2018 Patriot League men's soccer tournament
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.
| 2018 Patriot League men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,181 | ||||
| Site | Ridley Athletic Complex Baltimore, Maryland | ||||
| Champions | Colgate (8th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Erik Ronning (6th title) | ||||
| MVP | Oliver Harris (Colgate) | ||||
| Broadcast | PLN | ||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 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 Colgate | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | No. 6 American |
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| No. 4 Boston University | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | No. 5 Army |
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4–5 |
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Semifinals
| No. 1 Loyola Maryland | 0–1 | No. 5 Army |
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Statistics
Goals
| Rank | Player | College | Goals |
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| 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] | ||||||
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| MVP in Bold | ||||||
References
- "2018 Men's Soccer Championship". patriotleague.org. The Patriot League. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- "Colgate Earns First-Ever NCAA Tournament Victory With 2-0 Win At UMass". Patriot League. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- 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.
- Ryan, Conor. "UMass men's soccer falls to Colgate in first round of NCAA Tournament". The Republican. Advance Publications. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- "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.
- 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.
- "Michigan Wolverines vs. Colgate Raiders Soccer Match Stats". ESPN. November 19, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Colgate Raiders Claim 2018 Patriot League Men's Soccer Championship". patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 11, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.