2018 ASUN women's soccer tournament

2018 ASUN women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,339
Site	Campus Sites, higher seed
Champions	Lipscomb (1st title)
Winning coach	Kevin O'Brien (1st title)
MVP	Maycie McKay (Lipscomb)
Broadcast	ESPN+
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2018 Atlantic Sun Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Lipscomb  ‍†‍‡‍y	7	–	1	–	0		.875			14	–	4	–	2		.750
NJIT  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	1		.688			11	–	5	–	2		.667
Kennesaw St.  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			12	–	6	–	1		.658
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			13	–	4	–	2		.737
Liberty  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			6	–	11	–	0		.353
North Alabama  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			11	–	9	–	1		.548
North Florida  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	1		.313			7	–	8	–	1		.469
Stetson  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	1		.188			4	–	10	–	3		.324
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			1	–	14	–	1		.094
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 ASUN Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 7, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Atlantic Sun Conference

The 2018 ASUN women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from October 26 through November 3, 2018. The first round of the tournament was hosted at the #1 and #2 seed's home stadium. Then the remaining rounds of the tournament were hosted by the higher seed. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles were the defending tournament champions. However, they were unable to defend their crown, as they lost to the Lipscomb Bisons in the semifinals. ^[1] Lipscomb went on to win the tournament, beating North Alabama in the final. ^[2]

Bracket

Source: ^[3]

	First round October 26					Semifinals October 28					Final November 3
						1	Lipscomb	1
	4	Florida Gulf Coast	2			4	Florida Gulf Coast	0
	5	Liberty	1								1	Lipscomb	3
											6	North Alabama	2
						2	NJIT	0
	3	Kennesaw St.	1			6	North Alabama	3
	6	North Alabama	2

Schedule

First round

#3 Kennesaw St. v #6 North Alabama

October 26, 2018	#3 Kennesaw St.	1–2	#6 North Alabama	Hillside, NJ
2:00 p.m.	Erin Harris 61'	Report	Anna Bové 28' Kylie Huey 61'	Stadium: Kean U East Campus Stadium Attendance: 102 Referee: Ronny Castillo Assistant referees: Jamie Dominguez Assistant referees: Jorge Ramirez

#4 Florida Gulf Coast v #5 Liberty

October 26, 2018	#4 Florida Gulf Coast	2–1	#5 Liberty	Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m.	Evdokia Popadinova 27' Cassidy Morgan 57'	Report	Cora Duininck 82'	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Comp Attendance: 136

Semifinals

#1 Lipscomb v #4 Florida Gulf Coast

October 28, 2018	#1 Lipscomb	1–0	#4 Florida Gulf Coast	Nashville, TN
2:00 p.m.	Logan McFadden 69'	Report		Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Comp Attendance: 387

#2 NJIT v #6 North Alabama

October 28, 2018	#2 NJIT	0–3	#6 North Alabama	Hillside, NJ
2:30 p.m.	Nicole Loehle  12' Noelle Batista  78' Nicole Baldassini  89'	Report	Tay Cavett 21' NJIT Own Goal 73' Anna Bové 84'	Stadium: Kean U East Campus Stadium Attendance: 299

Final

#1 Lipscomb v #6 North Alabama

November 3, 2018	#1 Lipscomb	3–2	#6 North Alabama	Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m.	Olivia Doak 15', 50' Maycie McKay 38'	Report	Margarida Sousa 42' Shelby Wall 53'	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 415

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Anna Bove - North Alabama
• Olivia Doak - Lipscomb

1 Goal

• Tay Cavett - North Alabama
• Cora Duininck - Liberty
• Erin Harris - Kennesaw State
• Kyle Huey - North Alabama
• Logan McFadden - Lipscomb
• Maycie McKay - Lipscomb
• Cassidy Morgan - Florida Gulf Coast
• Evdokia Popadinvoa - Florida Gulf Goast
• Margarida Sousa - North Alabama
• Shelby Wall - North Alabama

Own Goals

• NJIT vs. North Alabama

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[4]

Player	Team
Lindsey Patton	FGCU
Evdokia Popadinova	FGCU
Jessica Aseng	NJIT
Arianna Gerber	NJIT
Anna Bové	North Alabama
Margarida Sousa	North Alabama
Shelby Wall	North Alabama
Brooke Brenner	Lipscomb
Olivia Doak	Lipscomb
Kate Mason	Lipscomb
Maycie McKay	Lipscomb (MVP)

References

1. "2018 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
2. "Lipscomb Defeats North Alabama, Wins #ASUNWSOC Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
3. "2018 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
4. "Lipscomb Defeats North Alabama, Wins #ASUNWSOC Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. November 3, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.