2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament

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2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,869
SiteCampus Sites
Champions Lipscomb (5th title)
Winning coachCharles Morrow (5th title)
MVP Javanne Smith (Lipscomb)
Broadcast ESPN+, YouTube
ASUN men's soccer tournament
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2023 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lipscomb6 1 010 4 4
Stetson 3 2 27 7 4
Bellarmine #3 2 26 5 6
Jacksonville 2 2 35 9 3
Florida Gulf Coast 2 2 33 7 5
Central Arkansas 2 2 34 9 4
Queens #3 4 05 10 2
North Florida 0 6 13 8 4
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: ASUN

The 2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament was the 45th edition of the postseason men's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference, held from November 4 through November 11, 2023. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the first and second seeds home stadiums, with the #1 seed Lipscomb, hosting the Final. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Lipscomb Bison were the defending tournament champions, [1] and were successful in defending their title, defeating second seed Bellarmine 1–0 in the Final. [2] [3] It was their fifth title in seven years, and fifth title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Charles Morrow. It also was the third title in a row for Lipscomb. [4] As tournament champions, Lipscomb earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

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Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds for the tournament as Bellarmine and Stetson both finished with eleven conference points. Bellarmine defeated Stetson on October 28, and was therefore the second seed in the tournament. Four teams finished with nine conference points. After the tiebreakers, Queens was the fourth seed, Central Arkansas was the fifth seed, and Jacksonville was the sixth seed. Florida Gulf Coast was the fourth team to finish with nine conference points, and did not qualify for the tournament. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Lipscomb 6–1–018
2 Bellarmine 3–2–211
3 Stetson 3–2–211
4 Queens 3–4–09
5 Central Arkansas 2–2–39
6 Jacksonville 2–2–39

Bracket

Source: [6]

First round
Saturday, Nov. 4
Semifinals
Monday, Nov. 6
Final
Saturday, Nov. 11
1 Lipscomb 4
4 Queens 0 5 Central Arkansas 0
5 Central Arkansas 11 Lipscomb 1
2 Bellarmine 0
2 Bellarmine (a.e.t.)3
3 Stetson 23 Stetson 2
6 Jacksonville 0

Schedule

First Round

November 4 #3 Stetson 2–0 #6 Jacksonville Louisville, KY
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Xavi Csato Yellow card.svg 44'
  • Alvaro Gabancho Soccerball shade.svg77'
  • Afonso Conde Soccerball shade.svg85'
  • Jacob Lenhard Yellow card.svg 88'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 50' Mason Duval
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Daniel Wilkins
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Cole Reasonover
Stadium: Frazier Stadium
Attendance: 125
Referee: Noah Mantos
Assistant referees: Andrey Castel
Assistant referees: Chad Collins
Fourth official: Don Cooper
November 4 #4 Queens 0–1 #5 Central Arkansas Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m. CT
  • Samuel Idinge Yellow card.svg 26'
  • Gaston Moise Yellow card.svg 42'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg32' Deon Travis
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 112
Referee: Adam Hadzic
Assistant referees: Logan Busby
Assistant referees: Amir Torkamani
Fourth official: Matthew Bell

Semifinals

November 6 #2 Bellarmine 3–2 (a.e.t.) #3 Stetson Louisville, KY
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Alex Halevy Soccerball shade.svg41', Yellow card.svg 83'
  • Jeffery Cox Yellow card.svg 51'
  • Chris Shust Yellow card.svg 71'
  • Brendan Schoemehl Soccerball shade.svg84', 105' (pen.)
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg4' Afonso Conde
  • Soccerball shade.svg29', Yellow card.svg 51' Alvaro Gabancho
  • Yellow card.svg 42' Rafael Pinzon
  • Yellow card.svg 106' Luis Lara
Stadium: Frazier Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Chico Grajeda
Assistant referees: Khary Williams
Assistant referees: Sarah Pierce
Fourth official: Shawn Westerfield
November 6 #1 Lipscomb 4–0 #5 Central Arkansas Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m. CT
  • Daniel Stampatori Soccerball shade.svg27'
  • Tyrese Spicer Yellow card.svg 34'
  • Ploutarchos Alonefti Soccerball shade.svg53', Yellow card.svg 59'
  • Javanne Smith Soccerball shade.svg67', 80'
  • Carson Cooke Yellow card.svg 90'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 15' Yellow-red card.svg 76' Pietro Fontana
  • Yellow card.svg 45' Team
  • Red card.svg 60' Tajio James
  • Yellow card.svg 60' Team
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 461
Referee: Kevin Fikar
Assistant referees: Tim Stewart
Assistant referees: Amir Torkamani
Fourth official: Adam Warner

Final

November 11 #1 Lipscomb 1–0 #2 Bellarmine Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m. CT
  • Javanne Smith Soccerball shade.svg40'
  • Juan Carlos Rodriguez Red card.svg 74'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 63' Juan Ballas
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 671
Referee: Amin Hadzic
Assistant referees: Amir Torkamani
Assistant referees: Kris Fabrick
Fourth official: Jason Steiner

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).

3 goals

  • Javanne Smith – Lipscomb

2 goals

  • Brendan Schoemehl – Bellarmine
  • Afonso Conde – Stetson
  • Alvaro Gabancho – Stetson

1 goal

  • Alex Halevy – Bellarmine
  • Deon Travis – Central Arkansas
  • Ploutarchos Alonefti – Lipscomb
  • Daniel Stampatori – Lipscomb

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Alex Halevy Bellarmine
Brock Pope
Brendan Schoemehl
Jerry Gutierrez Central Arkansas
Deon Travis
Nick Dang Lipscomb
George Macready
Javanne Smith
Daniel Stampatori
Afonso Conde Stetson
Alvaro Gabancho

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