2018 MAC men's soccer tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Teams | 6 | ||||
Matches | 5 | ||||
Semifinals site | Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, West Virginia | ||||
Finals site | Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, West Virginia | ||||
Champions | Akron (15th title) | ||||
Winning coach | Jared Embick (6th title) | ||||
MVP | Marcel Zajac (Akron) | ||||
Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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No. 22 West Virginia + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Akron ‡ | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIU Edwardsville | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
The 2018 MAC men's soccer tournament, was the 25th edition of the tournament. It determined the Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 6 and concluded on November 11.
Akron won the MAC Championship, 3–0 against Western Michigan, making it a rematch of last year's championship. [1] Akron entered the tournament as the six-time defending champions, and the fourth overall seed.
The tournament was expanded this year from four teams to six teams.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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1 | West Virginia | 5–0–0 | |
2 | Bowling Green | 2–2–1 | |
3 | Western Michigan | 1–1–2 | |
4 | Akron | 1–2–1 | |
5 | SIU Edwardsville | 1–3–1 | |
6 | Northern Illinois | 1–4–0 | |
First round Nov. 6 | Semifinals Nov. 9 | Final Nov. 11 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Akron | 2 | 4 | Akron | 3 | |||||||||
5 | SIU Edwardsville | 1 | 4 | Akron | 3 | |||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bowling Green | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | Western Michigan | 2 | |||||||||
6 | Northern Illinois | 1 |
No. 3 Western Michigan | 3–1 | No. 6 Northern Illinois |
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No. 4 Akron | 2–1 | No. 5 SIU Edwardsville |
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No. 2 Bowling Green | 0–2 | No. 3 Western Michigan |
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No. 1 West Virginia | 1–3 | No. 4 Akron |
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No. 3 Western Michigan | 0–3 | No. 4 Akron |
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2018 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team [2] | ||||||
Carlo Ritaccio, Akron | ||||||
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