The 2017 Patriot League men's soccer tournament, was the 28th edition of the tournament. It determined the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| 2017 Patriot League men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | Ridley Athletic Complex Baltimore, Maryland | ||||
| Champions | Colgate (7th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Erik Ronning (5th title) | ||||
| Broadcast | PLN | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Maryland | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston U. | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Colgate ‡ | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 14 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 0 | – | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 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 also the defending champions, and 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[1][2][3][4] and No. 13 Michigan along the way.[5][6][7] Colgate ultimately fell to Louisville.[8]
Seeding
editThe top six programs qualified for the Patriot League Tournament.[9]
Bracket
edit| First round November 7 | Semifinals November 10 | Championship November 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Loyola (MD) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bucknell | 0 | 6 | Colgate (OT) | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Colgate | 1 | 6 | Colgate | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Holy Cross | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston U | 0 (1) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Lehigh | 0 | 5 | Holy Cross (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 5 | Holy Cross | 3 | ||||||||||||
Results
editFirst round
edit| No. 4 Lehigh Mountain Hawks | 0–3 | No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders |
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| Report | Rupp  3'Cestaro 12'Ross 13' |
| No. 3 Bucknell Bison | 0–1 | No. 6 Colgate Raiders |
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| Report | Morrison 71' |
Semifinals
edit| No. 1 Loyola Greyhounds | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | No. 6 Colgate Raiders |
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| Watson 6' Fawole 62' |
Report | DeLeo 70'  98'Clarke 87' |
| No. 2 Boston University Terriers | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders |
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| Penalties | ||
Cortet  McDonnell Lampis  |
1–4 | Carfora Ross Krause Rupp |
Final
edit| No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders | 0–1 | No. 6 Colgate Raiders |
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| Report | Harris 67' |
Awards
edit| Patriot League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[10] | ||||||
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Jared Stroud, Colgate Sr., M | ||||||
| MVP's in Bold | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Colgate Earns First-Ever NCAA Tournament Victory With 2-0 Win At UMass". Patriot League. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Touri, Amir (November 17, 2017). "Clock runs out on UMass men's soccer's dream season in NCAA opener". The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. dailycollegian.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Ryan, Conor. "UMass men's soccer falls to Colgate in first round of NCAA Tournament". The Republican. Advance Publications. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Colgate Travels to Face No. 13 Seed Michigan in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament Second Round". Patriot League. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Spezia, Mark (November 19, 2017). "NCAA soccer tourney: MSU, WMU advance, Michigan falls". Detroit Free Press. Gannett Company via Detroit Media Partnership. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Michigan Wolverines vs. Colgate Raiders Soccer Match Stats". ESPN. November 19, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (November 22, 2017). "Needham's Ouligian rises to the occasion for Colgate soccer". The Boston Globe. John W. Henry. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Hamot, Gideon (November 28, 2017). "After an Unprecedented Winning Streak, Men's Soccer Falls to Louisville". The Colgate Maroon-News. Colgate University. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Men's Soccer Championship". Patriot League. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ^ "No. 6 Colgate Captures its Second-Straight and Seventh Overall Title". Patriot League. patriotleague.org. November 12, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.