2023 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer tournament

2023 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	4,756
Site	Campus Sites
Champions	Dayton (5th title)
Winning coach	Dennis Currier (5th title)
MVP	Kenji Mboma Dem (Dayton)
Broadcast	ESPN+
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2023 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VCU	5	–	1	–	2			7	–	6	–	5
Loyola Chicago	4	–	1	–	3			8	–	2	–	5
Saint Louis	4	–	1	–	3			8	–	4	–	5
Davidson	5	–	3	–	0			10	–	5	–	1
Duquesne	4	–	2	–	2			8	–	7	–	3
Dayton ‡	3	–	1	–	4			8	–	7	–	6
UMass	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	6	–	6
Fordham	3	–	3	–	2			6	–	4	–	7
Rhode Island	2	–	4	–	2			5	–	6	–	5
Saint Joseph's	2	–	4	–	2			4	–	11	–	2
St. Bonaventure	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	7	–	4
George Mason	2	–	5	–	1			5	–	7	–	3
George Washington	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	9	–	4
La Salle	1	–	5	–	2			5	–	8	–	4
‡ – 2023 Atlantic 10 tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Atlantic 10

The 2023 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament was the post season men's soccer tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference held from November 4 to November 12, 2023. The seven-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Saint Louis Billikens. ^[1] Saint Louis was the second seed, but was unable to defend their title as they fell to seventh seed UMass in the Quarterfinals in a penalty shoot-out. Sixth seed Dayton went on to win the tournament, defeating first seed VCU 2–1 in the Final. ^{[2] [3]} This was Dayton's fifth tournament title, and first since 2015. All five of Datyon's titles have come under head coach Dennis Currier. ^[4] As tournament champions Dayton earned the A10's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight 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 three-way tiebreaker was required for the second, third, and fourth seeds as Davidson, Loyola Chicago, and Saint Louis all finished with fifteen conference points. Record against common conference opponents was used as the tiebreaker. Saint Louis had the best record in that regard and was the second seed. They were followed by Loyola Chicago as the third seed and Davidson as the fourth seed. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and seventh seeds as Dayton and UMass both finished with thirteen points. Dayton earned the sixth seed by virtue of their 3–1 win in the head-to-head match up during the regular season. ^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	VCU	5–1–2	17
2	Saint Louis	4–1–3	15
3	Loyola Chicago	4–1–3	15
4	Davidson	5–3–0	15
5	Duquesne	4–2–2	14
6	Dayton	3–1–4	13
7	UMass	4–3–1	13
8	Fordham	3–3–2	11

Bracket

Source: ^[6]

	Quarterfinals Nov. 3-4					Semifinals Wednesday Nov. 8					Final Sunday, Nov. 12
	1	VCU	1
	8	Fordham	0
						1	VCU	3
						7	UMass	1
	3	Loyola Chicago	2 (4)
	6	Dayton (pen.)	2 (5)
											1	VCU	1
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											6	Dayton	2
	2	Saint Louis	2 (3)
	7	UMass (pen.)	2 (4)
						4	Davidson	1
						6	Dayton	3
	4	Davidson	2
	5	Duquesne	1

Schedule

First Round

#1 VCU v #8 Fordham

November 3	#1 VCU	1–0	#8 Fordham	Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. ET	Damian Gallegos 74'	Report		Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 483 Referee: Shaun Papperman Assistant referees: Jeffery Skinker Assistant referees: Nick Karnovsky Fourth official: Justin Weinstock

#4 Davidson v #5 Duquesne

November 3	#4 Davidson	2–1	#5 Duquesne	Davidson, NC
7:00 p.m. ET	Denis Krioutchenkov 11' Alonzo Clarke  15' Lyman Ott  39' Vincent Bennage 78'	Report	11' Cameron Territo  18' Christoffer Vie Angell 37' Ask Ekeland  84' Team	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 831

