2018 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament

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2018 Atlantic 10 Men's soccer tournament
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Classification Division I
Teams8
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals site Hermann Stadium
St. Louis, MO
Finals site Hermann Stadium
St. Louis, MO
Champions Rhode Island (7th title)
Winning coachGareth Elliott (1st title)
MVP Tyler Dickson (Rhode Island)
Broadcast ESPN+
Atlantic 10 Men's soccer tournament
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2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
VCU 6 1 110 6 2
Davidson 5 2 19 7 2
Rhode Island5 3 015 5 0
George Mason 5 3 09 8 0
Saint Louis 3 1 46 4 7
Fordham 4 3 18 5 4
Dayton 4 3 19 6 4
Saint Joseph's 2 3 38 7 3
UMass 3 5 07 8 3
St. Bonaventure 3 5 07 9 1
Duquesne 2 4 24 9 3
George Washington 1 5 25 9 3
LaSalle 0 5 23 11 3
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament, was the 21st edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It will determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 4 and concluded on November 11. Saint Louis University hosted the semifinals and championship matches with these fixtures contested at Hermann Stadium.

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Rhode Island won the A-10 Tournament, giving the Rams their first Atlantic 10 Conference championship, as well as first NCAA berth since 2006. Rhode Island defeated George Mason in the final, and bested regular season champions, VCU, in the semifinals, and last year's NCAA quarterfinalists, Fordham in the quarterfinals. George Mason defeated Saint Louis and Dayton to reach the championship match.

Defending champions, UMass, were eliminated by the virtue of penalty kicks to VCU in the quarterfinal round.

Rhode Island was the only Atlantic 10 team this year to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they were eliminated in the first round by Connecticut off of a golden goal.

Seeds

Seed [1] SchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1VCU6–1–1
2Davidson5–2–1
3George Mason5–3–0GMU 1–0 vs. URI
4Rhode Island5–3–0URI 0–1 vs. GMU
5Fordham4–3–1Win vs. Dayton
6Saint Louis3–1–4Tie vs. Dayton
7Dayton4–3–10-1-1 vs tied teams
8UMass3–5–0By virtue of a win over George Mason

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Nov. 4
Semifinals
Nov. 9
Final
Nov. 11
         
1 VCU (pen.) 1 (5)
8 UMass 1 (4)
1 VCU 0
4 Rhode Island1
4 Rhode Island2
5 Fordham 0
4 Rhode Island2
3 George Mason 0
2 Davidson 1
7 Dayton (2OT) 2
7 Dayton 0
3 George Mason (OT) 1
3 George Mason (2OT) 1
6 Saint Louis 0

Results

Quarterfinals

No. 2 Davidson 1–2 (a.e.t.)No. 7 Dayton
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No. 4 Rhode Island 2–0No. 5 Fordham
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No. 3 George Mason 1–0 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Saint Louis
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Semifinals

No. 1 VCU 0–1No. 4 Rhode Island
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No. 3 George Mason 1–0 (a.e.t.)No. 7 Dayton
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Final

No. 3 George Mason 0–2No. 4 Rhode Island
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Statistics

Goalscorers

1 Goal

Awards and honors

All-Tournament team: [2]

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References

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  2. "Rhode Island Wins 2018 A-10 Men's Soccer Championship". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.