2018 MAC 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
«2017  2019»
2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 22 West Virginia + 5 –0 –0  14 –7 –0
Bowling Green 2 –1 –2  6 –7 –4
Western Michigan 1 –1 –2  11 –6 –3
No. 2 Akron ‡ 1 –2 –1  15 –7 –2
SIU Edwardsville 1 –3 –1  9 –5 –4
Northern Illinois 1 –4 –0  8 –9 –1
  • ‡ – 2018 MAC Tournament champion
    + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
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
  • Ritaccio  2', 66'
  • Kahsay  43'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nicholas Balcer

Final
No. 3 Western Michigan0–3No. 4 Akron
Report
  • Egbo  65'
  • Zajac  85', 88'
Attendance: 94
Referee: Gregory Dopka

Statistics

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