NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Four matches on both Saturday and Wednesday will bring the 2026 regular season to a close for College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin women’s soccer. Four spots have been clinched, but no teams are yet mathematically eliminated, setting up a wild two days of action yet to come.
North Central College is sitting in the pole position entering the final week. Though the Cardinals have a bye on Saturday, they can wrap up the No. 1 seed on Wednesday with a win or a draw when they visit Augustana College. Illinois Wesleyan University, Elmhurst College, and Wheaton College have all clinched spots in the CCIW Tournament, but there could be plenty of movement in their order of finish and all three would be eager to earn the No. 2 seed and a bye to the semifinal round.
Among the group of five who haven’t locked up a spot in the CCIW tournament, Carroll University leads the pack with eight points to sit in fifth place in the standings. Millikin University holds the final spot as of this writing, sitting in sixth place on six points. North Park University (four points), Carthage College (three points) and Augustana (one point) all could still make a late charge and unseat one of those teams who currently occupy a tournament spot.
Upcoming Schedule
| Saturday, October 24, 2026 |
| Away |
Home |
Time |
Location |
Links |
| Carroll |
Elmhurst |
1:00 P.M. |
Elmhurst, IL (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
| Wheaton |
Illinois Wesleyan |
1:00 P.M. |
Bloomington, Ill. (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
| North Park |
Millikin |
2:00 P.M. |
Decatur, IL (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
| Carthage |
Augustana |
2:00 P.M. |
Rock Island, Ill. (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
| Away |
Home |
Time |
Location |
Links |
| North Central |
Augustana |
7:00 P.M. |
Rock Island, Ill. (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
| North Park |
Carroll |
7:00 P.M. |
Waukesha, WI (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
| Elmhurst |
Carthage |
7:00 P.M. |
Kenosha, Wis. (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
| Millikin |
Illinois Wesleyan |
7:00 P.M. |
Bloomington, IL (Conf.) |
Stats Video |
Standings
| SCHOOL |
CONF |
CONF POINTS |
OVERALL |
| North Central |
6-0-1 |
19 |
13-0-1 |
| Illinois Wesleyan |
4-1-1 |
13 |
8-2-5 |
| Elmhurst |
4-2 |
12 |
12-4 |
| Wheaton |
3-2-2 |
11 |
4-9-3 |
| Carroll |
2-2-2 |
8 |
3-5-8 |
| Millikin |
1-2-3 |
6 |
7-5-3 |
| North Park |
1-4-1 |
4 |
4-10-2 |
| Carthage |
0-3-3 |
3 |
3-6-7 |
| Augustana |
0-5-1 |
1 |
5-7-3 |
CCIW Weekly Award Winners
| Week |
Offensive |
Defensive |
| Week 1 |
Jordan Lange, North Central
two goals, one assist; game-winning goal vs. No. 16 Carleton |
Ava Lewandowski, Carroll
20 saves, .909 save percentage, 0.67 GAA; one shutout in 270 minutes |
| Week 2 |
Ava Mapes, Illinois Wesleyan
five goals, one assist; hat trick vs Westminster; 13 shots, nine on goal |
Lauren Richards, North Central
Helped anchor two shutouts; defense allowed just three shots on goal and three corner kicks across two matches |
| Week 3 |
Izzy Jones, Millikin
five goals, two assists in three wins; hat trick vs Illinois College |
Emma Megerle, North Central
seven saves, zero goals allowed; helped preserve two shutout wins |
| Week 4 |
Peyton Olinski, Carthage
Had three goal involvements on the week; Goal and an assist in a draw against Millikin |
Jessica Bearley, Millikin
21 saves in two matches; nine saves against No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis |
| Week 5 |
Izzy Jones, Millikin
Second half hat trick in a 3-3 draw with Wheaton |
Sara Schinker, Augustana
Made 10 saves in two matches, including seven in a 0-0 draw with North Park |
| Week 6 |
Reese Anderson, North Central
Scored in each of two matches, including a game-tying goal against Carroll that eventually set up a 3-2 win |
Lydia Martin, Wheaton
In goal for two shutouts; made two saves in a win over Augustana and one in a 0-0 tie with Carthage |
| Week 7 |
Reese Anderson, North Central
Notched a hat trick against North Park, assisted on two more goals in a win over Carthage |
Delaney Snook, Elmhurst
Part of the Bluejay back line for two shutout victories, including a win over Wheaton that snapped a 16-match losing streak to the Thunder |
Regional Rankings/Statistical Leaders
Maintaining its unbeaten record on the season, North Central remains in fourth place in the Region VIII rankings according to United Soccer Coaches. Illinois Wesleyan falls to seventh in the regional rankings this week after slip-ups against No. 1 WashU and Carroll took the Titans from among the ranks of the unbeaten.
Looking specifically at CCIW-only statistics this week, North Central goes into the final week of play as the conference's top-scoring team with 20 goals in seven matches thus far (an average of 2.86 goals per game). Elmhurst holds the distinction of having the top defense in the CCIW, having allowed only five goals through six matches (0.83 goals allowed).
On an individual level, Izzy Jones of Millikin has run away with CCIW's goal-scoring crown. Jones has bagged 16 total on the season, with seven of those coming in conference play. North Central's Reese Anderson has quickly caught up to Jones, however, sitting just a goal back with six after a hat trick last week against North Park. Madison DeVriendt of North Central now leads the CCIW in assists in league play with four.
Wheaton's Lydia Martin leads the conference in three goalkeeping categories: goals-against average, save percentage, and shutouts. The Thunder junior has allowed just 0.83 goals per match, notched a .818 save percentage that is just a hair above Millikin's Jessica Bearley (.813) and has three shutouts to her credit in CCIW play.
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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.).