2018 SCSA Regional Tournament

The 2018 Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance Regional Tournament was the 9th edition of the Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance's postseason club soccer tournament, which was held at BB&T Soccer Park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, from November 2-4, 2018. A tournament was held for each the men's and women's division, with each tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the NIRSA National Soccer Championships' championship division. The remaining 2 of NIRSA Region II's automatic bids for each division were given out based on RPI, with a special consideration to this tournament's performance.[1]

2018 SCSA Regional Tournament
AssociationNIRSA
LeagueSoutheast Collegiate Soccer Alliance
SportSoccer
SiteBB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
DurationNovember 2-4, 2018
Number of teams16 (men's)
12 (women's)
Men's Championship Division
Score4-0
ChampionVirginia Tech
(3rd title, 4th title game)
  Runners-upUNC-Wilmington
(1st title game)
Season MVPGarrett Craft (Virginia Tech)
Women's Championship Division
Score1-0
ChampionNorth Carolina
(6th title, 6th title game)
  Runners-upNC State
(3rd title game)
Season MVPCaroline Wootten (North Carolina)

Format

The tournament consisted of twelve women’s teams and sixteen men’s teams. Each divisional champion received an automatic bid (6 for the women and 8 for the men) with the remaining wild card teams being the next highest RPI ranked teams that had not already qualified. Teams were divided into groups based on RPI.

For the men's division group stage, the 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their group meaning a total of 6 games were played within a group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout round.

For the women's division group stage, the 12 teams were split into three groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their group meaning a total of 6 games were played within a group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals, with the best two teams receiving a bye to the semi-finals.

Pool play games were two 40-minute halves, separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. After pool play, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their respective gender division's knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria in order:
  1. Highest number of points
  2. Winner of head-to-head competition
  3. Greatest goal difference
    • Maximum ± 5 goal difference per match
  4. Most goals scored
  5. Most shutouts

In a tie breaking scenario involving more than 2 teams, the tiebreaker procedure would begin. If one team is identified as different and both remaining teams are still tied, the tie breaker procedure is restarted.

If a tie still remained after the first 5 criteria, the following was used to break a tie:

  1. NCAA kicks from the mark
    • If there was a three-way tie, a coin-flip would be conducted. The two teams that chose the same outcome would compete in kicks from the mark between each other. The winner would compete with the last remaining team in kicks from the mark
    • If there's a four-way tie, a drawing of lots would be conducted

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves. The quarterfinals were separated by a seven-minute halftime while the semifinals and finals had a ten minute halftime. Knockout stage games needed to declare a winner. If a knockout-stage game was tied at the end of regulation, overtime would begin. Overtime consisted of one, 15-minute, golden-goal period. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.[2]

Participants

Men's

Divisional champions
Division Team Appearance Last bid
Atlantic North North Carolina 9th 2017
Atlantic South UNC-Wilmington 5th 2017
Coastal FIU 2nd 2017
Coastal Plains UCF 7th 2017
Central Georgia Tech 4th 2017
Gulf Coast Ole Miss 2nd 2017
Mountain East Virginia 8th 2017
Mountain West NKU 1st Never
Wild cards
Division Team Appearance Last bid
Coastal Plains Florida 8th 2017
Mountain East Virginia Tech 6th 2017
Atlantic North NC State 5th 2017
Mountain West Vanderbilt 3rd 2017
Mountain East William & Mary 1st Never
Central Georgia Southern 3rd 2017
Mountain West UT-Chattanooga 3rd 2017
Atlantic South Clemson 6th 2017

Women's

Divisional champions
Division Team Appearance Last bid
Florida UCF 4th 2016
Southwest Georgia 6th 2017
Southeast Clemson 7th 2017
Northwest Vanderbilt 5th 2017
Northeast North Carolina 9th 2017
North Virginia 9th 2017
Wild cards
Division Team Appearance Last bid
North Virginia Tech 9th 2017
Northeast NC State 7th 2017
Northeast East Carolina 5th 2017
Southwest Georgia Tech 2nd 2017
Northeast Wake Forest 1st Never
Florida Florida 9th 2017

