2018 Patriot League men's soccer tournament

2018 Patriot League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,181
SiteRidley Athletic Complex
Baltimore, Maryland
ChampionsColgate (8th title)
Winning coachErik Ronning (6th title)
MVPOliver Harris (Colgate)
BroadcastPLN
Patriot League men's soccer tournament
«2017  2019»
2018 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Loyola Maryland 7 – 1 – 1 12 – 4 – 1
Lehigh 6 – 3 – 0 9 – 8 – 2
Colgate ‡ 5 – 2 – 2 13 – 5 – 5
Boston U. 4 – 4 – 1 5 – 10 – 4
American 3 – 3 – 3 4 – 9 – 5
Army 4 – 5 – 0 8 – 10 – 2
Navy 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 11 – 1
Bucknell 3 – 5 – 1 6 – 8 – 3
Holy Cross 2 – 6 – 1 3 – 10 – 4
Lafayette 1 – 5 – 3 5 – 8 – 4
As of November 30, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 Patriot League men's soccer tournament, will be the 29th edition of the tournament. It determined the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

The Colgate Raiders are the two-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title defeating Army 1–0 in the final.[1]

Background

The 2017 tournament was won by Colgate Raiders, who qualified for the tournament on the last day of the regular season as the sixth and final seed in the tournament. Colgate were able to capture their seventh Patriot League Tournament championship, tying them with Lafayette. En-route to the final, Colgate upset third-seed Bucknell and top seed Loyola. In the final, a 67th minute striker from Oliver Harris sealed the title for the Raiders against Holy Cross.

With the championship, Colgate earned an automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Tournament. There they made a run to the Sweet Sixteen, upsetting No. 24 UMass[2][3][4][5] and No. 13 Michigan along the way.[6][7][8] Colgate ultimately fell to Louisville.[9]

Seeds

Seed School Conference Pts. Tiebreaker
1 Loyola Maryland 7–1–1 22
2 Lehigh 6–3–0 18
3 Colgate 5–2–2 17
4 Boston University 4–4–1 13
5 Army 4–5–0 12 Army 1–0 vs. American
6 American 3–3–3 12 American 0–1 vs. Army

Bracket

Quarterfinals
November 6 		Semifinals
November 9 		Championship
November 11
2 Lehigh 1
3 Colgate (OT) 3 3 Colgate 2
6 American 2 3 Colgate 1
5 Army 0
1 Loyola Maryland 0
4 Boston U 0 (4) 5 Army 1
5 Army (pen.) 0 (5)

Results

Quarterfinals

No. 3 Colgate3–2 (a.e.t.)No. 6 American
 Report
Attendance: 403
Referee: Christopher Trottier
No. 4 Boston University0–0 (a.e.t.)No. 5 Army
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 78
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

Semifinals

No. 1 Loyola Maryland0–1No. 5 Army
Report
Attendance: 382
Referee: John Brady
No. 2 Lehigh1–2No. 3 Colgate
 Report
Attendance: 382
Referee: Mark Gorak

Final

No. 3 Colgate1–0No. 5 Army
Steven DeLeo 5' Report
Attendance: 318
Referee: John McCloskey

Statistics

Goals

Rank Player College Goals
1 Oliver Harris Colgate 2
2 Kian Alberto Colgate 1
Steven DeLeo Colgate
Oscar Greene Leghigh
Kentaro Morrison Colgate
Keenan O'Shea Army
Aram Ouligian Colgate
Viggo Sjöberg American
Matt Sloan American

All Tournament Team

2018 Patriot League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[10]
  • Oliver Harris, Colgate
  • Jacob Harris, Colgate
  • Kentaro Morrison, Colgate
  • Christian Clarke, Colgate
  • Zac McGraw, Army
  • Justin Stoll, Army
  • Keenan O’Shea, Army
  • Gabriel Carlsson, Loyola Maryland
  • Davey Mason, Loyola Maryland
  • Mark Forrest, Lehigh
  • Oscar Greene, Lehigh
MVP in Bold

References

  1. ^ "2018 Men's Soccer Championship". patriotleague.org. The Patriot League. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Colgate Earns First-Ever NCAA Tournament Victory With 2-0 Win At UMass". Patriot League. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Touri, Amir (November 17, 2017). "Clock runs out on UMass men's soccer's dream season in NCAA opener". The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. dailycollegian.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Ryan, Conor. "UMass men's soccer falls to Colgate in first round of NCAA Tournament". The Republican. Advance Publications. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "Colgate Travels to Face No. 13 Seed Michigan in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament Second Round". Patriot League. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  6. ^ Spezia, Mark (November 19, 2017). "NCAA soccer tourney: MSU, WMU advance, Michigan falls". Detroit Free Press. Gannett Company via Detroit Media Partnership. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  7. ^ "Michigan Wolverines vs. Colgate Raiders Soccer Match Stats". ESPN. November 19, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Pave, Marvin (November 22, 2017). "Needham's Ouligian rises to the occasion for Colgate soccer". The Boston Globe. John W. Henry. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  9. ^ Hamot, Gideon (November 28, 2017). "After an Unprecedented Winning Streak, Men's Soccer Falls to Louisville". The Colgate Maroon-News. Colgate University. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  10. ^ "Colgate Raiders Claim 2018 Patriot League Men's Soccer Championship". patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 11, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.