2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Gender:men's
Teams:8
Matches:7
City:Huntington, WV
Orlando, FL
Champions:Marshall
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Chris Grassie
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Alvaro Garcia-Pascual
Mvpteam:Marshall
Broadcast:ESPN+
Different Previous:2022

The 2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 28th edition of the Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament. The tournament ran from November 5 to November 12, 2023. Marshall won the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) tournament and with it the SBC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament.

The conference announced the top two seeds would host the quarterfinals and semifinal rounds, and then the highest remaining seed in the finals would host the finals. #1 seed Marshall and #2 seed UCF earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament.

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferencePoints
1Marshall7–2–021
2UCF6–2–119
3West Virginia5–1–318
4James Madison4–2–315
5Kentucky3–3–312
6Georgia State3–4–211
7South Carolina3–4–211
8Old Dominion2–6–17

Schedule

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Honors

All-Tournament Team

The following were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference as the All-Tournament Team. [1]

PositionPlayerSchool
FAlvaro Garcia-PascualMarshall
FYutaro TsukadaWest Virginia
FBen DamgeKentucky
MAlymane SordoMarshall
MSergio Ors NavarroWest Virginia
MLuke McCormickWest Virginia
DRai PintoMarshall
DAlex BamfordMarshall
DWilliam NilssonSouth Carolina
DKasper LehmSouth Carolina
GKCasper MolsKentucky

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No. 1 Marshall Wins 2023 Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Championship. sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. November 14, 2023.