2023 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer tournament

2023 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
2023 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	4,756
Site	Campus Sites
Champions	Dayton (5th title)
Winning coach	Dennis Currier (5th title)
MVP	Kenji Mboma Dem (Dayton)
Broadcast	ESPN+
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2023 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
VCU	5	–	1	–	2	7	–	6	–	5
Loyola Chicago	4	–	1	–	3	8	–	2	–	5
Saint Louis	4	–	1	–	3	8	–	4	–	5
Davidson	5	–	3	–	0	10	–	5	–	1
Duquesne	4	–	2	–	2	8	–	7	–	3
Dayton ‡	3	–	1	–	4	8	–	7	–	6
UMass	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	6	–	6
Fordham	3	–	3	–	2	6	–	4	–	7
Rhode Island	2	–	4	–	2	5	–	6	–	5
Saint Joseph's	2	–	4	–	2	4	–	11	–	2
St. Bonaventure	2	–	5	–	1	6	–	7	–	4
George Mason	2	–	5	–	1	5	–	7	–	3
George Washington	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	9	–	4
La Salle	1	–	5	–	2	5	–	8	–	4


‡ – 2023 Atlantic 10 tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Atlantic 10

The 2023 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament was the post season men's soccer tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference held from November 4 to November 12, 2023. The seven-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Saint Louis Billikens.^[1] Saint Louis was the second seed, but was unable to defend their title as they fell to seventh seed UMass in the Quarterfinals in a penalty shoot-out. Sixth seed Dayton went on to win the tournament, defeating first seed VCU 2–1 in the Final.^[2]^[3] This was Dayton's fifth tournament title, and first since 2015. All five of Datyon's titles have come under head coach Dennis Currier.^[4] As tournament champions Dayton earned the A10's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight 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 three-way tiebreaker was required for the second, third, and fourth seeds as Davidson, Loyola Chicago, and Saint Louis all finished with fifteen conference points. Record against common conference opponents was used as the tiebreaker. Saint Louis had the best record in that regard and was the second seed. They were followed by Loyola Chicago as the third seed and Davidson as the fourth seed. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and seventh seeds as Dayton and UMass both finished with thirteen points. Dayton earned the sixth seed by virtue of their 3–1 win in the head-to-head match up during the regular season.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	VCU	5–1–2	17
2	Saint Louis	4–1–3	15
3	Loyola Chicago	4–1–3	15
4	Davidson	5–3–0	15
5	Duquesne	4–2–2	14
6	Dayton	3–1–4	13
7	UMass	4–3–1	13
8	Fordham	3–3–2	11

Bracket

Source:^[6]

Quarterfinals Nov. 3-4			Semifinals Wednesday Nov. 8			Final Sunday, Nov. 12

1	VCU	1

8	Fordham	0
			1	VCU	3

			7	UMass	1
3	Loyola Chicago	2 (4)

6	Dayton (pen.)	2 (5)
						1	VCU	1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						6	Dayton	2
2	Saint Louis	2 (3)

7	UMass (pen.)	2 (4)
			4	Davidson	1

			6	Dayton	3
4	Davidson	2

5	Duquesne	1

Schedule

First Round

November 3	#1 VCU	1–0	#8 Fordham	Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. ET	Damian Gallegos 74'	Report		Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 483 Referee: Shaun Papperman Assistant referees: Jeffery Skinker Assistant referees: Nick Karnovsky Fourth official: Justin Weinstock

November 3	#4 Davidson	2–1	#5 Duquesne	Davidson, NC
7:00 p.m. ET	Denis Krioutchenkov 11' Alonzo Clarke 15' Lyman Ott 39' Vincent Bennage 78'	Report	11' Cameron Territo 18' Christoffer Vie Angell 37' Ask Ekeland 84' Team	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 831

November 3	#2 Saint Louis	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#7 UMass	St. Louis, MO
7:00 p.m. CT	Mads Stistrup Petersen 56', 66'	Report	48' Alec Hughes 75' Nick Zielonka 108' Sefunmi Taiwo	Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 854 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Leszek Skowyra Assistant referees: Stephen Valle Fourth official: George Major
	Penalties
	Kevin Komodi Jeremi Abonnel Diego Konincks Christian Buendia Jack Sullivan Mathew Wrobel		Alec Hughes Michael Rojas Nick Zielonka Aidan Kelly Jack Englebert Andrew Ortiz

November 4	#3 Loyola Chicago	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#6 Dayton	Chicago, IL
3:00 p.m. CT	Marc Torrellas 30' Julian Cisneros 54', 60'	Report	52' Sidike Jabateh 54' Paul Yeboah 59' Manny Day 84' Hjalti Sigurdsson 89' Casper Svendby	Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park Attendance: 438 Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos Assistant referees: Sergio Alverez Assistant referees: Sina Kashef Fourth official: Michael Kennedy
	Penalties
	Markus Maurer Oscar Dueso Juilan Cisneros Marc Torrellas Quinten Blair		Dario Caetano Ousseynou Cisse Sidike Jabateh Casper Svendby Logan Brown

Semifinals

November 8	#1 VCU	3–1	#7 UMass	Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. ET	UMass Own Goal 41' Andrey Salmeron 45' William Hitchcock 57'	Report	11', 85' Michael Rojas 44' Shane Velez 68' Andrew Ortiz	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 437 Referee: Mike De Felice Assistant referees: Jeffrey Skinker Assistant referees: Aaron Hormuth Fourth official: Mark Remsa

November 8	#4 Davidson	1–3	#6 Dayton	Davidson, NC
7:00 p.m. ET	Denis Krioutchenkov 58'	Report	11' Manny Day 19' Hjalti Sigurdsson 44' Braden Seel 49', 63' Kenji Mboma Dem 58' Paul Yeboah 67' Paul Yeboah	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 912

Final

November 12	#1 VCU	1–2	#6 Dayton	Richmond, VA
12:00 p.m. ET	Jonathan Kanagwa 10' Scott McLeod 75'	Report	69' Kenji Mboma Dem 75' Sidike Jabateh 84' Adam Zenzen 89' Hjalti Sigurdsson 89' Miles Bonham	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 801 Referee: Gregory DeMello Assistant referees: Ben Pilgrim Assistant referees: George Vergara Jr. Fourth official: Kohl Peasley

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match (as of November 12, 2023).

3 goals

Kenji Mboma Dem – Dayton

2 goals

Denis Krioutchenkov – Davidson
Manny Day – Dayton
Mads Stistrup Petersen – Saint Louis

1 goal

Vincent Bennage – Davidson
Sidike Jabateh – Dayton
Hjalti Sigurdsson – Dayton
Ask Ekeland – Duquesne
Julian Cisneros – Loyola Chicago
Marc Torrellas – Loyola Chicago
Alec Hughes – UMass
Michael Rojas – UMass
Nick Zielonka – UMass
Damian Gallegos – VCU
William Hitchcock – VCU
Jonathan Kanagwa – VCU
Andrey Salmeron – VCU

1 own goal

UMass (vs. VCU)

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
2023 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer All-Tournament team^[7]
Denis Krioutchenkov	Davidson
Logan Brown	Dayton
Dario Caetano
Manny Day
Kenji Mboma Dem
Hjalti Sigurdsson
Jonathan Kanagwa	VCU
Moussa Ndiaye
Andrey Salmeron
Papa Toure
Michael Rojas	UMass