CARMEL, Ind. – The 2026 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Men’s Soccer Championship is set to be held Saturday, Oct. 31 through Saturday, Nov. 7.
2026 HCAC Men’s Soccer Championship Page
Hanover secured the No. 1 seed by collecting 25 points in the conference standings with a 8-0-1 league (10-4-4 overall) record. That finish earned the Panthers a share of the 2026 HCAC Men’s Soccer Regular Season Championship. They will share the regular season title with No. 2 seed Transylvania, which also earned 25 points with a 8-0-1 HCAC (11-2-3 overall) record.
With the two teams tied in the conference standings, the league’s tiebreaking procedure was used to determine seeding. In their only regular season meeting, Hanover and Transy played to a 0-0 draw. Per the league’s tiebreaking procedure, in such a scenario, the away team wins the tiebreak thus the Panthers were awarded the higher seed.
The top two seeds in the bracket receive byes directly into the HCAC Semifinal round.
The remainder of the six-team field will play in quarterfinal matches on Saturday, Oct. 31. No. 3 seed Rose-Hulman (19 points, 6-2-1 HCAC, 8-6-4 overall) will host No. 6 seed Manchester (10 points, 3-5-1 HCAC, 7-9-1 overall) in one matchup, while No. 4 seed Anderson (14 points, 4-3-2 HCAC, 6-8-2 overall) will host No. 5 seed Earlham (11 points, 3-4-2 HCAC, 7-6-4 overall) in the other. Kickoff at RHIT is 4 p.m., while the whistle blows at Anderson at 7 p.m.
The winners of Saturday’s quarterfinal round will advance to join the top two seeds in the semifinals. In the semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 3, the Anderson-Earlham winner will travel to No. 2 seed Transylvania at 7 p.m., while the RHIT-Manchester winner visits No.1 seed Hanover at 2 p.m.
The Championship is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7 with the higher seed hosting. The winner of the 2026 HCAC Men’s Soccer Championship will earn the league’s automatic qualifier into the 2026 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship.
Admission to all HCAC Championships is $10. Children aged 11 and under and students/faculty and staff with an HCAC institution ID will be admitted for free.
2026 HCAC Men’s Soccer Championship Schedule
Quarterfinals - Saturday, October 31, 2026
No. 6 Manchester at No. 3 Rose-Hulman, 4 p.m.
No. 5 Earlham at No. 4 Anderson, 7 p.m.
Semifinals - Tuesday, November 3, 2026
No. 4/5 winner at No. 1 Hanover, 2 p.m.
No. 3/6 winner at No. 2 Transylvania, 7 p.m.
Championship - Saturday, November 7, 2026
Semifinal winners at higher seed, TBD
For more information on HCAC Soccer, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.