2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer tournament

2018 MAC men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Semifinals siteDick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
Finals siteDick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
ChampionsAkron (15th title)
Winning coachJared Embick (6th title)
MVPMarcel Zajac (Akron)
BroadcastESPN+
MAC men's soccer tournament
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2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 22 West Virginia + 5 – 0 – 0 14 – 7 – 0
Bowling Green 2 – 1 – 2 6 – 7 – 4
Western Michigan 1 – 1 – 2 11 – 6 – 3
No. 2 Akron ‡ 1 – 2 – 1 15 – 7 – 2
SIU Edwardsville 1 – 3 – 1 9 – 5 – 4
Northern Illinois 1 – 4 – 0 8 – 9 – 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 MAC men's soccer tournament, was the 25th edition of the tournament. It determined the Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 6 and concluded on November 11.

Akron won the MAC Championship, 3–0 against Western Michigan, making it a rematch of last year's championship.[1] Akron entered the tournament as the six-time defending champions, and the fourth overall seed.

The tournament was expanded this year from four teams to six teams.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 West Virginia 5–0–0
2 Bowling Green 2–2–1
3 Western Michigan 1–1–2
4 Akron 1–2–1
5 SIU Edwardsville 1–3–1
6 Northern Illinois 1–4–0

Bracket

First round
Nov. 6 		Semifinals
Nov. 9 		Final
Nov. 11
1 West Virginia 1
4 Akron 2 4 Akron 3
5 SIU Edwardsville 1 4 Akron 3
3 Western Michigan 0
2 Bowling Green 0
3 Western Michigan 3 3 Western Michigan 2
6 Northern Illinois 1

Results

First round

No. 3 Western Michigan3–1No. 6 Northern Illinois
 Report
Attendance: 315
No. 4 Akron2–1No. 5 SIU Edwardsville
 Report
Attendance: 360

Semifinals

No. 2 Bowling Green0–2No. 3 Western Michigan
Report
Attendance: 0
No. 1 West Virginia1–3No. 4 Akron
 Report
Attendance: 250

Final

No. 3 Western Michigan0–3No. 4 Akron
Report
Attendance: 94
Referee: Gregory Dopka

Statistics

Top goalscorers

3 Goals
  • Canada Marcel Zajac – Akron
2 Goals
  • Italy Carlo Ritaccio – Akron
1 Goal
  • Nigeria David Egbo – Akron
  • United States Morgan Hackworth – Akron
  • Eritrea Ezana Kahsay – Akron
  • Germany Jan Maertins – Northern Illinois
  • United States Greg Solawa – SIU Edwardsville
  • Spain Andres Muriel Albino – West Virginia
  • United States Tommy Clark – Western Michigan
  • United States Caden Jackman – Western Michigan
  • United States Mike Melaragni – Western Michigan
  • United States Zack Shane – Western Michigan
  • United States Cameron Sipple – Western Michigan

All Tournament Team

2018 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[2]

Carlo Ritaccio, Akron
Ezana Kahsay, Akron
Marcel Zajac, Akron
Abdi Mohaned, Akron
Moe Mustafa, Bowling Green
Charlie Maciejewski, Bowling Green
Logan Lucas, West Virginia
Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, West Virginia
Ben Thornton, Western Michigan
Jake Rufe, Western Michigan
Anthony Bowie, Western Michigan

MVP in Bold

References

  1. ^ Fagerlin, A. J. (November 13, 2017). "Zips Claim 14th MAC Tournament Title in Victory over Western Michigan". The Buchtelite. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved November 28, 2018.