2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament

2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,869
Site	Campus Sites
Champions	Lipscomb (5th title)
Winning coach	Charles Morrow (5th title)
MVP	Javanne Smith (Lipscomb)
Broadcast	ESPN+, YouTube
ASUN men's soccer tournament «2022  2024»

2023 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lipscomb ‡	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	4	–	4
Stetson	3	–	2	–	2			7	–	7	–	4
Bellarmine ^#	3	–	2	–	2			6	–	5	–	6
Jacksonville	2	–	2	–	3			5	–	9	–	3
Florida Gulf Coast	2	–	2	–	3			3	–	7	–	5
Central Arkansas	2	–	2	–	3			4	–	9	–	4
Queens ^#	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	10	–	2
North Florida	0	–	6	–	1			3	–	8	–	4
‡ – 2023 ASUN tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament ^# – Ineligible for post-season (In transition) As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: ASUN

The 2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament was the 45th edition of the postseason men's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference, held from November 4 through November 11, 2023. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the first and second seeds home stadiums, with the #1 seed Lipscomb, hosting the Final. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Lipscomb Bison were the defending tournament champions,[1] and were successful in defending their title, defeating second seed Bellarmine 1–0 in the Final.[2][3] It was their fifth title in seven years, and fifth title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Charles Morrow. It also was the third title in a row for Lipscomb.[4] As tournament champions, Lipscomb earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds for the tournament as Bellarmine and Stetson both finished with eleven conference points. Bellarmine defeated Stetson on October 28, and was therefore the second seed in the tournament. Four teams finished with nine conference points. After the tiebreakers, Queens was the fourth seed, Central Arkansas was the fifth seed, and Jacksonville was the sixth seed. Florida Gulf Coast was the fourth team to finish with nine conference points, and did not qualify for the tournament.[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Lipscomb	6–1–0	18
2	Bellarmine	3–2–2	11
3	Stetson	3–2–2	11
4	Queens	3–4–0	9
5	Central Arkansas	2–2–3	9
6	Jacksonville	2–2–3	9

Bracket

Source:[6]

	First round Saturday, Nov. 4					Semifinals Monday, Nov. 6					Final Saturday, Nov. 11
						1	Lipscomb	4
	4	Queens	0			5	Central Arkansas	0
	5	Central Arkansas	1								1	Lipscomb	1
											2	Bellarmine	0
						2	Bellarmine (a.e.t.)	3
	3	Stetson	2			3	Stetson	2
	6	Jacksonville	0

Schedule

First Round

#3 Stetson v #6 Jacksonville

November 4	#3 Stetson	2–0	#6 Jacksonville	Louisville, KY
6:00 p.m. ET	Xavi Csato  44' Alvaro Gabancho 77' Afonso Conde 85' Jacob Lenhard  88'	Report	50' Mason Duval  88' Daniel Wilkins  90' Cole Reasonover	Stadium: Frazier Stadium Attendance: 125 Referee: Noah Mantos Assistant referees: Andrey Castel Assistant referees: Chad Collins Fourth official: Don Cooper

#4 Queens v #5 Central Arkansas

November 4	#4 Queens	0–1	#5 Central Arkansas	Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m. CT	Samuel Idinge  26' Gaston Moise  42'	Report	32' Deon Travis	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 112 Referee: Adam Hadzic Assistant referees: Logan Busby Assistant referees: Amir Torkamani Fourth official: Matthew Bell

Semifinals

#2 Bellarmine v #3 Stetson

November 6	#2 Bellarmine	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#3 Stetson	Louisville, KY
7:00 p.m. ET	Alex Halevy 41',  83' Jeffery Cox  51' Chris Shust  71' Brendan Schoemehl 84', 105' (pen.)	Report	4' Afonso Conde 29',  51' Alvaro Gabancho  42' Rafael Pinzon  106' Luis Lara	Stadium: Frazier Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Chico Grajeda Assistant referees: Khary Williams Assistant referees: Sarah Pierce Fourth official: Shawn Westerfield

#1 Lipscomb v #5 Central Arkansas

November 6	#1 Lipscomb	4–0	#5 Central Arkansas	Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m. CT	Daniel Stampatori 27' Tyrese Spicer  34' Ploutarchos Alonefti 53',  59' Javanne Smith 67', 80' Carson Cooke  90'	Report	15'  76' Pietro Fontana  45' Team  60' Tajio James  60' Team	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 461 Referee: Kevin Fikar Assistant referees: Tim Stewart Assistant referees: Amir Torkamani Fourth official: Adam Warner

Final

#1 Lipscomb v #2 Bellarmine

November 11	#1 Lipscomb	1–0	#2 Bellarmine	Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m. CT	Javanne Smith 40' Juan Carlos Rodriguez  74'	Report	63' Juan Ballas	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 671 Referee: Amin Hadzic Assistant referees: Amir Torkamani Assistant referees: Kris Fabrick Fourth official: Jason Steiner

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).

3 goals

• Javanne Smith – Lipscomb

2 goals

• Brendan Schoemehl – Bellarmine
• Afonso Conde – Stetson
• Alvaro Gabancho – Stetson

1 goal

• Alex Halevy – Bellarmine
• Deon Travis – Central Arkansas
• Ploutarchos Alonefti – Lipscomb
• Daniel Stampatori – Lipscomb

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player	Team
Alex Halevy	Bellarmine
Brock Pope
Brendan Schoemehl
Jerry Gutierrez	Central Arkansas
Deon Travis
Nick Dang	Lipscomb
George Macready
Javanne Smith
Daniel Stampatori
Afonso Conde	Stetson
Alvaro Gabancho

MVP in bold

References

1. "2022 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
2. "2022 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
3. Layman, Steve (November 15, 2023). "Lipscomb is headed to the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament". newschannel5.com. WTVF. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
4. "ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
5. "2023 Men's Soccer Championship Field Finalized". asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. October 28, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
6. "2023 ASUN Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
7. "Lipscomb Defeats Bellarmine to Win Third Consecutive League Title". asunsports.com. ASUN Conference. November 11, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.