The 2018 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament, was the 21st edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It will determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 4 and concluded on November 11. Saint Louis University hosted the semifinals and championship matches with these fixtures contested at Hermann Stadium.
Rhode Island won the A-10 Tournament, giving the Rams their first Atlantic 10 Conference championship, as well as first NCAA berth since 2006. Rhode Island defeated George Mason in the final, and bested regular season champions, VCU, in the semifinals, and last year's NCAA quarterfinalists, Fordham in the quarterfinals. George Mason defeated Saint Louis and Dayton to reach the championship match.
Defending champions, UMass, were eliminated by the virtue of penalty kicks to VCU in the quarterfinal round.
Rhode Island was the only Atlantic 10 team this year to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they were eliminated in the first round by Connecticut off of a golden goal.
Seeds
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 VCU 6–1–1 2 Davidson 5–2–1 3 George Mason 5–3–0GMU 1–0 vs. URI 4 Rhode Island 5–3–0URI 0–1 vs. GMU 5 Fordham 4–3–1 Win vs. Dayton 6 Saint Louis 3–1–4 Tie vs. Dayton 7 Dayton 4–3–1 0-1-1 vs tied teams 8 UMass 3–5–0 By virtue of a win over George Mason
Bracket
Results
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers 1 Goal
Clement Benhaddouche – UMass Chae Brangman – Rhode Island Tyler Dickson – Rhode Island Jared Greene – VCU Elias Harryson – Dayton Lucas Hauth – Davidson Pablo Pertusa – George Mason Dominik Richter – Rhode Island Grant Robinson – George Mason Emil Jesman Sunde – Rhode Island Rok Taneski – Dayton Stavros Zarokostas – Rhode Island
Awards and honors
Tournament MVP: Tyler Dickson, Rhode Island
All-Tournament team:
Chae Brangman, Rhode Island Tyler Dickson, Rhode Island Clark Gronek, George Mason Elias Harryson, Dayton Dominik Richter, Rhode Island Grant Robinson, George Mason
Roger Penske, Rhode Island Pablo Pertusa, George Mason Mario Sequeira, VCU Rok Taneski, Dayton Stavros Zarokostas, Rhode Island
References
External links 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Championship Bracket