Women's Soccer Quarterfinal Round Matchups All Decided By One Goal
CHICAGO ---As expected, a tight regular season led to four close contests in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament with all four matchups being decided by one goal. Each of the top three seeds prevailed, while No. 5 seed University of St. Francis pulled off the lone upset.
The Fighting Saints (12-3-3) handed No. 4 Olivet Nazarene its only defeat of the season 1-0, while No. 2 Saint Xavier University (10-4-4) won by that same count over Trinity Christian. Top-seeded Holy Cross College avoided being upset with a late goal to claim a 3-2 victory in the highest-scoring match of the night. No. 3 St. Ambrose (11-5-3) rounded out the group of winners with its 2-1 defeat of Viterbo University.
That sets up Friday's semifinal round with Holy Cross hosting St. Francis and Saint Xavier doing the same with St. Ambrose. The two winners advance to next Tuesday's championship at the site of the highest remaining seed.
Recapping Tuesday:
Holy Cross 3, Indiana Northwest 2
No. 8 seed Indiana Northwest gave top-seeded Holy Cross all it could handle, starting with scoring the match's first goal. Holy Cross was quick to answer less than one minute later before going up 2-1 in the 57th minute. The RedHawks, however, would not go away, knotting the score at two-all with less than eight minutes to play. Sofia Brodar saved the day for the hosts with her game-winning goal at 84:57. Yuki Mita provided all three assists for the Saints.
Saint Xavier 1, Trinity Christian 0
Natalie Dybas produced her sixth shutout of the season and Hailey Henry provided the only goal of the contest, allowing Saint Xavier to advance. Henry's goal came at 57:23 on an assist from Maddie Manzke.
St. Ambrose 2, Viterbo 1
A pair of first-half goals by St. Ambrose's Sophia Roszkowski and Isabella Crawford held up. Viterbo made things interesting with its goal at 53:27. Ella Oscarsson and Jonna Tucker combined for the win in net.
St. Francis 1, Olivet Nazarene 0
The Saints snapped Olivet Nazarene's season-long, 15-match unbeaten streak by having their goal in the 18th minute by Charlene Mendoza hold up. Giselle Mata recorded five saves in the win, authoring her eighth shutout of the season.
The complete tournament results and remaining schedule follow:
Tuesday, November 4 - First Round
• Match #1: No. 1 Holy Cross 3, No. 8 Indiana Northwest 2
• Match #2: No. 5 St. Francis 1, No.4 Olivet Nazarene 0
• Match #3: No. 2 Saint Xavier 1, No. 7 Trinity Christian 0
• Match #4: No. 3 St. Ambrose 2, No. 6 Viterbo 1
Friday, November 7 - Semifinal Round
• Match #5: No. 5 St. Francis (12-3-3) at No. 1 Holy Cross (10-5-3) --- 6 pm CT
• Match #6: No. 3 St. Ambrose (11-5-3) at No. 2 Saint Xavier (10-4-4) --- 5:30 pm
Tuesday, November 11 – Championship
• Match #7: Winner-Match #5 vs. Winner-Match #6 --- TBA (at site of highest remaining seed)