2018 CAA men's soccer tournament

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2018 CAA Men's soccer tournament
2018 CAA Men's Soccer Championship.png
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals site Sentara Park
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Finals siteSentara Park
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Champions James Madison (6th title)
Winning coachPaul Zazenski (1st title)
MVP Manuel Ferriol (James Madison)
BroadcastCAA.tv
CAA Men's soccer tournament
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2018 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 James Madison6 2 015 5 3
UNC Wilmington + 5 1 212 5 3
Hofstra 5 2 110 6 5
Delaware 4 3 15 11 1
William & Mary 3 3 26 10 2
Northeastern 3 4 16 9 1
Drexel 2 5 19 5 3
Elon 2 5 15 8 2
Charleston 1 6 15 10 2
As of December 1, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 CAA men's soccer tournament, was the 36th edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will began November 3 and concluded on November 11.

Contents

Top-seeded James Madison won the CAA Tournament, marking their sixth ever CAA Tournament title, and their first since 2014. En route to the final, they defeated defending champions, William & Mary, in the semifinals before beating Hofstra in penalty kicks in the final. JMU striker, Manuel Ferriol was named the MVP of the Tournament. With the title, the Dukes earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

In addition to the Dukes, regular season runners-up, and tournament semifinalists, UNC Wilmington earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, the Seahawks were eliminated in the first round by Furman by the virtue of penalty kicks. James Madison defeated High Point in the first round and upset fifth-seeded North Carolina and twelfth-seeded Virginia Tech in the second round and third rounds respectively before falling at Michigan State in the Elite Eight.

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1James Madison6–2–0
2UNCW5–1–2
3Hofstra5–2–1
4William & Mary4–3–2
5Delaware4–3–1
6Northeastern3–4–1

Bracket

First round
Nov. 3
Semifinals
Nov. 9
Final
Nov. 11
1 James Madison 2
4 Delaware 2 5 William & Mary 0
5 William & Mary 31 James Madison (p) 1 (4)
3 Hofstra 1 (2)
2 UNCW 1
3 Hofstra 13 Hofstra 2
6 Northeastern 0

Results

First round

No. 4 Delaware 2–3No. 5 William & Mary
  • Edmunds Soccerball shade.svg17'
  • Mertz Soccerball shade.svg57'
Report

No. 3 Hofstra 1–0No. 6 Northeastern
Report

Semifinals

No. 2 UNCW 1–2No. 3 Hofstra
Report

No. 1 James Madison 2–0No. 5 William & Mary
Report

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals
  • Flag of the United States.svg Reeves Trott – William & Mary
  • Flag of the United States.svg Matt Vowinkel – Hofstra
1 Goal
  • Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Edmunds – Delaware
  • Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Mertz – Delaware
  • Flag of England.svg Luke Brown – Hofstra
  • Flag of the United States.svg Sean Nealis – Hofstra
  • Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Ferriol – James Madison
  • Flag of the United States.svg Carson Jeffris – James Madison
  • Flag of the United States.svg Tim Judge – James Madison
  • Flag of England.svg Danny Reynolds – UNCW
  • Flag of the United States.svg Julian Ngoh – William & Mary

All Tournament Team

2018 CAA Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team [1]

Luke Brown, Hofstra
Sean Nealis, Hofstra
George O’Malley, Hofstra
TJ Bush, James Madison
Thomas Shores, James Madison
Yannick Franz, James Madison
Manuel Ferriol, James Madison
Joel Bylander, UNCW
Danny Reynolds, UNCW
Julian Ngoh, William & Mary
Reeves Trott, William & Mary

MVP in Bold

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References

  1. "James Madison Captures CAA Championship in Penalties". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.