2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2018 MAC men's soccer tournament, was the 25th edition of the tournament. It determined the Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 6 and concluded on November 11.

2018 MAC men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Semifinals siteDick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
Finals siteDick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
ChampionsAkron (15th title)
Winning coachJared Embick (6th title)
MVPMarcel Zajac (Akron)
BroadcastESPN+
MAC men's soccer tournament
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2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 22 West Virginia + 5 –0 –014 –7 –0
Bowling Green 2 –1 –26 –7 –4
Western Michigan 1 –1 –211 –6 –3
No. 2 Akron ‡ 1 –2 –115 –7 –2
SIU Edwardsville 1 –3 –19 –5 –4
Northern Illinois 1 –4 –08 –9 –1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Akron won the MAC Championship, 3–0 against Western Michigan, making it a rematch of last year's championship.[1] Akron entered the tournament as the six-time defending champions, and the fourth overall seed.

The tournament was expanded this year from four teams to six teams.

Seeds
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 West Virginia 5–0–0
2 Bowling Green 2–2–1
3 Western Michigan 1–1–2
4 Akron 1–2–1
5 SIU Edwardsville 1–3–1
6 Northern Illinois 1–4–0

Bracket
First round
Nov. 6 		Semifinals
Nov. 9 		Final
Nov. 11
1 West Virginia 1
4 Akron 2 4 Akron 3
5 SIU Edwardsville 1 4 Akron 3
3 Western Michigan 0
2 Bowling Green 0
3 Western Michigan 3 3 Western Michigan 2
6 Northern Illinois 1

Results

First round
No. 3 Western Michigan3–1No. 6 Northern Illinois
  • Sipple 20'
  • Jackman 30'
  • Clark 33'
 Report
  • Maertins 14'
Attendance: 315
No. 4 Akron2–1No. 5 SIU Edwardsville
 Report
  • Solawa 18'
Attendance: 360
Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Semifinals
No. 2 Bowling Green0–2No. 3 Western Michigan
Report
  • Melaragni 5'
  • Shane 43'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Art Arustamyan
No. 1 West Virginia1–3No. 4 Akron
  • Albino 1'
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nicholas Balcer

Final
No. 3 Western Michigan0–3No. 4 Akron
Report
Attendance: 94
Referee: Gregory Dopka

Statistics

Top goalscorers
3 Goals
  • Canada Marcel Zajac – Akron
2 Goals
  • Italy Carlo Ritaccio – Akron
1 Goal
  • Nigeria David Egbo – Akron
  • United States Morgan Hackworth – Akron
  • Eritrea Ezana Kahsay – Akron
  • Germany Jan Maertins – Northern Illinois
  • United States Greg Solawa – SIU Edwardsville
  • Spain Andres Muriel Albino – West Virginia
  • United States Tommy Clark – Western Michigan
  • United States Caden Jackman – Western Michigan
  • United States Mike Melaragni – Western Michigan
  • United States Zack Shane – Western Michigan
  • United States Cameron Sipple – Western Michigan

All Tournament Team
2018 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[2]

Carlo Ritaccio, Akron
Ezana Kahsay, Akron
Marcel Zajac, Akron
Abdi Mohaned, Akron
Moe Mustafa, Bowling Green
Charlie Maciejewski, Bowling Green
Logan Lucas, West Virginia
Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, West Virginia
Ben Thornton, Western Michigan
Jake Rufe, Western Michigan
Anthony Bowie, Western Michigan

MVP in Bold

References
  1. Fagerlin, A. J. (November 13, 2017). "Zips Claim 14th MAC Tournament Title in Victory over Western Michigan". The Buchtelite. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  2. "2018 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
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