2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament

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2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament
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ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals site
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsLipscomb (2nd title)
Winning coachCharles Morrow (2nd title)
MVPLogan Paynter (Lipscomb)
BroadcastESPN+, Facebook Live
ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament
«2017  2019»
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 25 Lipscomb 5 1 0 10 10 1
Florida Gulf Coast 5 1 0 9 5 2
North Florida 3 3 0 5 11 0
Jacksonville 3 3 0 5 13 0
Liberty 2 3 1 7 7 1
Stetson 1 4 1 7 10 2
NJIT 1 5 0 6 11 0
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, the 40th edition of the ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, determined the ASUN Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 2 and concluded on November 10.

Lipscomb entered the tournament as the defending Atlantic Sun Tournament champions, and as the 2018 ASUN regular season champions. Outscoring their opponents 4-1 in the process, Lipscomb successfully defended their ASUN title by winning the championship match against Stetson, 2-0. Lipscomb earned their second ever berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they upset Washington and FIU en route to a Sweet Sixteen run.

Seeds[]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Lipscomb 5–1–0 LIP 1–0 vs. FGCU
2 Florida Gulf Coast 5–1–0 FGCU 0–1 vs. LIP
3 North Florida 3–3–0 UNF 1–0 vs. JAX
4 Jacksonville 3–3–0 JAX 0–1 vs. UNF
5 Liberty 2–3–1
6 Stetson 1–4–1

Bracket[]

First round
Nov. 2
Semifinals
Nov. 4
Final
Nov. 10
1 Lipscomb 2
4 Jacksonville 2 4 Jacksonville 1
5 Liberty 0 1 Lipscomb 2
6 Stetson 0
2 FGCU 1 (4)
3 North Florida 1 6 Stetson (pen.) 1 (5)
6 Stetson 3

Results[]

First round[]

No. 3 North Florida1–3No. 6 Stetson
  • 61'
Report
  • 50', 85'
  • 78'

No. 4 Jacksonville2–0No. 5 Liberty
  • 57'
  • 87'
Report
Attendance: 121
Referee:

Semifinals[]

No. 2 FGCU1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Stetson
  • 45'
Report
  • 73'
Penalties
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4–5
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No. 1 Lipscomb2–1No. 4 Jacksonville
  • 13'
  • 71'
Report
  • 15'
Attendance: 294
Referee:

Final[]

No. 1 Lipscomb2–0No. 6 Stetson
  • 40', 54'
Report
Attendance: 1,398

Statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal

All Tournament Team[]

2018 A-Sun Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[1][2]

Ryan Birchfield, Lipscomb
Noah Gulden, Lipscomb
Ben Locke, Lipscomb
Braeden Luna, Stetson
Logan Paynter, Lipscomb
Lewis Scattergood, Stetson

MVP in Bold

References[]

  1. ^ Bluhm, Jack; Downs, Kirby (November 11, 2018). "Lipscomb crowned ASUN Champion once again". lipscombsports.com. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "Hatters Fall in ASUN Title Game". gohatters.com. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

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