2018 Patriot League men's soccer tournament explained

Year:	2018
Conference:	Patriot League
Gender:	men's
Teams:	6
Matches:	5
Attendance:	1,181
Venue:	Ridley Athletic Complex
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Champions:	Colgate
Titlecount:	8th
Coach:	Erik Ronning
Coachcount:	6th
Mvp:	Oliver Harris
Mvpteam:	Colgate
Broadcast:	PLN

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.

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
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

Results

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	College	Goals
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]
Oliver Harris, Colgate Jacob Harris, Colgate Kentaro Morrison, Colgate Christian Clarke, Colgate Zac McGraw, Army Justin Stoll, Army Keenan O’Shea, Army Gabriel Carlsson, Loyola Maryland Davey Mason, Loyola Maryland Mark Forrest, Lehigh Oscar Greene, Lehigh
MVP in Bold

External links

• Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Men's Soccer Championship. patriotleague.org. The Patriot League. January 29, 2019.
2. Web site: Colgate Earns First-Ever NCAA Tournament Victory With 2-0 Win At UMass. Patriot League. December 16, 2017. November 17, 2017.
3. Web site: Touri. Amir. Clock runs out on UMass men’s soccer’s dream season in NCAA opener. The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. dailycollegian.com. December 16, 2017. November 17, 2017.
4. Web site: Ryan. Conor. UMass men's soccer falls to Colgate in first round of NCAA Tournament. The Republican. Advance Publications. December 16, 2017.
5. Web site: Colgate Travels to Face No. 13 Seed Michigan in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament Second Round. Patriot League. December 16, 2017. November 17, 2017.
6. Web site: Spezia. Mark. NCAA soccer tourney: MSU, WMU advance, Michigan falls. Detroit Free Press. Gannett Company via Detroit Media Partnership. December 16, 2017. November 19, 2017.
7. Web site: Michigan Wolverines vs. Colgate Raiders Soccer Match Stats. ESPN. December 16, 2017. November 19, 2017.
8. Web site: Pave. Marvin. Needham’s Ouligian rises to the occasion for Colgate soccer. The Boston Globe. John W. Henry. December 16, 2017. November 22, 2017.
9. Web site: Hamot. Gideon. After an Unprecedented Winning Streak, Men's Soccer Falls to Louisville. The Colgate Maroon-News. Colgate University. December 16, 2017. November 28, 2017.
10. Web site: Colgate Raiders Claim 2018 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Championship. patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 11, 2018. January 29, 2019.