ASUN men's soccer tournament

ASUN men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceASUN Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus sites
Played1979–present
Last contest2024
Current championNorth Florida (2nd. title)
Most championshipsGeorgia State & Lipscomb (5)
TV partner(s)ESPN3, ESPN+, YouTube
Official websiteasunsports.org/msoc

The ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the ASUN Conference (previously the Trans America Athletic Conference and Atlantic Sun Conference). The tournament has been held every year since 1978 except in 2020, when the ASUN moved its soccer season from fall 2020 to spring 2021 due to COVID-19 issues (resulting in two tournaments in calendar 2021). It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

Winners

The following is a list of ASUN Tournament winners:[1]

Finals

Sources:[2][3]

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team won regular season
  •   – Winning team reached College Cup
  •   – Winning team won National Championship
Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City MVP
1979 Hardin-Simmons (1) 9–0 Louisiana–Monroe HSU Soccer Field Abilene, TX not awarded
1980 Hardin-Simmons (2) 3–0 Georgia Southern n/i Monroe, LA not awarded
1981 Louisiana–Monroe (1) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Houston Baptist n/i Monroe, LA not awarded
1982 Houston Baptist (1) 2–0 Mercer n/i Houston, TX not awarded
1983 Georgia State (1) 1–0 Houston Baptist n/i Atlanta, GA not awarded
1984 Houston Baptist (2) 2–1 Georgia State n/i Houston, TX not awarded
1985 Houston Baptist (3) 2–1 Georgia State n/i Atlanta, GA not awarded
1986 Georgia State (2) 2–1 Hardin-Simmons n/i Abilene, TX not awarded
1987 Georgia State (3) 2–0 Centenary n/i Atlanta, GA not awarded
1988 Centenary (1) 3–1 Georgia State n/i Shreveport, LA not awarded
1989 Centenary (2) 4–3 (a.e.t.) Georgia State n/i Atlanta, GA not awarded
1990 Centenary (3) 2–1 Georgia Southern n/i Shreveport, LA not awarded
1991 FIU (1) 3–0 Mercer n/i Miami, FL not awarded
1992–1993 (no tournament held)
1994 Charleston (1) 4–2 (a.e.t.) FIU n/i Charleston, SC Chad Carithers (Charleston)
1995 Charleston (2) 4–1 Campbell n/i Miami, FL Stephen Khouri (Charleston)
1996 Charleston (3) 3–2 Campbell n/i Charleston, SC Damon Richvalsky (Charleston)
1997 Georgia State (4) 2–0 Florida Atlantic n/i Jacksonville, FL Darren McKune (Ga. State)
1998 Jacksonville (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.) UCF n/i Jacksonville, FL Mike Popovic (Jacksonville)
1999 Mercer (1) 2–0 Florida Atlantic n/i Jacksonville, FL Neil Zarac (Mercer)
2000 Georgia State (5) 1–0 Mercer Eakes Athletics Complex Buies Creek, NC Darren McKune (Ga. State)
2001 Mercer (2) 2–1 Jacksonville Bear Field Macon, GA Neil Zarac (Mercer)
2002 UCF (1) 1–0 Stetson n/i Boca Raton, FL Eric Vasquez (UCF)
2003 UCF (2) 3–1 Florida Atlantic Bear Field Macon, GA Brian Malec (UCF)
2004 UCF (3) 1–0 Mercer Bear Field Macon, GA John Sobczak (UCF)
2005 Stetson (1) 2–1 Campbell Bear Field Macon, GA Alex Minton (Stetson)
2006 Gardner–Webb (1) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Stetson Spec Martin Stadium DeLand, FL Dirk Dittrich (Gardner–Webb)
2007 Campbell (1) 1–1 (5–4 p) Jacksonville Spec Martin Stadium DeLand, FL Vince Petrasso (Campbell)
2008 Jacksonville (2) 4–3 Campbell Eakes Athletics Complex Buies Creek, NC Ramak Safi (Jacksonville)
2009 Stetson (2) 2–1 Mercer Eakes Athletics Complex Buies Creek, NC Griffin Gilstrap (Stetson)
2010 East Tennessee State (1) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Stetson Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, TN Itode Fubara (ETSU)
2011 Florida Gulf Coast (1) 1–0 East Tennessee State Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, TN Nathan Ingham (FGCU)
2012 Florida Gulf Coast (2) 1–0 Mercer FGCU Soccer Complex Fort Myers, FL Santiago Echeverri (FGCU)
2013 East Tennessee State (2) 3–1 North Florida FGCU Soccer Complex Fort Myers, FL Nate Hodges (ESTU)
2014 Florida Gulf Coast (3) 1–0 North Florida Lipscomb Soccer Complex Nashville, TN Nathan Ingham (FGCU)
2015 North Florida (1) 7–0 USC Upstate Hodges Stadium Jacksonville, FL Helge Pietschmann (North Florida)
2016 Florida Gulf Coast (4) 3–2 Jacksonville FGCU Soccer Complex Fort Myers, FL Albert Ruiz (FGCU)
2017 Lipscomb (1) 2–1 Jacksonville Southern Oak Stadium Jacksonville, FL Ivan Sakou (Lipscomb)
2018 Lipscomb (2) 2–0 Stetson Lipscomb Soccer Complex Nashville, TN Logan Paynter (Lipscomb)
2019 NJIT (1) 2–1 Florida Gulf Coast J. Malcolm Simon Stadium Newark, NJ Regsan Watkins (NJIT)
2020 (no tournament held because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States)
2021 (Apr.)[a] Jacksonville (2)[b] 2–0 Florida Gulf Coast Stetson Athletic Center DeLand, FL[c] Connar Lufkin (Jacksonville)
2021 (Nov.) Lipscomb (3) 4–1 Central Arkansas Lipscomb Soccer Complex Nashville, TN Tyrese Spicer & Hayes Wood (Lipscomb)
2022 Lipscomb (4) 6–2 Central Arkansas Lipscomb Soccer Complex Nashville, TN Hayes Wood (Lipscomb)
2023 Lipscomb (5) 1–0 Bellarmine Lipscomb Soccer Complex Nashville, TN Javanne Smith (Lipscomb)
2024 North Florida (2)
3–3 (4–3 p)
Central Arkansas Hodges Stadium Jacksonville, FL
  1. ^ The ASUN moved its originally scheduled fall 2020 season to spring 2021 due to COVID-19 issues. The conference tournament was officially branded as the "2021 Spring" edition.
  2. ^ For the rescheduled spring 2021 season only, the ASUN split into North and South Divisions, with regular-season standings based exclusively on results within the division. Jacksonville won the South Division.
  3. ^ The final, originally scheduled for April 17 at Jacksonville University's Southern Oak Stadium, was postponed to the following day due to unplayable field conditions and moved to the Stetson University campus.[4]

References

  1. ^ "ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). ASUN Conference. December 18, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "ASun Men's Soccer Record Book - Championship Results" (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. ASunSports.org. pp. 2–4. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "ASun Men's Soccer Record Book - Tournament MVP" (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. ASunSports.org. p. 12. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Jacksonville Crowned 2021 Spring Men's @ASUNSoccer Champion; Wins Program's Second League Title" (Press release). ASUN Conference. April 18, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.