Cats Meet Union Commonwealth in Second Round of NAIA National Tournament

 MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel University Wildcats will meet Union Commonwealth Saturday at noon in the second round of the McKenzie Bracket of the 2025 NAIA Men's Soccer National Tournament. The game will be played at Walter Butler Stadium.

The 10^th ranked and No. 1 seeded Wildcats fresh off their MSC Championship received a first round bye and will play the Bulldogs who beat Rocky Mountain 4-nil Thursday in the opening round.

The winner will advance and move on to Orange Beach to the final site that will be played on December 1 and continue through December 8.

The Cats are 12-1-2 on the season. It will be the 12^th appearance in the nationals for Bethel. The Cats are 10-8-1 all-time in the tournament. Bethel won the national championship in 2008.

The Bulldogs are 14-2-4.

 This trip marks Union's sixth overall appearance in the NAIA National Championship field and its third straight berth. Under head coach Jonathan Shaw, the Bulldogs have now qualified for the national tournament four times.

Additional information about the tournament can be found by clicking here. The bracket can be found by clicking here.

Stats:

https://bethel.prestosports.com/sports/msoc/2025-26/boxscores/20251122_ozqz.xml

Watch:

 https://fan.hudl.com/usa/tn/mckenzie/organization/6212/bethel-university/schedule?date=2025-11-16T06%3A00%3A00.000Z&range=Week&s=U2NoZWR1bGVFbnRyeVB1YmxpY1N1bW1hcnk2OTFjZTI0ZDgyNjhjNzI2OGM0ZTQwNGU%3D

Tickets:

https://bethel.prestosports.com/tickets