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.
| 2018 ASUN men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Quarterfinals site | Higher seeds | ||||
| Semifinals site | Higher seeds | ||||
| Finals site | Lipscomb Soccer Complex Nashville, Tennessee | ||||
| Champions | Lipscomb (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Charles Morrow (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Logan Paynter (Lipscomb) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+, Facebook Live | ||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 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
edit| 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
editFirst round
edit| No. 3 North Florida | 1–3 | No. 6 Stetson |
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Report |
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| No. 4 Jacksonville | 2–0 | No. 5 Liberty |
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Semifinals
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| No. 1 Lipscomb | 2–1 | No. 4 Jacksonville |
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Report |
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Final
editStatistics
editTop goalscorers
edit- 3 Goals
Lewis Scattergood – Stetson
- 2 Goals
Logan Paynter – Lipscomb
- 1 Goal
- Alex Dixon – Jacksonville
Zarek Jakubowski – Lipscomb- Ben Locke – Lipscomb
- Jose Manzo – Jacksonville
Ryan Medilah – Florida Gulf Coast
Raphael Northoff – Stetson- Collin Scott – North Florida
All Tournament Team
edit| 2018 A-Sun Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team[1][2] | ||||||
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Ryan Birchfield, Lipscomb | ||||||
| MVP in Bold | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Bluhm, Jack; Downs, Kirby (November 11, 2018). "Lipscomb crowned ASUN Champion once again". lipscombsports.com. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ "Hatters Fall in ASUN Title Game". gohatters.com. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.