ASUN men's soccer tournament

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.

ASUN men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceASUN Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus sites
Played1979–present
Last contest2022
Current championLipscomb (4)
Most championshipsGeorgia State (5)
TV partner(s)ESPN3, ESPN+, YouTube
Official websiteasunsports.org/msoc

Winners

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

Key
(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
† Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Winning team won regular season

Finals
Year Champion Score[2] Runner-up Site Most Valuable Player[3]
1979 Hardin-Simmons 9–0 Louisiana–Monroe HSU Soccer Field • Abilene, TX not awarded
1980 Hardin-Simmons (2) 3–0 Georgia Southern Monroe, LA not awarded
1981 Louisiana–Monroe 1–0* Houston Baptist Monroe, LA not awarded
1982 Houston Baptist 2–0 Mercer Houston, TX not awarded
1983 Georgia State 1–0 Houston Baptist Atlanta, GA not awarded
1984 Houston Baptist (2) 2–1 Georgia State Houston, TX not awarded
1985 Houston Baptist (3) 2–1 Georgia State Atlanta, GA not awarded
1986 Georgia State (2) 2–1 Hardin-Simmons Abilene, TX not awarded
1987 Georgia State (3) 2–0 Centenary Atlanta, GA not awarded
1988 Centenary 3–1 Georgia State Shreveport, LA not awarded
1989 Centenary (2) 4–3* Georgia State Atlanta, GA not awarded
1990 Centenary (3) 2–1 Georgia Southern Shreveport, LA not awarded
1991 FIU 3–0 Mercer Miami, FL not awarded
1992–1993 no tournament
1994 Charleston 4–2* FIU Charleston, SC Chad Carithers (Charleston)
1995 Charleston (2) 4–1 Campbell Miami, FL Stephen Khouri (Charleston)
1996 Charleston (3) 3–2 Campbell Charleston, SC Damon Richvalsky (Charleston)
1997 Georgia State (4) 2–0 Florida Atlantic Jacksonville, FL Darren McKune (Ga. State)
1998 Jacksonville 3–2* UCF Jacksonville, FL Mike Popovic (Jacksonville)
1999 Mercer 2–0 Florida Atlantic 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 1–0 Stetson 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 2–1 Campbell Bear Field • Macon, GA Alex Minton (Stetson)
2006 Gardner–Webb 2–1* Stetson Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL Dirk Dittrich (Gardner–Webb)
2007 Campbell 1–1†
(5–4 pen.)		 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 1–0* Stetson Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN Itode Fubara (ETSU)
2011 Florida Gulf Coast 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 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 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 2–1 Florida Gulf Coast J. Malcolm Simon Stadium • Newark, NJ Regsan Watkins (NJIT)
2021 (April)[lower-alpha 1] Jacksonville (2)[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 Florida Gulf Coast Stetson Athletic Training Center • DeLand, FL[lower-alpha 3] Connar Lufkin (Jacksonville)
2021 (November) 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)
  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.
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