2023 WAC men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:WAC
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,031
Venue:Peter Johann Memorial Field
City:Las Vegas, Nevada
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Coe Michaelson
Coachcount:2nd
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Luis Mueller
Mvpteam:California Baptist

The 2023 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 5 to November 11, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at Peter Johann Memorial Field in Las Vegas, Nevada on the campus of UNLV. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season divisional conference play. The defending champions were the .[1] California Baptist was able to successfully defend their title as the second overall seed in the tournament.[2] [3] This was California Baptist's second WAC Tournament victory in program history, both of which have come under head coach Coe Michaelson.[4] As tournament champions, California Baptist earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding

Six of the nine Western Athletic Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2023 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds of the tournament as and both finished with ten conference regular season points. The two teams tied their regular season match up 1–1. Utah Valley was the fifth seed and San Jose State was the sixth seed.[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
17–0–122
25–1–217
34–4–012
43–3–211
52–2–410
63–4–110

Bracket

Source:[6]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Thomas Beecham
Leo Mendez
Luis Mueller
Nolan Premack
Brophy Howard
Nico Lopez
Hermann Ragnarsson
Gabe Sanchez
Austin Wallace
Tom Dobek-Pietrowski
Mo Mohamed
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: California Baptist University men’s soccer team captures WAC tournament title. The Press-Enterprise. November 13, 2022. July 22, 2023. Dennis. Pope.
  2. Web site: 2023 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament. February 16, 2024. Western Athletic Conference.
  3. Web site: Cal Baptist ends USD’s soccer season with penalty shootout win. The San Diego Union-Tribune. Mark. Zeigler. November 16, 2023. February 16, 2024.
  4. Web site: 2023 Men's Soccer Record Book. February 16, 2024. Western Athletic Conference.
  5. Web site: Seattle U Earns Top Seed In The 2023 WAC Men’s Soccer Tournament. wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. October 30, 2023. February 16, 2024.
  6. Web site: 2023 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament. wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. October 30, 2023. February 16, 2024.
  7. Web site: No. 2 CBU Repeats With Thrilling 2-1 Win Over No. 4 UNLV In The 2023 WAC Men’s Soccer Tournament Final. wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 11, 2023. February 16, 2024.