2018 ASUN men's soccer tournament

The 2018 ASUN men's soccer tournament, the 40th edition of the ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, determined the ASUN Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 2 and concluded on November 10.

2018 ASUN men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	Higher seeds
Finals site	Lipscomb Soccer Complex Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Lipscomb (2nd title)
Winning coach	Charles Morrow (2nd title)
MVP	Logan Paynter (Lipscomb)
Broadcast	ESPN+, Facebook Live
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2018 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 25 Lipscomb ‡	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	10	–	1
Florida Gulf Coast	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	5	–	2
North Florida	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	11	–	0
Jacksonville	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	13	–	0
Liberty	2	–	3	–	1			7	–	7	–	1
Stetson	1	–	4	–	1			7	–	10	–	2
NJIT	1	–	5	–	0			6	–	11	–	0
‡ – 2018 ASUN tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Lipscomb entered the tournament as the defending Atlantic Sun Tournament champions, and as the 2018 ASUN regular season champions. Outscoring their opponents 4-1 in the process, Lipscomb successfully defended their ASUN title by winning the championship match against Stetson, 2-0. Lipscomb earned their second ever berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they upset Washington and FIU en route to a Sweet Sixteen run.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Lipscomb	5–1–0	LIP 1–0 vs. FGCU
2	Florida Gulf Coast	5–1–0	FGCU 0–1 vs. LIP
3	North Florida	3–3–0	UNF 1–0 vs. JAX
4	Jacksonville	3–3–0	JAX 0–1 vs. UNF
5	Liberty	2–3–1
6	Stetson	1–4–1

Bracket

	First round Nov. 2					Semifinals Nov. 4					Final Nov. 10
						1	Lipscomb	2
	4	Jacksonville	2			4	Jacksonville	1
	5	Liberty	0								1	Lipscomb	2
											6	Stetson	0
						2	FGCU	1 (4)
	3	North Florida	1			6	Stetson (pen.)	1 (5)
	6	Stetson	3

Results

First round

November 2

5:00 p.m. EST

No. 3 North Florida	1–3	No. 6 Stetson
Scott 61'	Report	Scattergood 50', 85' Northoff 78'

FGCU Soccer Complex
Fort Myers, Florida

Attendance: 99

Referee: Chris Penso

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November 2

8:00 p.m. EST

No. 4 Jacksonville	2–0	No. 5 Liberty
Dixon 57' Manzo 87'	Report

Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 121

Referee: Guido Gonzales

Semifinals

November 4

1:00 p.m. EST

No. 2 FGCU	1–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 6 Stetson
Medilah 45'	Report	Scattergood 73'
Penalties
Riley Marriott Clement Medilah Zapata João Burti	4–5	O'Brien Scattergood Monsanto Northoff Chalbaud Pinheiro

FGCU Soccer Complex
Fort Myers, Florida

Attendance: 485

Referee: Michael Lavergne

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November 4

3:00 p.m. EST

No. 1 Lipscomb	2–1	No. 4 Jacksonville
Locke 13' Jakubowski 71'	Report	Davis 15'

Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 294

Referee: Kirk Downs

Final

November 10

8:00 p.m. EST

No. 1 Lipscomb	2–0	No. 6 Stetson
Paynter 40', 54'	Report

Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 1,398

Statistics

Top goalscorers

3 Goals

• Lewis Scattergood – Stetson

2 Goals

• Logan Paynter – Lipscomb

1 Goal

• Alex Dixon – Jacksonville
• Zarek Jakubowski – Lipscomb
• Ben Locke – Lipscomb
• Jose Manzo – Jacksonville
• Ryan Medilah – Florida Gulf Coast
• Raphael Northoff – Stetson
• Collin Scott – North Florida

All Tournament Team

2018 A-Sun Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team

Ryan Birchfield, Lipscomb Noah Gulden, Lipscomb Ben Locke, Lipscomb Braeden Luna, Stetson Logan Paynter, Lipscomb Lewis Scattergood, Stetson

MVP in Bold

External links

• 2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Championship
• 2018 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament Bracket