Group stage

Men's

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Florida 3 1 2 0 16 3 +5 5 Advanced to knockout stage
2 FIU 3 1 2 0 8 2 +5 5
3 Virginia[lower-alpha 1] 2 0 2 0 3 3 +1 5
4 UT-Chattanooga[lower-alpha 2] 2 0 0 3 0 19 -11 0

Notes:

  1. UTC forfeited their final game vs Virginia. Virginia was awarded 3 points and a +1 goal difference
  2. UTC forfeited their final game vs Virginia. Was deducted 1 goal difference point
9:30pm EST Virginia 2-2 Florida Turf 3
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
9:30pm EST FIU 6-0UTCTurf 5
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

9:45am EST Florida 13-0UTCTurf 3
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
9:45am EST Virginia 1-1 FIU Turf 5
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

3:00pm EST UTC0-1
Forfeit
Virginia Turf 3
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
3:00pm EST FIU 1-1 Florida Turf 5
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vanderbilt 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2 Clemson 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3 Georgia Tech 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
4 Ole Miss 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0
7:45pm EST Georgia Tech 3-0ClemsonTurf 4
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
7:45pm EST Ole Miss0-4 Vanderbilt Turf 5
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

9:45am EST Vanderbilt1-3 Clemson Turf 2
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
9:45am EST Ole Miss0-1 Georgia Tech Turf 4
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

3:00pm EST Georgia Tech0-2 Vanderbilt Grass 1
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
3:00pm EST Clemson 4-0Ole MissTurf 4
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina 3 1 2 0 9 4 +5 5 Advanced to knockout stage
2 Virginia Tech 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3 UCF 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
4 Georgia Southern 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8 0
6:00pm EST North Carolina 1-1 Virginia Tech Turf 5
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
7:45pm EST UCF 2-1Georgia SouthernTurf 3
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

8:00am EST North Carolina 3-3 UCF Grass 1
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
8:00am EST Virginia Tech 2-0Georgia SouthernTurf 5
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

1:15pm EST UCF 1-1 Virginia Tech Turf 2
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
1:15pm EST Georgia Southern0-5 North Carolina Turf 5
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NC State 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advanced to knockout stage
2 UNC-Wilmington 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3 William & Mary 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 3
4 NKU 3 0 0 3 3 10 -7 0
6:00pm EST UNC-Wilmington1-2 NC State Turf 3
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
7:45pm EST NKU1-2 William & Mary Grass 1
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

8:00am EST UNC-Wilmington 5-0NKUTurf 3
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
8:00am EST NC State 4-0William & MaryTurf 4
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

1:15pm EST NKU2-3 NC State Turf 3
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
1:15pm EST William & Mary0-2 UNC-Wilmington Turf 4
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

Women's

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Seed
1 NC State 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advanced to semifinals 2
2 Virginia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Advanced to first round 4
3 Vanderbilt 3 1 0 2 5 7 -2 3 7[lower-alpha 1]
4 East Carolina 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4 0 11

Notes:

  1. Despite being ranked 7th and 6th seed unable to advance, they're unable to advance because the max teams that can advance from a group is two
Scores
6:00pm EST Virginia1-2 NC State Turf 4
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
7:45pm EST Vanderbilt 3-2East CarolinaTurf 2
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

8:00am EST Vanderbilt1-3 Virginia Turf 2
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
9:45am EST East Carolina0-1 NC State Grass 1
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

3:00pm EST Virginia 3-1East CarolinaTurf 2
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
4:45pm EST NC State 2-1VanderbiltTurf 4
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Seed
1 North Carolina 3 3 0 0 15 0 +13 9 Advanced to semifinals 1
2 Florida[lower-alpha 1] 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3 Advanced to first round 8
3 Wake Forest[lower-alpha 1] 3 1 0 2 3 8 -4 3 9
4 Georgia 3 1 0 2 4 10 -5 3 10

