ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament
ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament | |
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Conference Soccer Championship | |
Sport | College soccer |
Conference | ASUN Conference |
Number of teams | 6 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Campus sites |
Played | 1979–present |
Last contest | 2021 |
Current champion | (3) |
Most championships | Georgia State (5) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN3 |
Official website | ASUNSports.org |
The ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the ASUN Conference (previously the Trans America Athletic Conference and Atlantic Sun Conference). The tournament has been held every year since 1978 except in 2020, when the ASUN moved its soccer season from fall 2020 to spring 2021 due to COVID-19 issues (resulting in two tournaments in calendar 2021). It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.
Winners[]
The following is a list of ASUN Tournament winners:[1]
Key[]
(2) | Title number |
* | Match went to extra time |
† | Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time |
Bold | Winning team won regular season |
Finals[]
Year | Champion | Score[2] | Runner-up | Site | Most Valuable Player[3] | |
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1979 | Hardin-Simmons | 9–0 | Louisiana–Monroe | HSU Soccer Field • Abilene, TX | not awarded | |
1980 | Hardin-Simmons (2) | 3–0 | Georgia Southern | Monroe, LA | not awarded | |
1981 | Louisiana–Monroe | 1–0* | Houston Baptist | Monroe, LA | not awarded | |
1982 | Houston Baptist | 2–0 | Mercer | Houston, TX | not awarded | |
1983 | Georgia State | 1–0 | Houston Baptist | Atlanta, GA | not awarded | |
1984 | Houston Baptist (2) | 2–1 | Georgia State | Houston, TX | not awarded | |
1985 | Houston Baptist (3) | 2–1 | Georgia State | Atlanta, GA | not awarded | |
1986 | Georgia State (2) | 2–1 | Hardin-Simmons | Abilene, TX | not awarded | |
1987 | Georgia State (3) | 2–0 | Centenary | Atlanta, GA | not awarded | |
1988 | Centenary | 3–1 | Georgia State | Shreveport, LA | not awarded | |
1989 | Centenary (2) | 4–3* | Georgia State | Atlanta, GA | not awarded | |
1990 | Centenary (3) | 2–1 | Georgia Southern | Shreveport, LA | not awarded | |
1991 | FIU | 3–0 | Mercer | Miami, FL | not awarded | |
1992–1993 | no tournament | |||||
1994 | Charleston | 4–2* | FIU | Charleston, SC | Chad Carithers (Charleston) | |
1995 | Charleston (2) | 4–1 | Campbell | Miami, FL | Stephen Khouri (Charleston) | |
1996 | Charleston (3) | 3–2 | Campbell | Charleston, SC | Damon Richvalsky (Charleston) | |
1997 | Georgia State (4) | 2–0 | Florida Atlantic | Jacksonville, FL | Darren McKune (Ga. State) | |
1998 | Jacksonville | 3–2* | UCF | Jacksonville, FL | Mike Popovic (Jacksonville) | |
1999 | Mercer | 2–0 | Florida Atlantic | Jacksonville, FL | Neil Zarac (Mercer) | |
2000 | Georgia State (5) | 1–0 | Mercer | Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC | Darren McKune (Ga. State) | |
2001 | Mercer (2) | 2–1 | Jacksonville | Bear Field • Macon, GA | Neil Zarac (Mercer) | |
2002 | UCF | 1–0 | Stetson | Boca Raton, FL | Eric Vasquez (UCF) | |
2003 | UCF (2) | 3–1 | Florida Atlantic | Bear Field • Macon, GA | Brian Malec (UCF) | |
2004 | UCF (3) | 1–0 | Mercer | Bear Field • Macon, GA | John Sobczak (UCF) | |
2005 | Stetson | 2–1 | Campbell | Bear Field • Macon, GA | Alex Minton (Stetson) | |
2006 | Gardner–Webb | 2–1* | Stetson | Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL | Dirk Dittrich (Gardner–Webb) | |
2007 | Campbell | 1–1† (5–4 pen.) |
Jacksonville | Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL | Vince Petrasso (Campbell) | |
2008 | Jacksonville (2) | 4–3 | Campbell | Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC | Ramak Safi (Jacksonville) | |
2009 | Stetson (2) | 2–1 | Mercer | Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC | Griffin Gilstrap (Stetson) | |
2010 | East Tennessee State | 1–0* | Stetson | Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN | Itode Fubara (ETSU) | |
2011 | Florida Gulf Coast | 1–0 | East Tennessee State | Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN | Nathan Ingham (FGCU) | |
2012 | Florida Gulf Coast (2) | 1–0 | Mercer | FGCU Soccer Complex • Fort Myers, FL | Santiago Echeverri (FGCU) | |
2013 | East Tennessee State (2) | 3–1 | North Florida | FGCU Soccer Complex • Fort Myers, FL | Nate Hodges (ESTU) | |
2014 | Florida Gulf Coast (3) | 1–0 | North Florida | • Nashville, TN | Nathan Ingham (FGCU) | |
2015 | North Florida | 7–0 | USC Upstate | Hodges Stadium • Jacksonville, FL | Helge Pietschmann (North Florida) | |
2016 | Florida Gulf Coast (4) | 3–2 | Jacksonville | FGCU Soccer Complex • Fort Myers, FL | Albert Ruiz (FGCU) | |
2017 | Lipscomb | 2–1 | Jacksonville | Southern Oak Stadium • Jacksonville, FL | Ivan Sakou (Lipscomb) | |
2018 | Lipscomb (2) | 2–0 | Stetson | • Nashville, TN | Logan Paynter (Lipscomb) | |
2019 | NJIT | 2–1 | Florida Gulf Coast | J. Malcolm Simon Stadium • Newark, NJ | Regsan Watkins (NJIT) | |
2021 (April)[a] | Jacksonville (2)[b] | 2–0 | Florida Gulf Coast | Stetson Athletic Training Center • DeLand, FL[c] | Connar Lufkin (Jacksonville) | |
2021 (November) | (3) | 4–1 | Lipscomb Soccer Complex • Nashville, TN | Tyrese Spicer & Hayes Wood (Lipscomb) |
- ^ The ASUN moved its originally scheduled fall 2020 season to spring 2021 due to COVID-19 issues. The conference tournament was officially branded as the "2021 Spring" edition.
- ^ For the rescheduled spring 2021 season only, the ASUN split into North and South Divisions, with regular-season standings based exclusively on results within the division. Jacksonville won the South Division.
- ^ The final, originally scheduled for April 17 at Jacksonville University's Southern Oak Stadium, was postponed to the following day due to unplayable field conditions and moved to the Stetson University campus.[4]
References[]
- ^ "ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). ASUN Conference. December 18, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "ASun Men's Soccer Record Book - Championship Results" (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. ASunSports.org. pp. 2–4. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "ASun Men's Soccer Record Book - Tournament MVP" (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. ASunSports.org. p. 12. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "Jacksonville Crowned 2021 Spring Men's @ASUNSoccer Champion; Wins Program's Second League Title" (Press release). ASUN Conference. April 18, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
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