The 2018 Patriot League men's soccer tournament, will be the 29th edition of the tournament. It determined the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
The Colgate Raiders are the two-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title defeating Army 1–0 in the final.
Background The 2017 tournament was won by Colgate Raiders, who qualified for the tournament on the last day of the regular season as the sixth and final seed in the tournament. Colgate were able to capture their seventh Patriot League Tournament championship, tying them with Lafayette. En-route to the final, Colgate upset third-seed Bucknell and top seed Loyola. In the final, a 67th minute striker from Oliver Harris sealed the title for the Raiders against Holy Cross.
With the championship, Colgate earned an automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Tournament. There they made a run to the Sweet Sixteen, upsetting No. 24 UMass and No. 13 Michigan along the way. Colgate ultimately fell to Louisville.
Seeds SeedSchoolConferencePts.Tiebreaker 1Loyola Maryland 7–1–122 2 Lehigh6–3–018 3 Colgate 5–2–217 4 Boston University 4–4–113 5 Army4–5–012Army 1–0 vs. American 6 American3–3–312American 0–1 vs. Army
Bracket
Results
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Goals RankPlayerCollegeGoals 1 Oliver Harris Colgate 2 2 Kian Alberto Colgate 1 Steven DeLeo Colgate Oscar Greene Leghigh Kentaro Morrison Colgate Keenan O'Shea Army Aram Ouligian Colgate Viggo Sjöberg American Matt Sloan American
All Tournament Team 2018 Patriot League Men's Soccer All-Tournament teamOliver Harris, Colgate Jacob Harris, Colgate Kentaro Morrison, Colgate Christian Clarke, Colgate Zac McGraw, Army Justin Stoll, Army Keenan O’Shea, Army Gabriel Carlsson, Loyola Maryland Davey Mason, Loyola Maryland Mark Forrest, Lehigh Oscar Greene, Lehigh MVP in Bold
References
External links Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament