2022 Horizon League men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Horizon League
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,080
Venue:Krenzler Field
City:Cleveland, Ohio
(Semifinals & Final)
Champions:Cleveland State
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Siniša Ubiparipović
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Jannis Schmidt
Mvpteam:Cleveland State

The 2022 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 6 through November 12, 2022. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Krenzler Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Oakland Grizzlies were the defending champions.[1] They were unable to defend their crown, falling to Cleveland State in the Semifinals. Cleveland State would finish as tournament champions after defeating IUPUI 3–0 in the Final.[2] This was the second overall title for Cleveland State and first for head coach Siniša Ubiparipović.[3] As tournament champions, Cleveland State earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top two seeds received byes to the Semifinals and the number one seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as IUPUI and Oakland both finished with identical 4–2–3 conference records. IUPUI earned the third seed by virtue of their 4–2 regular season win over Oakland on October 22.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Cleveland State5–1–318
2Wright State4–1–416
3IUPUI4–2–315
4Oakland4–2–315
5Robert Morris4–3–214
6Detroit Mercy3–2–410

Bracket

Source:[5]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player Team
Jannis SchmidtCleveland State
Pablo Kawecki
Bojan Kolevski
Albert Portas
Logan FinneganIUPUI
Lukas Hackaa
Lucas Morefield
Gabriel BaylonOakland
Charlie Retzer
Joe KouadioWright State
Brock Pickett
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship. Horizon League. horizonleague.org. February 14, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship. Horizon League. horizonleague.org. July 11, 2023.
  3. Web site: Horizon League Men's Soccer Record Book. Horizon League. horizonleague.org. July 11, 2023.
  4. Web site: Cleveland State Earns No. 1 Seed as #HLMSOC Championship Bracket Set. horizonleague.com. Horizon League. November 2, 2022. July 11, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2022 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship Bracket. Horizon League. horizonleague.org. July 11, 2023.
  6. Web site: Cleveland State Completes Redemption Season with #HLMSOC Title. Horizon League. horizonleague.org. November 12, 2022. July 11, 2023.