2018 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Atlantic 10
Division:I
Gender:men's
Teams:8
Quartervenue:Higher seeds
Semivenue:Hermann Stadium
Semicity:St. Louis, MO
Finalvenue:Hermann Stadium
Finalcity:St. Louis, MO
Champions:Rhode Island
Titlecount:7th
Coach:Gareth Elliott
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Tyler Dickson
Mvpteam:Rhode Island
Broadcast:ESPN+

The 2018 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament, was the 21st edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It will determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 4 and concluded on November 11. Saint Louis University hosted the semifinals and championship matches with these fixtures contested at Hermann Stadium.

Rhode Island won the A-10 Tournament, giving the Rams their first Atlantic 10 Conference championship, as well as first NCAA berth since 2006. Rhode Island defeated George Mason in the final, and bested regular season champions, VCU, in the semifinals, and last year's NCAA quarterfinalists, Fordham in the quarterfinals. George Mason defeated Saint Louis and Dayton to reach the championship match.

Defending champions, UMass, were eliminated by the virtue of penalty kicks to VCU in the quarterfinal round.

Rhode Island was the only Atlantic 10 team this year to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they were eliminated in the first round by Connecticut off of a golden goal.

Seeds

Seed[1] SchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1VCU6–1–1
2Davidson5–2–1
3George Mason5–3–0GMU 1–0 vs. URI
4Rhode Island5–3–0URI 0–1 vs. GMU
5Fordham4–3–1Win vs. Dayton
6Saint Louis3–1–4Tie vs. Dayton
7Dayton4–3–10-1-1 vs tied teams
8UMass3–5–0By virtue of a win over George Mason

Results

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

1 Goal

Awards and honors

All-Tournament team:[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VCU Claims Top Seed in A10 Men's Soccer Championship . atlantic10.com . November 1, 2018 . October 31, 2018.
  2. Web site: Rhode Island Wins 2018 A-10 Men's Soccer Championship . atlantic10.com . . November 14, 2018 . November 11, 2018.