2024 Patriot League men's soccer tournament

2024 Patriot League men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,799
Site	Campus Sites, Higher seed
Champions	Bucknell (5th title)
Winning coach	Dave Brandt (2nd title)
MVP	Aidan Lawlor (Bucknell)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Patriot League men's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Patriot League men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston U	4	–	1	–	4			4	–	4	–	10
Bucknell ‡	4	–	1	–	4			7	–	7	–	6
American	4	–	2	–	3			5	–	5	–	9
Colgate	4	–	3	–	2			8	–	9	–	3
Lehigh	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	10	–	3
Loyola (MD)	3	–	3	–	3			4	–	7	–	6
Holy Cross	3	–	3	–	3			4	–	9	–	5
Lafayette	3	–	4	–	2			8	–	6	–	4
Navy	3	–	5	–	1			4	–	8	–	4
Army	1	–	7	–	1			4	–	11	–	2
‡ – 2024 Patriot League tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2024 NCAA tournament As of December 17, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Patriot League

The 2024 Patriot League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from November 9 through November 16, 2024. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeded team hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Boston University Terriers. ^[1] They were unable to defend their crown, as they were eliminated by Colgate in a penalty shoot-out the Semifinals. The second seeded Bucknell Bison would go on to claim the title, defeating Colgate in the final, 3–0. ^{[2] [3]} The conference championship was the fifth for the Bucknell men's soccer program, and the second for head coach Dave Brandt. It is the first title for Brandt at Bucknell. He won the 2013 title while head coach of Navy. ^[4] As tournament champions, Bucknell earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six of the ten Patriot League men's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds in the tournament as Boston University and Bucknell both finished with identical 4–1–4 regular season records. Boston University earned the top seed by virtue of their 1–0 defeat of Bucknell on October 12, during the regular season. Another tiebreaker was required for the sixth and final seed in the tournament as Holy Cross and Loyola Maryland both finished with 3–3–3 regular season records. Loyola Maryland earned the final spot in the tournament by virtue of their 2–1 regular season win over Holy Cross on September 29. ^{[5] [6]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Boston University	4–1–4	16
2	Bucknell	4–1–4	16
3	American	4–2–3	15
4	Colgate	4–3–2	14
5	Lehigh	4–4–1	13
6	Loyola Maryland	3–3–3	12

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 9					Semifinals Tuesday, Nov. 12					Final Sunday, Nov. 16
						1	Boston University	0
	4	Colgate (a.e.t)	2			4	Colgate	1
	5	Lehigh	1								4	Colgate	0
											2	Bucknell	3
						2	Bucknell (pen.)	1 (6)
	3	American (pen.)	2 (5)			3	American	1 (5)
	6	Loyola Maryland	2 (4)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#4 Colgate v #5 Lehigh

November 9, 2024	#4 Colgate	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#5 Lehigh	Hamilton, NY
6:00 p.m. EST	Aidan Wright  13' Mason Pahule  25' Timmy Donovan 84' Wade Johnson  89' Blake Pipkin 108'	Report	40' Bora Turker 65' Yusef Gueye  71' Shea Coughlin  98' Sam Davis	Stadium: Beyer-Small '76 Field Attendance: 371 Referee: Philip Benson Assistant referees: William Albro Assistant referees: Jeffrey Cook Fourth official: Micheal Quirk

#3 American v #6 Loyola Maryland

November 9, 2024	#3 American	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	#6 Loyola Maryland	Montgomery, MD
6:00 p.m. EST	Dilane Zouantcha  45' Taku Takahashi 62' Samuel Hershey 66' Cooper Nunn  73' Leo Palomo  99'	Report	39' Pat Kakayira  45' Oscar Halls 56' Jake Sweeney 73' Richie Nichols  74' Chris Ogor	Stadium: Montgomery College Attendance: 220 Referee: Andrea Pileri Assistant referees: Alexander Tyshkevych Assistant referees: Alexander Luttman Fourth official: Ryan Nee
	Penalties
	Samuel Hershey Ethan Boyle Troy Elgersma Leo Palomo Cooper Nunn		Sean McEvoy Jordy Luchies Oscar Halls Juston Rainey Richie Nichols

Semifinals

#2 Bucknell v #3 American

November 12, 2024	#2 Bucknell	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	#3 American	Lewisburg, PA
6:00 p.m. EST	Jack Lucas 18' (pen.) Cohen Weaver  60' Ben Sheffield  71' Collin Sullivan  74'	Report	69' Samuel Hershey  108' Leo Palomo	Stadium: Emmitt Field Attendance: 426 Referee: Philip Benson Assistant referees: Tim Deljanovan Assistant referees: Max Campbell Fourth official: Robert Sheker
	Penalties
	Drew Roskos Freddie Lapworth Jack Lucas Jackson Sullivan Zane Domsohn Kiko Hidalgo Ben Sheffield		Samuel Hershey Ethan Boyle Troy Elgersma Leo Palomo Cooper Nunn Reyes Parra Taku Takahashi

#1 Boston University v #4 Colgate

November 12, 2024	#1 Boston University	0–1	#4 Colgate	Boston, MA
7:00 p.m. EST		Report	27' Timmy Donovan  70' Cason Stafford	Stadium: Nickerson Field Attendance: 346 Referee: Carlos Fernandez Assistant referees: Jonathan Luk Assistant referees: Sandro Araujo Fourth official: Matt Stein

Final

#2 Bucknell v #4 Colgate

November 16, 2024	#2 Bucknell	3–0	#4 Colgate	Lewisburg, PA
6:00 p.m. EST	11' Waldemar Kattrup 61' Drew Roskos  76' Ben Sheffield 77' Nick Prime	Report		Stadium: Emmitt Field Attendance: 1,436 Referee: Andrea Pileri Assistant referees: Daniel Wahila Assistant referees: Justin Geho Fourth official: Eric Samples

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

2 goals

• Timmy Donovan – Colgate
• Samuel Hershey – American

1 goal

• Yusef Gueye – Lehigh
• Waldemar Kattrup – Bucknell
• Jack Lucas – Bucknell
• Richie Nichols – Loyola Maryland
• Blake Pipkin – Colgate
• Nick Prime – Bucknell
• Drew Roskos – Bucknell
• Jake Sweeney – Loyola Maryland
• Taku Takahashi – American

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[7]

Player	Team
Troy Elgersma	American
Sam Hershey
Ryan Lau	Boston University
John Roman
David Krumov	Bucknell
Freddie Lapworth
Aidan Lawlor
Drew Roskos
Jacob Blackwin	Colgate
Timmy Donovan
Mason Pahule

MVP in bold

References

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4. Patriot League. "2024 Patriot League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). patriotleague.org. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
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