2018 Summit League men's soccer tournament

2018 Summit League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance751
SiteCIBER Field
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsDenver (5th title)
Winning coachJamie Franks (3rd title)
MVPScott DeVoss (Denver)
Summit League men's soccer tournament
«2017  2019»
2018 Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 19 Denver ‡ 4 – 0 – 1 15 – 4 – 2
Omaha 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 8 – 1
Purdue Fort Wayne 2 – 3 – 0 10 – 8 – 1
Eastern Illinois 1 – 2 – 2 3 – 11 – 4
Western Illinois 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 10 – 3
Oral Roberts 0 – 3 – 2 6 – 7 – 3
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 Summit League men's soccer tournament, was the 25th edition of the tournament. It determined the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Denver won the Summit League title, making it their fifth title in the last six years.[1] They defeated the defending Summit League champions, Omaha, 1–0.[2][3][4]

Seeds

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Denver 4–0–1
2 Omaha 4–1–0
3 Purdue Fort Wayne 2–3–0
4 Eastern Illinois 1–2–2

Bracket

Semifinals
Nov. 8 		Final
Nov. 10
      
1 Denver 1
4 Eastern Illinois 0
1 Denver 1
2 Omaha 0
2 Omaha 1
3 Purdue Fort Wayne 0

Results

Semifinals

No. 1 Denver1–0No. 4 Eastern Illinois
 Report
Attendance: 175
Referee: Shane Butler
No. 2 Omaha1–0No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne
 Report
Attendance: 175
Referee: Heber Estrada

Final

No. 1 Denver1–0No. 2 Omaha
 Report
Attendance: 401
Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Statistics

All Tournament Team

2018 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[5]

Andy O'Donoghue, Purdue Fort Wayne
Matthew Lieshout, Purdue Fort Wayne
Kris Luke, Eastern Illinois
Cole Harkrader, Eastern Illinois
Marcos Bautista, Omaha
Nil Ayats, Omaha
Billy Hoffman, Omaha
Moshe Perez, Denver
Kenny Akamatsu, Denver
Jacob Stensson, Denver
Scott DeVoss, Denver

MVP in Bold

References

  1. ^ Blankenship, Niko (November 10, 2018). "[9/14] Denver Wins Fifth Summit League Title in Six Years". denverpioneers.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mavs fall to FIU 2-0". WOWT. Gray Television. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Martin, Derek (November 16, 2017). "Omaha soccer's season ends with 2-0 loss to FIU". KMA. kmaland.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Omaha Drops NCAA Tournament Match at FIU". Summit League. thesummiteleague.com. November 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. ^ Shipp, Kelly (November 10, 2018). "Denver wins the 2018 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.