2018 CAA men's soccer tournament

The 2018 CAA men's soccer tournament, was the 36th edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will began November 3 and concluded on November 11.

Top-seeded James Madison won the CAA Tournament, marking their sixth ever CAA Tournament title, and their first since 2014. En route to the final, they defeated defending champions, William & Mary, in the semifinals before beating Hofstra in penalty kicks in the final. JMU striker, Manuel Ferriol was named the MVP of the Tournament. With the title, the Dukes earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

In addition to the Dukes, regular season runners-up, and tournament semifinalists, UNC Wilmington earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, the Seahawks were eliminated in the first round by Furman by the virtue of penalty kicks. James Madison defeated High Point in the first round and upset fifth-seeded North Carolina and twelfth-seeded Virginia Tech in the second round and third rounds respectively before falling at Michigan State in the Elite Eight.

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1James Madison6–2–0 2UNCW5–1–2 3Hofstra5–2–1 4William & Mary4–3–2 5Delaware4–3–1 6Northeastern3–4–1

Bracket

Results

First round

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

Reeves Trott – William & Mary Matt Vowinkel – Hofstra

1 Goal

Nathan Edmunds – Delaware Ryan Mertz – Delaware Luke Brown – Hofstra Sean Nealis – Hofstra Manuel Ferriol – James Madison Carson Jeffris – James Madison Tim Judge – James Madison Danny Reynolds – UNCW Julian Ngoh – William & Mary

All Tournament Team 2018 CAA Men’s Soccer All-Tournament teamLuke Brown, Hofstra Sean Nealis, Hofstra George O’Malley, Hofstra TJ Bush, James Madison Thomas Shores, James Madison Yannick Franz, James Madison Manuel Ferriol, James Madison Joel Bylander, UNCW Danny Reynolds, UNCW Julian Ngoh, William & Mary Reeves Trott, William & MaryMVP in Bold

References

External links CAA Men's Soccer Tournament