#2 Saint Louis v #7 UMass

November 3	#2 Saint Louis	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#7 UMass	St. Louis, MO
7:00 p.m. CT	Mads Stistrup Petersen 56', 66'	Report	48' Alec Hughes 75' Nick Zielonka  108' Sefunmi Taiwo	Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 854 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Leszek Skowyra Assistant referees: Stephen Valle Fourth official: George Major
	Penalties
	Kevin Komodi Jeremi Abonnel Diego Konincks Christian Buendia Jack Sullivan Mathew Wrobel		Alec Hughes Michael Rojas Nick Zielonka Aidan Kelly Jack Englebert Andrew Ortiz

#3 Loyola Chicago v #6 Dayton

November 4	#3 Loyola Chicago	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#6 Dayton	Chicago, IL
3:00 p.m. CT	Marc Torrellas 30' Julian Cisneros 54',  60'	Report	52' Sidike Jabateh  54' Paul Yeboah 59' Manny Day  84' Hjalti Sigurdsson  89' Casper Svendby	Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park Attendance: 438 Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos Assistant referees: Sergio Alverez Assistant referees: Sina Kashef Fourth official: Michael Kennedy
	Penalties
	Markus Maurer Oscar Dueso Juilan Cisneros Marc Torrellas Quinten Blair		Dario Caetano Ousseynou Cisse Sidike Jabateh Casper Svendby Logan Brown

Semifinals

#1 VCU v #7 UMass

November 8	#1 VCU	3–1	#7 UMass	Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. ET	UMass Own Goal 41' Andrey Salmeron 45' William Hitchcock 57'	Report	11',  85' Michael Rojas  44' Shane Velez  68' Andrew Ortiz	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 437 Referee: Mike De Felice Assistant referees: Jeffrey Skinker Assistant referees: Aaron Hormuth Fourth official: Mark Remsa

#4 Davidson v #6 Dayton

November 8	#4 Davidson	1–3	#6 Dayton	Davidson, NC
7:00 p.m. ET	Denis Krioutchenkov 58'	Report	11' Manny Day  19' Hjalti Sigurdsson  44' Braden Seel 49', 63' Kenji Mboma Dem  58' Paul Yeboah  67' Paul Yeboah	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 912

Final

#1 VCU v #6 Dayton

November 12	#1 VCU	1–2	#6 Dayton	Richmond, VA
12:00 p.m. ET	Jonathan Kanagwa 10' Scott McLeod  75'	Report	69' Kenji Mboma Dem  75' Sidike Jabateh  84' Adam Zenzen 89' Hjalti Sigurdsson  89' Miles Bonham	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 801 Referee: Gregory DeMello Assistant referees: Ben Pilgrim Assistant referees: George Vergara Jr. Fourth official: Kohl Peasley

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match (as of November 12, 2023).

3 goals

• Kenji Mboma Dem – Dayton

2 goals

• Denis Krioutchenkov – Davidson
• Manny Day – Dayton
• Mads Stistrup Petersen – Saint Louis

1 goal

• Vincent Bennage – Davidson
• Sidike Jabateh – Dayton
• Hjalti Sigurdsson – Dayton
• Ask Ekeland – Duquesne
• Julian Cisneros – Loyola Chicago
• Marc Torrellas – Loyola Chicago
• Alec Hughes – UMass
• Michael Rojas – UMass
• Nick Zielonka – UMass
• Damian Gallegos – VCU
• William Hitchcock – VCU
• Jonathan Kanagwa – VCU
• Andrey Salmeron – VCU

1 own goal

• UMass (vs. VCU)

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
2023 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer All-Tournament team [7]
Denis Krioutchenkov	Davidson
Logan Brown	Dayton
Dario Caetano
Manny Day
Kenji Mboma Dem
Hjalti Sigurdsson
Jonathan Kanagwa	VCU
Moussa Ndiaye
Andrey Salmeron
Papa Toure
Michael Rojas	UMass

MVP in Bold

References

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