ASTON, PA. – The Neumann University Men's Soccer team closed out the 2026 regular season with a 1-0 win over Hood College on Saturday afternoon, assuring that they will have home-field advantage throughout the upcoming Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth Tournament.
Neumann was led by
Jordan Illian who scored the game's only goal on six shots, three on goal.
Markus Beugre added three shots with one on goal while
Tim Koke had three shots, and
Harry Beugre had two shots, both on goal.
Seiya Sato needed just one save for his seventh shutout of the season.
The Knights controlled much of the action in the first half of play as they outshot the Blazers, 10-1. Shots on goal were 5-1 and Neumann had the only four corner kicks of the first 45 minutes. Despite those numbers, the game remained scoreless. It took until the 57
th minute before the deadlock was broken. A
JP Phillip pass connected to Illian on the right side of the box and he slipped in his fifth goal of the season. Overall, the Knights out-chanced Hood by a 19-4 clip on their way to the victory.
Neumann (12-3-2, 7-0-1) will now take on either Widener University or Hood College in the MAC Commonwealth semifinals on Thursday at 7:00 PM after those teams meet in Chester, Pa. in the Play-In game on Tuesday evening.
