2024 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

2024 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,222
Site	Korte Stadium Edwardsville, Illinois
Champions	SIU Edwardsville (2nd title)
Winning coach	Cale Wassermann (2nd title)
MVP	Nic Muench (SIU Edwardsville)
Broadcast	ESPN+
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2024 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
SIU Edwardsville ‡	8	–	1	–	1			12	–	5	–	3
Lindenwood #	6	–	2	–	2			11	–	6	–	3
Houston Christian	5	–	2	–	3			8	–	7	–	5
Liberty	5	–	3	–	2			7	–	7	–	3
Incarnate Word	3	–	2	–	5			6	–	6	–	6
Western Illinois	3	–	7	–	0			8	–	11	–	1
Southern Indiana #	1	–	7	–	2			2	–	14	–	2
Eastern Illinois	1	–	8	–	1			2	–	12	–	2
‡ – 2024 Ohio Valley tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2024 NCAA tournament # – Ineligible for NCAA tournament (In transition) As of December 17, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: OVC

The 2024 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference held from November 10 through November 16, 2024. The tournament was hosted by the number one seed and took place at Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Illinois. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the SIU Edwardsville Cougars ^[1] SIU Edwardsville was the first seed an successfully defended their title, defeating Houston Christian 3–2 in overtime in the final. ^{[2] [3]} This was the second conference tournament title for the SIU Edwardsville men's soccer program, both of which have come under head coach Cale Wassermann. ^[4] As tournament champions, SIU Edwardsville earned the Ohio Valley's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six of the eight Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 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. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique regular season conference record. ^{[5] [6]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	SIUE	8–1–1	25
2	Houston Christian*	5–2–3	18
3	Lindenwood*	6–2–2	20
4	Liberty	5–3–2	17
5	Incarnate Word	3–2–5	14
6	Western Illinois	3–7–0	9

*The top two seeds are given to the teams that win each scheduling pod

Bracket

Source: ^[7]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 10					Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13					Final Saturday, Nov. 16
						1	SIU Edwardsville	1
	4	Liberty	0			5	Incarnate Word	0
	5	Incarnate Word	2								1	SIU Edwardsville (a.e.t)	3
											2	Houston Christian	2
						2	Houston Christian	2
	3	Lindenwood	2			3	Lindenwood	0
	6	Western Illinois	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Lindenwood v #6 Western Illinois

November 10, 2024	#3 Lindenwood	2–1	#6 Western Illinois	Edwardsville, IL
1:00 p.m. CST	Western Illinois Own Goal 11' Ethan Blake  55' Quinn Connolly 70' Josh Francombe  73' Christos Philippou  84'	Report	12' Joel McIntyre  36' Diego Porras  43' Xavier Gagnon 57' Liam Gainey	Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 231 Referee: Esad Omanovic Assistant referees: Matthew Williams Assistant referees: Kurt Wuebbels Fourth official: Velimir Milovic

#4 Liberty v #5 Incarnate Word

November 10, 2024	#4 Liberty	0–2	#5 Incarnate Word	Edwardsville, IL
4:00 p.m. CST	Spencer Moler  58'	Report	25' Sello Diphoko 43',  48' Emmanuel Martinez  62' Tatenda Chigede	Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Michael Heath Assistant referees: Matthew Stein Fourth official: Lucas Cross

Semifinals

#2 Houston Christian v #3 Lindenwood

November 13, 2024	#2 Houston Christian	2–0	#3 Lindenwood	Edwardsville, IL
3:00 p.m. CST	Sam Zeeman 52',  58' Thomas Wyke  75' Ethan Giwa-McNeil 80'	Report	54' Cameron Caldwell  81' Noe Bijou  83' Ethan Blake	Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 141 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Kurt Wuebbles Fourth official: Jeffrey Patrylo

#1 SIU Edwardsville v #5 Incarnate Word

November 13, 2024	#1 SIU Edwardsville	1–0	#5 Incarnate Word	Edwardsville, IL
6:00 p.m. CST	Nic Muench 31'	Report		Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Art Arustramyan Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi Assistant referees: John Kennedy Fourth official: Braeden Frey

Final

#1 SIU Edwardsville v #2 Houston Christian

November 16, 2024	#1 SIU Edwardsville	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#2 Houston Christian	Edwardsville, IL
6:00 p.m. CST	Jacobo Sanfeliu 22' Archie McDonnell  71' Pavel Dashin 83' Wes Gibson 104'	Report	30',  81' Ethan Giwa-McNeil 39' Theo Butterworth  84' Ricardo Garcia  98' Sam Zeeman	Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Cory Formea Assistant referees: Chad Formea Fourth official: Shane Butler

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

2 goals

• Ethan Giwa-McNeil – Houston Christian

1 goal

• Theo Butterworth – Houston Christian
• Quinn Connolly – Lindenwood
• Pavel Dashin – SIU Edwardsville
• Sello Diphoko – Incarnate Word
• Liam Gainey – Western Illinois
• Wes Gibson – SIU Edwardsville
• Emmanuel Martinez – Incarnate Word
• Nic Muench – SIU Edwardsville
• Jacobo Sanfeliu – SIU Edwardsville
• Sam Zeeman – Houston Christian

1 own goal

• Western Illinois (vs. Lindenwood)

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[8]

Player	Team
Ethan Giwa-McNeil	Houston Christian
Morgan Worsfold-Gregg
Sam Zeeman
Will Ansah	Incarnate Word
Alejandro De La Torre
Quinn Connolly	Lindenwood
Josh Francombe
Pavel Dashin	SIU Edwardsville
Wes Gibson
Nic Muench
Yasha Schaerer

MVP in bold

References

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