INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) released Sunday the bracket for the 2023 GLVC Men's Soccer Championship Tournament. University of Illinois Springfield earned the Regular Season title and top seed in the eight-team tournament and will serve as one of four hosts in the postseason quarterfinal contests, which take place next Sunday, Nov. 5. Second-seeded Lewis University, No. 3 University of Indianapolis, and No. 4 McKendree University will also host first-round action.
Seedings for this year's postseason were based on a point system, where a win earned three points and a tie earned one.
Quarterfinal 1: #1 Illinois Springfield vs. #8 Drury | Springfield, Ill. | Time TBD
- 10th-ranked Illinois Springfield went 11-1-5 overall and 10-0-3 in GLVC action during the regular season to tally 33 points and win the GLVC Regular Season title.
- Drury went 4-8-5 overall and 4-6-3 in GLVC action during the regular season to tally 15 points.
- The Prairie Stars beat the Panthers, 2-0, in Springfield, Ill. on Oct. 8.
- UIS is making its seventh overall and consecutive appearance in the GLVC postseason.
- Drury is making its 13th appearance in the GLVC postseason.
Quarterfinal 2: #2 Lewis vs. #7 Rockhurst | Romeoville, Ill. | Time TBD
- Lewis went 9-3-4 overall and 9-2-2 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 29 points.
- Rockhurst went 7-7-2 overall and 5-6-2 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 17 points.
- The Flyers beat the Hawks, 2-0, in Romeoville on Sep. 24.
- Lewis is making its league-record 35th appearance in the GLVC postseason.
- Rockhurst is making its 15th appearance in the GLVC postseason and second in a row.
Quarterfinal 3: #3 Indianapolis vs. #6 Truman State | Indianapolis, Ind. | Time TBD
- 14th-ranked UIndy went 10-1-5 overall and 10-0-3 in GLVC action during the regular season to tally 28 points.
- Truman went 6-5-4 overall and 5-4-4 in GLVC action during the regular season to tally 19 points.
- After tying 1-1 head-to-head on Oct. 1 against McKendree and versus UIS this afternoon, UIndy won tiebreaker over the Bearcats due to its 2-0 win over second-seeded Lewis on Oct. 8 and McKendree's 1-0 loss to the Flyers on Sept. 29.
- The Greyhounds beat the Bulldogs, 5-0, in Kirksville on Oct. 22.
- UIndy is making its 31st overall and 11th-straight appearance in the GLVC postseason.
- Truman is making its second-straight and overall appearance in the GLVC postseason.
Quarterfinal 4: #4 McKendree vs. #5 Maryville | Lebanon, Ill. | 3:30 PM CT
- McKendree went 10-1-6 overall and 8-1-4 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 28 points.
- 22nd-ranked Maryville went 10-2-5 overall and 7-2-4 in GLVC play during the regular season to tally 25 points.
- After tying 1-1 head-to-head on Oct. 1 against UIndy and 0-0 versus UIS on Oct. 22, McKendree lost tiebreaker to the Greyhounds due to its 1-0 loss to second-seeded Lewis on Sept. 29 and UIndy's 2-0 win against the Flyers on Oct. 8.
- The Bearcats and Saints tied, 0-0, in St. Louis on Oct. 6.
- McKendree is making its fifth appearance in the GLVC postseason.
- Maryville is making its eighth overall and consecutive appearance in the GLVC postseason.
Each of the four quarterfinal winners will advance to the GLVC Championship Tournament semifinals, which will be hosted at Corwin Clatt Stadium in East Peoria, Ill. The two semifinal contests will be played on Friday, Nov. 10, while the final will take place Sunday, Nov. 12.
All GLVC Championship Tournament action will be streamed live behind a paywall on
GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. All other details and results can be found on the official tournament homepage at
GLVCsports.com/2023msoc.