2015 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2015 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 13th edition of the tournament, and the second since the conference reinstated the sport in 2013. It determined the Sun Belt Conference's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

2015 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Country United States
Teams5
ChampionsHartwick
Runners-upGeorgia State
Matches played4
Goals scored13 (3.25 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Jamie O'Grady (2)
Best playerJamie O'Grady
2014
2016

The Hartwick Hawks won the tournament, defeating the Georgia State Panthers in the championship match.[1]

Qualification

2015 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Hartwick 5 0 0  11 6 3
Georgia State 4 1 0  9 8 1
Georgia Southern 3 2 0  6 8 2
Appalachian State 2 3 0  8 10 0
NJIT 1 4 0  5 10 4
Howard 0 5 0  0 17 2
As of November 20, 2015; Rankings from NSCAA

The top five teams in the Sun Belt Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament.

Bracket

  Play-in round     Semifinals     Final
                           
      1 Hartwick 1  
  4 Appalachian State 2     4 Appalachian State 0    
  5 NJIT 1         1 Hartwick 3
      2 Georgia State 0
      2 Georgia State (pen.)  3 (5)     
        3 Georgia Southern  3 (4)   

Schedule

Play-in round

November 12 Appalachian State 2–1 NJIT Boone, North Carolina
6:30 PM ET Hemphill  40'
Beranger  74'
Report Mercer  13' Stadium: ASU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Lance Van Haitsma

Semifinals

November 13 Georgia State 3–3
(5–4 p)
Georgia Southern Boone, North Carolina
3:00 PM ET Wilding  43'
Alarape  54'
Shultis  64'
Report Abdellaoui  1'
Dinka  20'
Park  33'
Stadium: ASU Soccer Stadium
Referee: Richonne Clark
Penalties
Wilding
Plasker
Burmeister
Hemmings
Joyner
Elkhalil
Laursen
Abdellaoui
Melton
Park
Loyden
Rector
November 13 Hartwick 1–0 Appalachian State Boone, North Carolina
6:30 PM ET O'Grady  67' Report Stadium: ASU Soccer Stadium
Referee: Nima Seghefi

Championship

November 15 Hartwick 3–0 Georgia State Boone, North Carolina
1:00 PM ET Rood  6'
O'Grady  33'
Berry  59'
Report Stadium: ASU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 102
Referee: Robert Sibiga

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank Player College Goals
1 Jamie O'GradyHartwick2
2 Adam AbdellaouiGeorgia Southern1
2 Rashid AlarapeGeorgia State1
2 Alex BerangerAppalachian State1
2 Marc BerryHartwick1
2 Eric DinkaGeorgia Southern1
2 Trey HemphillAppalachian State1
2 Josh MercerNJIT1
2 Mike RoodHartwick1
2 Chase ParkGeorgia Southern1
2 Casey ShultisGeorgia State1
2 Eddie WildingGeorgia State1
As of 22 December 2015

Tournament Best XI

  • Alex Beranger, Appalachian State
  • Trey Hemphill, Appalachian State
  • Emmanuel Raji, Georgia Southern
  • Chase Park, Georgia Southern
  • Rashid Alarape, Georgia State
  • Nomas Cisic, Georgia State
  • Amiri Abraham, Georgia State
  • Dean Fowler, Hartwick
  • Lenny Wilson, Hartwick
  • Mike Rood, Hartwick
  • Joshua Mercer, NJIT

See also

References

  1. "2015 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship Central". Sun Belt Conference. SunBeltSports.org. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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