SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Lincoln and Truman will compete for the 2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men's Soccer Championship title, as the two programs will kick off at 12:00 PM Central Time from Cooper Sports Complex in Springfield, Missouri on Sunday.
The first-seeded Blue Tigers defeated fourth-seed Indianapolis in Friday's first semifinal game, while the seventh-seeded Bulldogs won 2-1 over sixth-seeded Missouri-St. Louis in the second semifinal. This is the first time Lincoln and Truman have matched up in the championship game.
The Championship broadcast on Sunday will begin at approximately 11:45 AM CT and can be viewed 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. For more information, visit the championship central page at
GLVCsports.com/2026msoc.
SEMIFINAL RESULTS
#1 Lincoln 3, #4 Indianapolis 1
BOX | RECAPS:
LU |
UIndy
- LU’s Junior Grizzelle scored the first goal of the match in the 10th minute.
- Assisted by Jerome Lawel.
- Makwe Nkoana extended LU’s lead in the 34th minute, also assisted by Lawel.
- UIndy’s Alejandro Zuniga answered with a goal of his own in the 46th minute.
- Lawel secured the win with the final goal for LU in the 88th minute.
- This will be LU’s first time playing in the championship match.
#7 Truman 2, #6 Missouri-St. Louis 1
BOX | RECAPS: TSU |
UMSL
- TSU’s Brady Lombardo led off the game with a goal in the second minute.
- UMSL’s Brady Freeman answered in the 27th minute, and the score stayed 1-1 for almost the whole duration of the game.
- Jacob Panagos secured the win in the 86th minute for TSU.
- This will be the first time TSU has played in the championship match.
- This is also the first time since 2017 that a seven-seed has made the championship game, and the seven-seed has never won the title.