2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament was the 30th edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the America East Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 3 and concluded on November 11.

2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals siteWildcat Stadium
Durham, New Hampshire
ChampionsNew Hampshire (1st title)
Winning coachMarc Hubbard (1st title)
MVPJosh Bauer (New Hampshire)
BroadcastAETV, ESPN+
America East Men's Soccer Tournament
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2018 America East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Stony Brook 5 –1 –1  8 –6 –3
New Hampshire ‡ 4 –2 –1  12 –4 –2
Vermont 4 –3 –0  11 –7 –1
UMass Lowell 4 –3 –0  10 –6 –2
UMBC 3 –3 –1  10 –6 –4
Albany 3 –4 –0  8 –10 –0
Binghamton 2 –5 –0  3 –12 –2
Hartford 1 –5 –1  1 –10 –5
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Two-time defending champions, Albany, were eliminated in the first round by UMass Lowell, meaning there would be a new America East Tournament champion for the first time since 2015. New Hampshire ultimately won the championship, defeating UMBC by a 5-0 scoreline in the final.[1][2] It was New Hampshire's first America East championship they won, losing the previous four occasions.[3][4]

New Hampshire was the conference's lone bid into the NCAA Tournament. They hosted Colgate for the chance to play the top overall seed, Wake Forest[5] in the second round.[6] There, New Hampshire lost 1–0 to Colgate.[7][8]

Seeds
Seed[9] School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Stony Brook 5–1–1
2 New Hampshire 4–2–1
3 UMass Lowell 4–3–0 UML 1–0 vs. UVM[10]
4 Vermont 4–3–0 UVM 0–1 vs. UML[11]
5 UMBC 3–3–1
6 Albany 3–4–0

Bracket
  First round
Nov. 3		     Semifinals
Nov. 7		     Final
Nov. 11
                           
      1 Stony Brook 0  
  4 Vermont 1 (4)     5 UMBC 1    
  5 UMBC (pen.) 1 (5)         2 New Hampshire 5
      5 UMBC 0
      2 New Hampshire 2    
  3 UMass Lowell 1     3 UMass Lowell 0  
  6 Albany 0  

Results

First round
No. 4 Vermont1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 5 UMBC
  • Bryant  55'
 Report
  • Bailey  62'
Penalties
  • Kabala
  • Freitas
  • Hansson
  • Halldórsson
  • Alves
  • Camara
  • Bryant
4–5
  • Gielen
  • Weyant
  • Jean-Gilles
  • Dao
  • O'Loughlin
  • MacCartney
  • Becher
Attendance: 353
Referee: Jan Halaska
No. 3 UMass Lowell1–0No. 6 Albany
 Report
Attendance: 288
Referee: Noel Cotterell

Semifinals
No. 1 Stony Brook0–1No. 5 UMBC
Report Dove  60'
Attendance: 224
Referee: Lou Labbadia
No. 2 New Hampshire2–0No. 3 UMass Lowell
  • Colacci  24'
  • Reichenberg  42' (o.g.)
 Report
Attendance: 796
Referee: Alan Kelly

Final
No. 2 New Hampshire5–0No. 5 UMBC
  • Bauer  5'
  • Valencia  6'
  • Fallberg  18'
  • Brewster  49'
  • Doherty  57'
 Report
Attendance: 1,290
Referee: Carlos Fernandes

Awards and honors
  • Tournament MVP: Josh Bauer, New Hampshire

All-Tournament Team:[12]

See also

References
  1. Aguilar, Marcos. "UML falls 2-0 to conference opponent UNH". The Lowell Connector. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  2. "UNH soccer team wins conference title". New Hampshire Union-Leader. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  3. Wrobel, Jim (November 11, 2018). "Wildcats Win AE Championship with 5-0 Victory Versus UMBC". unhwildcats.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  4. "UNH men's soccer beats UMass Lowell, advances to America East championship". Concord Monitor. November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  5. Abelson, Michael (November 16, 2018). "End of the line for UNH soccer". New Hampshire Union Leader. Union Leader Corporation. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  6. Pike, Al (November 12, 2018). "AE-champ Wildcats to host Colgate in NCAA men's soccer first round". The Portsmouth Herald. Local Media Group. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  7. "UNH men's soccer knocked out of NCAA Tourney by Colgate, 1-0". Concord Monitor. Newspapers of New England. November 15, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  8. "New Hampshire Wildcats vs. Colgate Raiders Match Stats". ESPN FC. ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  9. "Stony Brook Earns #AEMSOC Regular-Season Title; Championship Details Set". americaeast.com. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  10. Robins, Ashley (September 22, 2018). "No. 19 River Hawks Blank Vermont 2-0, to Open America East Play". goriverhawks.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  11. Parker, Dustin (September 22, 2018). "UVM's Upset Bid Falls Short at #19 UMass Lowell". uvmathletics.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  12. "UNH Wins First-Ever #AEMSOC Title". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
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