2019 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament was the 32nd edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the Horizon League champion and guaranteed representative into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began on November 11 and concluded on November 16, 2019.
| 2019 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament | ||||
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| Classification | Division I | |||
| Teams | 6 | |||
| Matches | 5 | |||
| Quarterfinals site | Titan Field Aldo Santaga Stadium Detroit, Michigan Green Bay, Wisconsin | |||
| Semifinals site | Flames Field Chicago, IL | |||
| Finals site | Flames Field Chicago, IL | |||
| Champions | Wright State (1st title) | |||
| Winning coach | Jake Slemker (1st title) | |||
| MVP | Joel Sundell (Wright State) | |||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | |||
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| 2019 Horizon League men's soccer standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State ‡ | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wright State won their first Horizon League championship, defeating Milwaukee 4–3 in penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw in regulation time and extra time. It was Wright State's first ever Horizon League tournament championship. Three-time defending champions, UIC, were eliminated in the semfinals by Milwaukee. Wright State second year head coach, Jake Slemker, won his first title with the Raiders.
Joel Sundell of Wright State won the Horizon League Tournament Most Valuable Player.
With the victory, Wright State earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, which marked Wright State's first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.[1] In the opening round, Wright State upset Notre Dame 3–2 in the first round,[2] before losing on penalty kicks to Michigan in the second round.[3]
Seeds
| Seed | School | Conference | Points | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | UIC | 6–2–0 | 18 | |
| 2 | Oakland | 4–2–2 | 14 | |
| 3 | Detroit Mercy | 4–3–1 | 13 | |
| 4 | Green Bay | 4–4–0 | 12 | Green Bay 1–0 vs. Wright State[4] |
| 5 | Wright State | 4–4–0 | 12 | Wright State 0–1 vs.Green Bay[4] |
| 6 | Milwaukee | 3–3–2 | 11 | |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Nov. 11 |
Semifinals Nov. 14 |
Final Nov. 16 | |||||||||||
| 1 | UIC | 0 (0) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Detroit Mercy | 0 | 6 | Milwaukee (pen.) | 0 (3) | ||||||||
| 6 | Milwaukee | 2 | 6 | Milwaukee | 1 (3) | ||||||||
| 5 | Wright State (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Green Bay | 2 | 5 | Milwaukee | 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Wright State | 1 | |||||||||||
Results
First round
Semifinals
| No. 2 UIC | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | No. 5 IUPUI |
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4–2 |
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Final
| No. 1 Wright State | 1–3 | No. 2 UIC |
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Statistics
All-Tournament Team
Following the championship game, the Horizon League All-Tournament Team was announced.
| Player | Team |
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| Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team[5] | |
| Joel Sundell (MVP) | Wright State |
| Deri Corfe | |
| Jackson Dietrich | |
| Ids Hannema | |
| Evan Conway | Milwaukee |
| Vuk Latinovich | |
| Freddy Lorezen | |
| Jacob Graiber | UIC |
| Jesus Perez | |
| Luke Morrell | Oakland |
| Charlie Braithwaite | |
References
- Harris, Doug (November 18, 2019). "Wright State soccer: Raiders to make NCAA Tournament debut vs. Notre Dame". daytondailynews. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- Phol, Jack (November 22, 2019). "WSU earns first NCAA soccer tournament win". WDTN. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- "Michigan men's soccer downs Wright State on PKs, advances to NCAA third round". Detroit News. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- "Wright State falls on Senior Night". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- "2019 Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team". Conference USA. November 17, 2019. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2020.