2018 CAA men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:CAA
Division:I
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Quartervenue:Higher seeds
Semivenue:Sentara Park
Semicity:Harrisonburg, Virginia
Finalvenue:Sentara Park
Finalcity:Harrisonburg, Virginia
Champions:James Madison
Titlecount:6th
Coach:Paul Zazenski
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Manuel Ferriol
Mvpteam:James Madison
Broadcast:CAA.tv

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.

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

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1James Madison6–2–0
2UNCW5–1–2
3Hofstra5–2–1
4William & Mary4–3–2
5Delaware4–3–1
6Northeastern3–4–1

Results

First round

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Semifinals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals
1 Goal

All Tournament Team

2018 CAA Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team[1]
Luke Brown, Hofstra
Sean Nealis, Hofstra
George O’Malley, Hofstra
TJ Bush, James Madison
Thomas Shores, James Madison
Yannick Franz, James Madison
Manuel Ferriol, James Madison
Joel Bylander, UNCW
Danny Reynolds, UNCW
Julian Ngoh, William & Mary
Reeves Trott, William & Mary
MVP in Bold

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Madison Captures CAA Championship in Penalties . caasports.com . . November 24, 2018 . November 11, 2018.