2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament

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2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament
2018 ASun Men's Soccer Tournament.png
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
Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament
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2018 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 25 Lipscomb510  10101
Florida Gulf Coast 510  952
North Florida 330  5110
Jacksonville 330  5130
Liberty 231  771
Stetson 141  7102
NJIT 150  6110
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 40th edition of the Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament. It determined the Atlantic Sun 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 Atlantic Sun regular season champions. Outscoring their opponents 4-1 in the process, Lipscomb successfully defended their A-Sun 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 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

First round

No. 3 North Florida 1–3No. 6 Stetson
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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