MORRIS, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris men's soccer team begins postseason play as it travels to Bethany Lutheran College for the semifinals of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament on Wednesday with a 5 p.m. kickoff.
 
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The Cougars finished third in the UMAC standings during the 2026 regular season. With a win on Wednesday, Minnesota Morris would advance to face the winner of the University of Wisconsin-Superior and Crown College matchup. The championship game will be played on Saturday at the higher seed.
 
The Cougars finished the regular season with a 2-0 record last week. Minnesota Morris started the week at North Central University. Luis Mendez scored in the second minute of action, but NCU tied the game before halftime. Charlie Adams scored the game-winner in the 73rd minute, and Jake Anargyros put the game away with a goal 10 minutes later. Against the University of Northwestern, the Cougars trailed 2-0 at halftime. Adams got UMM on the board in the 54th minute, and 10 minutes later, Jean-Patrick Koko scored his first collegiate goal. Adams added another goal to secure the 3-2 victory.
 
Adams and Mendez finished the regular season tied for the team lead with 18 points. Adams has a team-high eight goals and two assists, while Mendez has scored five goals and recorded a team-high eight assists. Anargyros follows with 12 points on five goals and two assists. Angel "Bam" Perez Leon has also found the back of the net multiple times, scoring a pair of goals. This season, a total of 11 Cougars have scored at least once, the most since the 2021 season. In goal, Dutch Bullock has started all 18 games and made 79 saves. The sophomore goalkeeper has a save percentage of .738 and a goals-against average of 1.65.
 
Bethany Lutheran finished the regular season second in the UMAC with a conference record of 9-2-1 and an overall record of 12-6-2. Last week, the Vikings went 1-0-1, defeating Bethel University 4-2 before drawing with the University of Wisconsin-Superior 1-1. Head Coach Derick Lyngholm is in his eighth season with the program. Rosalem Tendaie leads the team with 14 goals and eight assists. In goal, Brady Price has started 19 games and made 56 saves.
 
The Cougars and Vikings split their regular-season series 1-1. In the first matchup, BLC won 3-1. Early in the second half, Karson Busch scored to level the game, but the Vikings added two more goals to secure the win. In the following meeting, UMM won 2-1. The Vikings scored first, but the Cougars responded with two goals in a span of 16 seconds from Justin Page and Mendez to earn the victory.