2018 CAA men's soccer tournament
The 2018 CAA men's soccer tournament, was the 36th edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will began November 3 and concluded on November 11.
| 2018 CAA men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Quarterfinals site | Higher seeds | ||||
| Semifinals site | Sentara Park Harrisonburg, Virginia | ||||
| Finals site | Sentara Park Harrisonburg, Virginia | ||||
| Champions | James Madison (6th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Paul Zazenski (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Manuel Ferriol (James Madison) | ||||
| Broadcast | CAA.tv | ||||
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| No. 10 James Madison ‡ | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Wilmington + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drexel | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Top-seeded James Madison won the CAA Tournament, marking their sixth ever CAA Tournament title, and their first since 2014. En route to the final, they defeated defending champions, William & Mary, in the semifinals before beating Hofstra in penalty kicks in the final. JMU striker, Manuel Ferriol was named the MVP of the Tournament. With the title, the Dukes earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
In addition to the Dukes, regular season runners-up, and tournament semifinalists, UNC Wilmington earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, the Seahawks were eliminated in the first round by Furman by the virtue of penalty kicks. James Madison defeated High Point in the first round and upset fifth-seeded North Carolina and twelfth-seeded Virginia Tech in the second round and third rounds respectively before falling at Michigan State in the Elite Eight.
Seeds
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | James Madison | 6–2–0 | |
| 2 | UNCW | 5–1–2 | |
| 3 | Hofstra | 5–2–1 | |
| 4 | William & Mary | 4–3–2 | |
| 5 | Delaware | 4–3–1 | |
| 6 | Northeastern | 3–4–1 | |
Bracket
| First round Nov. 3 | Semifinals Nov. 9 | Final Nov. 11 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | James Madison | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Delaware | 2 | 5 | William & Mary | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | William & Mary | 3 | 1 | James Madison (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 3 | Hofstra | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNCW | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Hofstra | 1 | 3 | Hofstra | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 0 | ||||||||||||
Results
First round
| No. 4 Delaware | 2–3 | No. 5 William & Mary |
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| No. 3 Hofstra | 1–0 | No. 6 Northeastern |
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Semifinals
| No. 1 James Madison | 2–0 | No. 5 William & Mary |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
- 2 Goals
Reeves Trott – William & Mary- Matt Vowinkel – Hofstra
- 1 Goal
- Nathan Edmunds – Delaware
- Ryan Mertz – Delaware
Luke Brown – Hofstra- Sean Nealis – Hofstra
Manuel Ferriol – James Madison- Carson Jeffris – James Madison
- Tim Judge – James Madison
- Danny Reynolds – UNCW
- Julian Ngoh – William & Mary
All Tournament Team
| 2018 CAA Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team[1] | ||||||
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Luke Brown, Hofstra | ||||||
| MVP in Bold | ||||||
References
- "James Madison Captures CAA Championship in Penalties". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.