2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 40th edition of the Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament. It determined the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 2 and concluded on November 10.

2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals siteLipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsLipscomb (2nd title)
Winning coachCharles Morrow (2nd title)
MVPLogan Paynter (Lipscomb)
BroadcastESPN+, Facebook Live
Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament
«2017  2019»
2018 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 25 Lipscomb ‡ 5 –1 –0  10 –10 –1
Florida Gulf Coast 5 –1 –0  9 –5 –2
North Florida 3 –3 –0  5 –11 –0
Jacksonville 3 –3 –0  5 –13 –0
Liberty 2 –3 –1  7 –7 –1
Stetson 1 –4 –1  7 –10 –2
NJIT 1 –5 –0  6 –11 –0
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Lipscomb entered the tournament as the defending Atlantic Sun Tournament champions, and as the 2018 Atlantic Sun regular season champions. Outscoring their opponents 4-1 in the process, Lipscomb successfully defended their A-Sun title by winning the championship match against Stetson, 2-0. Lipscomb earned their second ever berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they upset Washington and FIU en route to a Sweet Sixteen run.

Seeds
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Lipscomb 5–1–0 LIP 1–0 vs. FGCU
2 Florida Gulf Coast 5–1–0 FGCU 0–1 vs. LIP
3 North Florida 3–3–0 UNF 1–0 vs. JAX
4 Jacksonville 3–3–0 JAX 0–1 vs. UNF
5 Liberty 2–3–1
6 Stetson 1–4–1

Bracket
  First round
Nov. 2		     Semifinals
Nov. 4		     Final
Nov. 10
                           
      1 Lipscomb 2  
  4 Jacksonville 2     4 Jacksonville 1    
  5 Liberty 0         1 Lipscomb 2
      6 Stetson 0
      2 FGCU 1 (4)    
  3 North Florida 1     6 Stetson (pen.) 1 (5)  
  6 Stetson 3  

Results

First round
No. 3 North Florida1–3No. 6 Stetson
  • Scott  61'
 Report
  • Scattergood  50', 85'
  • Northoff  78'
Attendance: 99
Referee: Chris Penso
No. 4 Jacksonville2–0No. 5 Liberty
  • Dixon  57'
  • Manzo  87'
 Report
Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 121
Referee: Guido Gonzales

Semifinals
No. 2 FGCU1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Stetson
  • Medilah  45'
 Report
  • Scattergood  73'
Penalties
  • Riley
  • Marriott
  • Clement
  • Medilah
  • Zapata
  • João Burti
4–5
  • O'Brien
  • Scattergood
  • Monsanto
  • Northoff
  • Chalbaud
  • Pinheiro
Attendance: 485
Referee: Michael Lavergne
No. 1 Lipscomb2–1No. 4 Jacksonville
  • Locke  13'
  • Jakubowski  71'
 Report
  • Davis  15'
Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 294
Referee: Kirk Downs

Final
No. 1 Lipscomb2–0No. 6 Stetson
  • Paynter  40', 54'
 Report
Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 1,398

Statistics

Top goalscorers
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal

All Tournament Team
2018 A-Sun Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[1][2]

Ryan Birchfield, Lipscomb
Noah Gulden, Lipscomb
Ben Locke, Lipscomb
Braeden Luna, Stetson
Logan Paynter, Lipscomb
Lewis Scattergood, Stetson

MVP in Bold

References
  1. Bluhm, Jack; Downs, Kirby (November 11, 2018). "Lipscomb crowned ASUN Champion once again". lipscombsports.com. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  2. "Hatters Fall in ASUN Title Game". gohatters.com. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
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