater, Wis.	Stats Video
Cornell	Augustana	7:00 P.M.	Rock Island, Ill.	Stats Video

Standings

SCHOOL	CONF	CONF POINTS	OVERALL
North Park	3-0-2	11	9-1-4
North Central	3-0-2	11	9-2-3
Wheaton	3-1-1	10	5-7-2
Millikin	3-3	9	7-6-1
Illinois Wesleyan	2-1-2	8	6-2-3
Carroll	2-2-1	7	4-8-1
Augustana	1-2-2	5	4-3-4
Elmhurst	1-4	3	4-7-2
Carthage	0-5	0	2-10-1

CCIW Weekly Award Winners

Week	Offensive	Defensive
Week 1	Joseph Sargent, North Central Three goals in three matches; 13 shots, seven on goal; one game-winning goal	Owen Malinowski, Carthage 15 saves, one shutout; 270 minutes in goal over three matches
Week 2	Bryce Davis, Millikin Three goals, one assist in three matches; contributed to four of Millikin's eight goals	Arvid Skoglund, North Park 11 saves, three shutouts; 270 scoreless minutes; goalless streak over 300 minutes
Week 3	Faheem Mujahid, Illinois Wesleyan Three goals in two matches; one game-winning goal; scored in both matches	David Tracewicz, North Park Two goals, two game-winners; helped North Park extend its shutout streak to five matches and nearly 500 scoreless minutes
Week 4	Gustav Finér, North Park Three goals in two matches; scored both goals in 2-1 win over UW-Whitewater	Joshua Garrett, Millikin Two shutouts, eight saves; 180 scoreless minutes including win over Carthage
Week 5	Luke Vander Kolk, Wheaton Two goals in a span of eight minutes to help secure a 3-1 win over Millikin; had eight shots in the match	Melker Regland, North Park Two wins in his first two career starts; six saves in a shutout against UW-Platteville and three more saves at Augustana
Week 6	Cooper Falling, Wheaton Involved in three Wheaton goals; scored twice in a draw with Augustana and assisted the game-winning goal against Carthage	Owen Boukalik, Illinois Wesleyan In goal for the majority of two shutouts; Had three saves to preserve a 0-0 draw with No. 22 North Park

Regional Rankings/Statistical Leaders
After reaching No. 22 in last week’s United Soccer Coaches poll, a draw with Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday slipped North Park into the receiving votes subset of the national rankings. Regionally, the rankings stayed the same with the Vikings in third, North Central in the sixth spot in Region VIII and Illinois Wesleyan in seventh.

A three-goal outburst from Millikin on Wednesday night against Illinois Wesleyan’s vaunted defense keeps the Big Blue with a scoring average of 2.50 goals per game on the year. That number actually has ticked down slightly in conference play, with Millikin tied with Wheaton for the most goals scored in the CCIW with 11, but the Thunder have done so in one less match for an average of 2.20 goals per game.

A big week from North Central’s Aleks Duncevic has taken him top of the goal charts on the season with nine, while teammate Joseph Sargent is one back with eight on the year. Duncevic has been a penalty specialist for the Cardinals, converting all five of his spot kicks on the season. Olav Kaldahl tallied yet another assist for Millikin and leads the CCIW with eight this season (five in conference play).

While Illinois Wesleyan’s Owen Boukalik and Augustana’s Elias Banke continue to lead the main goalkeeping categories on the year, North Central’s Sebastian Herrera is coming on strong. Called into action beginning earlier this month at Elmhurst, Herrera is the leader in goals-against average (0.52) and save percentage (.867) in CCIW play and one of three keepers in the league along with Boukalik (0.83) and North Park's Melker Regland (0.97) with a GAA under 1.00 against conference foes.

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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, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).