Wolverines Set to Battle Bruins for Big Ten Tournament Title

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The No. 16-ranked and third-seeded University of Michigan males’s soccer group (12-2-4, 6-2-2 Big Ten) will look to win its second Big Ten Tournament title in a matchup with No. 4-seeded UCLA (7-6-4, 5-3-2 Big Ten) on Sunday (Nov. 16) at 3 p.m. at Ludwig Field. The match will air on Big Ten Network.

Notes

• Michigan superior to its second consecutive Big Ten Tournament remaining with a 2-0 win over No. 23-ranked Washington on Wednesday (Nov. 12).

• The win over the Huskies marked the twelfth of the season and the ninth shutout of the marketing campaign.

• Mitar Mitrovic propelled the Michigan assault on Wednesday with a three-point outing, helping on the primary objective and scoring the second from the penalty spot.

• Nicholas Cassiday notched his second objective of the season with a first-half tally in opposition to the Huskies.

• Isaiah Goldson posted his ninth clear sheet of the season and lowered his goals-against common to 0.72, the bottom within the Big Ten.

• Four Wolverines — Will Baker, Matthew Fisher, Nolan Miller and Shuma Sasaki — have been named to the All-Big Ten second group on Thursday (Nov. 13). The trio of Baker, Fisher and Miller have been key within the Wolverines’ protection that allowed solely 13 objectives within the common season and posted eight shutouts. Sasaki tallied eight factors and drew a number of penalty kicks in his first season with the Maize and Blue.

• Michigan enters Sunday’s match on a seven-match undefeated streak with six wins through the run. U-M has scored 16 objectives throughout that span with simply three objectives conceded.  

• Sunday will mark the second assembly between the Wolverines and the Bruins in 2025, with Michigan defeating UCLA, 3-0, on Oct. 17 in Ann Arbor. The two groups may also meet for the second straight yr within the Big Ten Tournament. In 2024, Michigan and UCLA drew, 1-1, and the Maize and Blue superior on penalties within the semifinal spherical in Bridgeview, Ill.  

• Michigan is in search of its second Big Ten Tournament title in program historical past. The Wolverines received their first in 2010, defeating Penn State in University Park, Pa., within the remaining to seize the event crown.