2019 ASUN men's soccer tournament

The 2019 ASUN men's soccer tournament, the 41st edition of the ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, determined the ASUN Conference's automatic berth for the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 8 and concluded on November 16.

2019 ASUN men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteTop two seeds
Semifinals siteTop two seeds
Finals siteJ. Malcolm Simon Stadium
Newark, New Jersey
ChampionsNJIT (1st title)
Winning coachFernando Barboto (1st title)
MVPRegsan Watkins (NJIT)
BroadcastESPN+, Facebook Live
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2019 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
NJIT 5 1 0 10 5 4
Florida Gulf Coast 4 1 1 9 8 2
Stetson 3 2 1 8 10 2
North Florida 3 2 1 6 8 2
Lipscomb 3 3 0 5 9 2
Liberty 1 5 0 5 13 0
Jacksonville 0 5 1 5 7 2
As of 22 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

NJIT, the ASUN regular season champion, won the tournament for the first and only time in program history; the Highlanders would join the America East Conference on July 1, 2020.[1] They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the finals, 2–1.[2] NJIT earned their first-ever berth to the NCAA Tournament, where they were defeated in the first round by Providence.[3]

Seeds

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Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 NJIT 5–1–0
2 Florida Gulf Coast 4–1–1
3 North Florida 3–2–1 UNF 2–1 vs. STET
4 Stetson 3–2–1 STET 1–2 vs. UNF
5 Lipscomb 3–3–0
6 Liberty 1–5–0

Bracket

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First round
Nov. 8
Semifinals
Nov. 10
Final
Nov. 16
1 NJIT 3
4 Stetson 2 4 Stetson 2
5 Lipscomb 1 1 NJIT 2
2 FGCU 1
2 FGCU 2
3 North Florida (OT) 3 3 North Florida 1
6 Liberty 2

Results

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First round

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No. 3 North Florida3–2 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Liberty
  • Estes   80'
  • Went   88'
  • Bubb   90'
  • Hawker   94'   99'
Report
  • Borutskie   4'
  • Welch   45'
  • Dutey   75'
  • Garcia   99'
  • Valdez   99'
Attendance: 79
Referee: Esteban Rosano

No. 4 Stetson2–1No. 5 Lipscomb
  • Degance   49'
  • Chalbaud   90'
Report
  • Wynia   59'

Semifinals

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No. 2 FGCU2–1No. 3 North Florida
  • Rosales   5'
  • Perez   31'
  • Clement   32'
  • Medilah   34'   86'
  • Mullings   70'
  • TEAM   84'
Report
  • DeLeon, Jr.   12'
  • Everett   17'   87'
  • Abreu   41'
  • Hawker   84'
Attendance: 278
Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

No. 1 NJIT3–2No. 4 Stetson
  • Rabell   19'
  • White   48'
  • Nino   64'
  • Reisgys   71'
  • Watkins   81'
Report
  • McCauley   15'
  • Clark   35'
  • Scattergood   49'
  • Busmann   80'
  • Chalbaud   89'
Attendance: 591
Referee: Lorant Varga

Final

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No. 1 NJIT2–1No. 2 FGCU
  • Nino   4'
  • TEAM   51'
  • Rabell   70'
  • Alvarez   83'
  • Watkins   86'
Report
  • Bushey   45'
  • Rosales   52'

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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2 Goals
1 Goal

All Tournament Team

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2019 ASUN Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[4]

Regsan Watkins, NJIT
Shak Adams, FGCU
Thomas Delplace, FGCU
O'Vonte Mullings, FGCU
Ivan Rosales, FGCU
Noah Gulden, Lipscomb
Ben Locke, Lipscomb
Alejandro Rabell, NJIT
Thomas Radon, NJIT
Rene White, NJIT
Sebastian Chalbaud, Stetson

MVP in Bold

References

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  1. ^ "NJIT to Join America East Conference as 10th Member Institution" (Press release). NJIT Highlanders. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Men's Soccer Captures First ASUN Conference Tournament Title". njit.edu. NJIT News. November 17, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Scandura, Mike (November 21, 2019). "PC men's soccer team beats NJIT, 2-0, advances to 2nd round". providencejournal.com. The Providence Journal. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "NJIT Secures First Men's @ASUNSoccer Championship Title". asunsports.org. November 16, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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