2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:ASUN
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:1,869
Venue:Campus Sites
Champions:Lipscomb
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Charles Morrow
Coachcount:5th
Broadcast:ESPN+, YouTube
Mvp:Javanne Smith
Mvpteam:Lipscomb

The 2023 ASUN men's soccer tournament was the 45th edition of the postseason men's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference, held from November 4 through November 11, 2023. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the first and second seeds home stadiums, with the #1 seed Lipscomb, hosting the Final. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Lipscomb Bison were the defending tournament champions,[1] and were successful in defending their title, defeating second seed 1–0 in the Final.[2] [3] It was their fifth title in seven years, and fifth title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Charles Morrow. It also was the third title in a row for Lipscomb.[4] As tournament champions, Lipscomb earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds for the tournament as and both finished with eleven conference points. Bellarmine defeated Stetson on October 28, and was therefore the second seed in the tournament. Four teams finished with nine conference points. After the tiebreakers, was the fourth seed, was the fifth seed, and was the sixth seed. was the fourth team to finish with nine conference points, and did not qualify for the tournament.[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
16–1–018
23–2–211
33–2–211
43–4–09
52–2–39
62–2–39

Bracket

Source:[6]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Alex Halevy
Brock Pope
Brendan Schoemehl
Jerry Gutierrez
Deon Travis
Nick Dang
George Macready
Javanne Smith
Daniel Stampatori
Afonso Conde
Alvaro Gabancho
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship. ASUN Conference. June 15, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship. ASUN Conference. February 5, 2024.
  3. Web site: Lipscomb is headed to the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. WTVF. newschannel5.com. Steve. Layman. November 15, 2023. February 2, 2024.
  4. Web site: ASUN Conference Men’s Soccer Record Book. asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. February 5, 2024.
  5. Web site: 2023 Men's Soccer Championship Field Finalized. asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. October 28, 2023. February 5, 2024.
  6. Web site: 2023 ASUN Men's Soccer Championship. asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. February 5, 2024.
  7. Web site: Lipscomb Defeats Bellarmine to Win Third Consecutive League Title. asunsports.com. ASUN Conference. November 11, 2023. February 5, 2024.