2018 ASUN men's soccer tournament

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2018 ASUN men's soccer tournament
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Classification Division I
Teams6
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals site Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Lipscomb (2nd title)
Winning coachCharles Morrow (2nd title)
MVP Logan Paynter (Lipscomb)
Broadcast ESPN+, Facebook Live
ASUN men's soccer tournament
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2018 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 25 Lipscomb5 1 010 10 1
Florida Gulf Coast 5 1 09 5 2
North Florida 3 3 05 11 0
Jacksonville 3 3 05 13 0
Liberty 2 3 17 7 1
Stetson 1 4 17 10 2
NJIT 1 5 06 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.

Contents

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

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Lipscomb5–1–0LIP 1–0 vs. FGCU
2Florida Gulf Coast5–1–0FGCU 0–1 vs. LIP
3North Florida3–3–0UNF 1–0 vs. JAX
4Jacksonville3–3–0JAX 0–1 vs. UNF
5Liberty2–3–1
6Stetson1–4–1

Bracket

First round
Nov. 2
Semifinals
Nov. 4
Final
Nov. 10
1 Lipscomb 2
4 Jacksonville 24 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 Florida 1–3No. 6 Stetson
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Report

No. 4 Jacksonville 2–0No. 5 Liberty
Report

Semifinals


No. 1 Lipscomb 2–1No. 4 Jacksonville
Report

Final

No. 1 Lipscomb 2–0No. 6 Stetson
Report

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

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References

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