2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer tournament

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2018 MAC men's soccer tournament
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Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Semifinals site Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
Finals siteDick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
Champions Akron (15th title)
Winning coach Jared Embick (6th title)
MVP Marcel Zajac (Akron)
Broadcast ESPN+
MAC men's soccer tournament
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2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 22 West Virginia + 5 0 014 7 0
Bowling Green 2 1 26 7 4
Western Michigan 1 1 211 6 3
No. 2 Akron1 2 115 7 2
SIU Edwardsville 1 3 19 5 4
Northern Illinois 1 4 08 9 1
As of December 11, 2018
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.

Contents

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.

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1West Virginia5–0–0
2Bowling Green2–2–1
3Western Michigan1–1–2
4Akron1–2–1
5SIU Edwardsville1–3–1
6Northern Illinois1–4–0

Bracket

First round
Nov. 6
Semifinals
Nov. 9
Final
Nov. 11
1 West Virginia 1
4 Akron 24 Akron 3
5 SIU Edwardsville 1 4 Akron 3
3 Western Michigan 0
2 Bowling Green 0
3 Western Michigan 33 Western Michigan 2
6 Northern Illinois 1

Results

First round

No. 3 Western Michigan 3–1No. 6 Northern Illinois
  • Sipple Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Jackman Soccerball shade.svg30'
  • Clark Soccerball shade.svg33'
Report
WMU Soccer Complex , Kalamazoo
Attendance: 315

No. 4 Akron 2–1No. 5 SIU Edwardsville
Report
Cub Cadet Field , Akron
Attendance: 360
Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Semifinals

No. 2 Bowling Green 0–2No. 3 Western Michigan
Report
Dlesk Stadium , Morgantown
Attendance: 0
Referee: Art Arustamyan

No. 1 West Virginia 1–3No. 4 Akron
Report
Dlesk Stadium , Morgantown
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nicholas Balcer

Final

No. 3 Western Michigan 0–3No. 4 Akron
Report
Dlesk Stadium , Morgantown
Attendance: 94
Referee: Gregory Dopka

Statistics

Top goalscorers

3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
  • Flag of Nigeria.svg David Egbo – Akron
  • Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Hackworth – Akron
  • Flag of Eritrea.svg Ezana Kahsay – Akron
  • Flag of Germany.svg Jan Maertins – Northern Illinois
  • Flag of the United States.svg Greg Solawa – SIU Edwardsville
  • Flag of Spain.svg Andres Muriel Albino – West Virginia
  • Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Clark – Western Michigan
  • Flag of the United States.svg Caden Jackman – Western Michigan
  • Flag of the United States.svg Mike Melaragni – Western Michigan
  • Flag of the United States.svg Zack Shane – Western Michigan
  • Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Sipple – Western Michigan

All Tournament Team

2018 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team [2]

Carlo Ritaccio, Akron
Ezana Kahsay, Akron
Marcel Zajac, Akron
Abdi Mohaned, Akron
Moe Mustafa, Bowling Green
Charlie Maciejewski, Bowling Green
Logan Lucas, West Virginia
Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, West Virginia
Ben Thornton, Western Michigan
Jake Rufe, Western Michigan
Anthony Bowie, Western Michigan

MVP in Bold

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References

  1. Fagerlin, A. J. (November 13, 2017). "Zips Claim 14th MAC Tournament Title in Victory over Western Michigan". The Buchtelite. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  2. "2018 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament". Mid-American Conference . Retrieved November 28, 2018.