The third-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's soccer team won its third University Athletic Association Championship after a scoreless draw with Carnegie Mellon University on Saturday afternoon at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.

The Spartans (11-0-5, 3-0-4 UAA) secured their third UAA title in program history, joining the 2006 and 2011 teams. CWRU completed its first-ever undefeated regular season and became the first ever team to finish eighth in the conference the year before taking the league crown. Case Western Reserve finished the conference schedule with 13 points on three wins and four ties, two points ahead of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon (11-3-4, 3-2-2 UAA), Emory, WashU, and Rochester.

By virtue of winning the league title, CWRU secured the UAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, which begins next weekend. The Spartans will be making their sixth all-time appearance in the postseason, first since 2023, and third in the last five years.

Stats and Standouts

• Sophomore Carter Shedd saved five shots to record his seventh clean sheet of the campaign and lower his goals against average to 0.45
• Seniors Cormac Apostolides and Cameron Thayer and sophomore Alex Eby each played all 90 minutes in the contest on the back line
• Junior Owen Guffey and sophomore Micah Rossen each had a team-high three shots in the game
• Sophomore Aydin Sumer also had two shots for the Spartans
• CWRU had a 14-11 edge in shots and 6-5 advantage in corner kicks in the game

First Half

• The Spartans had the early advantage, putting up four shots and earning two corner kicks in the first 20 minutes of play
• Shedd recorded his first save in the 28th minute
• Guffey and Sumer had shots blocked in the 34th and 36th minutes with the Spartans earning a corner kick. The junior attempted a long range shot that was saved following the set piece
• The Tartans had a late chance, earning a corner kick with less than 20 seconds left in the period, but their last-second shot was sent high

Second Half

• Five minutes into the second frame, Apostolides sent a strike from midway in the box that the CMU goalkeeper could only deflect
• The Tartans had a corner kick five minutes later, but Shedd saved the ensuing shot
• CWRU had another solid chance in the 68th minute when first-year Tad Woolfe sent a ball into the box that was barely headed out by a Carnegie Mellon defender
• Shedd made a jumping save in the 77th minute on a well-placed header
• The Tartans attempted to break the deadlock with shots in the 80th and 81st minute that both went high
• Rossen had a chance saved in the 83rd minute, and Shedd saved a CMU shot less than two minutes later
• Shedd saved a last-second attempt by the Tartans, falling on the ball to secure the conference title

Spartan Notes

• The Spartans moved to 9-19-4 against CMU since 1994
• CWRU recorded its 10th shutout of the season, tied for the second most in a single campaign in program history
• First-year Spencer Abbott made his first career start in the game, playing 87 minutes
• Prior to the game, the team honored its six graduated members as part of Senior Day. The squad honored Apostolides, Thayer, Ohta Kamiya, Adam Pluszczyk, Philip Vlastaris, and Sean Wilson
• CWRU and St. Olaf will be the only two undefeated teams entering the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship. Case Western Reserve is one of six teams still without a loss across all three NCAA Divisions

Up Next

The full field of 64 for the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship will be announced during a selection show on Monday, November 9 at 11 a.m. on ncaa.com. First and second round games are scheduled for the weekend of November 13-15.