Notes:

  1. Despite Florida being ranked higher on tiebreakers, they declined their bid to advance so the third placed Wake Forest was allowed to take their place
Scores
6:00pm EST North Carolina 6-0Wake ForestTurf 2
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
9:30pm EST Florida1-3 Georgia Grass 1
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

11:30am EST North Carolina 3-0FloridaTurf 2
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
11:30am EST Wake Forest 3-1GeorgiaTurf 4
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

4:45pm EST Georgia0-6 North Carolina Turf 2
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
4:45pm EST Florida 1-0Wake ForestTurf 5
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Seed
1 Clemson 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advanced to first round 3
2 Virginia Tech 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5 5
3 UCF 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 4 6[lower-alpha 1]
4 Georgia Tech 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0 12

Notes:

  1. Despite being ranked 6th, unable to advance because the max teams that can advance from a group is two
Scores
9:30pm EST UCF 0-0 Virginia Tech Turf 2
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
9:30pm EST Clemson 1-0Georgia TechTurf 4
Fri, November 2 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

11:30am EST Clemson 3-0UCFTurf 3
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
11:30am EST Georgia Tech0-3 Virginia Tech Turf 5
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

4:45pm EST Virginia Tech 1-1 Clemson Grass 1
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC
4:45pm EST UCF 2-1Georgia TechTurf 3
Sat, November 3 Stadium: BB&T Soccer Park
Winston-Salem, NC

Tournament bracket

Note: Some scores obtained through SCSA's Twitter, however uncited because it's a primary source and generally unreliable.

Men's

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Sat • 6:30pm • Turf 2
Florida1
Sun • 9:00am • Turf 3
Clemson0
Florida2
Sat • 6:30pm • Turf 4
Virginia Tech1
NC State1
Sun • 12:00pm • Turf 4
Virginia Tech3
Virginia Tech4
Sat • 6:30pm • Turf 3
UNC-Wilmington0
Vanderbilt (pen.)1 (6)
Sun • 9:00am • Turf 5
FIU1 (5)
Vanderbilt0
Sat • 6:30pm • Turf 5
UNC-Wilmington1
North Carolina0
UNC-Wilmington1

Women's

First roundSemifinalsFinal
Sun • 9:00am • Turf 2
Sat • 8:15pm • Turf 21North Carolina5
4Virginia0Virginia Tech1Sun • 12:00pm • Turf 2
5Virginia Tech1North Carolina1
Sun • 9:00am • Turf 4NC State0
Sat • 8:15pm • Turf 42NC State2
3Clemson (a.e.t.)3Clemson0
6Wake Forest2

Sources: [3][4]

National Championship performance

Men's

Team Qualification App Last bid Result
Virginia Tech Tournament
champion
10th 2017 Semifinalist
(0-2 vs North Carolina)
Virginia Highest RPI
remaining teams
10th 2017 Sweet 16
(0-2 vs North Carolina)
Florida 2nd highest RPI
remaining teams
12th 2017 Champion
North Carolina National wildcard 14th 2017 Runners-up
(0-1 a.e.t. vs Florida)

Women's

Team Qualification App Last bid Result
North Carolina Tournament
champion
14th 2017 Sweet 16
(1-2 vs UC-Davis)
Clemson Highest RPI
remaining teams
5th 2013 Semifinalist
(1-4 Ohio State)
Virginia 2nd highest RPI
remaining teams
10th 2016 Consolation co-champion
(Finals cancelled)
NC State National wildcard 2nd 2014 Consolation quarterfinalist
(2-4 vs Texas A&M)

References

  1. "Regional Tournament 2018". Region 2 Soccer. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2023-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Roberts, Hannah (2019-09-10). "NIRSA Region 2 Tournament Rules of Play" (PDF).
  3. "Men's Results". Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance. 2018-12-01. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2023-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Women's Results". Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance. Archived from the original on 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2023-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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