CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
ATLANTA, GA (October 27, 2026) - The road to the Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) men's soccer title is officially set, as the conference announced the six-team field and bracket for the 2026 CCS Men's Soccer Championship, scheduled for October 31 through November 7.
With the regular season complete, Asbury enters the postseason as the tournament's top seed, leading a field of six programs competing for the conference crown in the fifth edition of the championship. The tournament opens with two campus-site contests before shifting to the Loretta P. Spencer Complex in Huntsville, Alabama, for the semifinal and championship rounds.
Quarterfinal rounds will begin four teams’ postseason journeys on Saturday, October 31, with two opening-round matches determining the final spots in Huntsville:
- No. 3 seed Belhaven (8-7-2, 2-2-1 CCS) will host No. 6 seed Huntingdon (1-7-8; 0-2-3 CCS) in the tournament’s opening contest.
- No. 4 seed Piedmont (4-10-1; 2-3 CCS) will welcome No. 5 seed LaGrange (6-9-1; 1-3-1 CCS) in the second match of the day.
The final four remaining teams will converge on Huntsville for the semifinals on Friday, November 6, at the Loretta P. Spencer Complex. Asbury will meet the Piedmont-LaGrange winner, while Covenant will face the winner of Belhaven and Huntingdon.
- No. 1 seed Asbury (6-4-4; 4-1 CCS) will face the winner of the Piedmont-LaGrange matchup, while
- No. 2 seed Covenant (5-8-2; 3-1-1 CCS) will take on the winner of the Belhaven-Huntingdon contest.
The championship concludes Saturday, November 7, when the two semifinal winners meet to determine the 2026 CCS Men's Soccer Champion and the conference's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship.
Fans can follow the semifinal and championship matches live on
the CCS Network, with additional tournament coverage, live statistics and championship updates available at
CollegiateConferenceOfTheSouth.com.
The full 2026 CCS Men’s Soccer Championship Tournament schedule:
Quarterfinals
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Game 1: No. 3 Belhaven v. No. 6 Huntingdon
Game 2: No. 4 Piedmont v. No. 5 LaGrange
Semifinals
Saturday, November 6, 2026
Game 3: No. 1 Asbury v. Winner of Game 2
Game 4: No. 2 Covenant v. Winner of Game 1
Finals
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 v. Winner of Game 4
ABOUT THE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH (CCS)
The CCS is an NCAA Division III athletic conference that began play during the 2022-23 academic year. The conference features seven member institutions (Agnes Scott College, Asbury University, Belhaven University, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, and Piedmont University) and sponsors championships across 16 sports. In addition to sharing the member institutions' geographic identity, the name 'Collegiate Conference of the South' is indicative of a shared commitment to academic excellence, which is commensurate with the NCAA Division III philosophy.
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