2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
SiteHuntington, WV
Orlando, FL
ChampionsMarshall (1st title)
Winning coachChris Grassie (1st title)
MVPÁlvaro García Pascual (Marshall)
BroadcastESPN+
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Marshall ‡7–2–018–3–0
No. 19 UCF +6–2–110–4–2
No. 3 West Virginia +5–1–317–3–4
No. 18 James Madison +4–2–310–5–5
Kentucky +3–3–38–8–4
Georgia State3–4–26–7–5
South Carolina3–4–26–9–3
Old Dominion2–6–15–7–5
Georgia Southern1–5–32–9–6
Coastal Carolina1–6–23–9–3
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Sun Belt

The 2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 28th edition of the Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament. The tournament ran from November 5 to November 12, 2023. Marshall won the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) tournament and with it the SBC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament.

The conference announced the top two seeds would host the quarterfinals and semifinal rounds, and then the highest remaining seed in the finals would host the finals. #1 seed Marshall and #2 seed UCF earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Points
1 Marshall 7–2–0 21
2 UCF 6–2–1 19
3 West Virginia 5–1–3 18
4 James Madison 4–2–3 15
5 Kentucky 3–3–3 12
6 Georgia State 3–4–2 11
7 South Carolina 3–4–2 11
8 Old Dominion 2–6–1 7

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Marshall 2
8 Old Dominion 0
Marshall 3
Kentucky 0
4 James Madison 1
5 Kentucky 2
Marshall 3
West Virginia 2
2 UCF 1
7 South Carolina 2
South Carolina 0
West Virginia 2
3 West Virginia 3
6 Georgia State 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd2–0#8 Old Dominion Monarchs
  • Pablo Simon 60'
  • Agustin Iusem 85'
 Report
Attendance: 1790
Referee: Michael Nickerson
#3 West Virginia Mountaineers3–1#6 Georgia State Panthers
 Report
  • Ethan Sassine 51'
#4 James Madison Dukes1–2#5 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Rodrigo Robles 27'
 Report
  • Mason Visconti 26'
  • Ben Damge 54'
Attendance: 333
Referee: Sorin Stoica
#2 UCF Knights1–2#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
  • Anderson Rosa 56'
 Report
  • Harrison Myring 6'
  • Jack Burgess 24'
Attendance: 816
Referee: Madzid Coric

Semifinals

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd3–0#5 Kentucky Wildcats
 Report
Attendance: 2176
Referee: Kevin Fikar
#3 West Virginia Mountaineers2–0#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
 Report
Attendance: 205
Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Final

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd3–2#3 West Virginia Mountaineers
 Report
  • Sergio Ors Navarro 18', 31'
Attendance: 3151
Referee: David Erbacher

Honors

All-Tournament Team

The following were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference as the All-Tournament Team. [1]

Position Player School
F Álvaro García Pascual Marshall
F Yutaro Tsukada West Virginia
F Ben Damge Kentucky
M Alymane Sordo Marshall
M Sergio Ors Navarro West Virginia
M Luke McCormick West Virginia
D Rai Pinto Marshall
D Alex Bamford Marshall
D William Nilsson South Carolina
D Kasper Lehm South Carolina
GK Casper Mols Kentucky

References

  1. ↑ "No. 1 Marshall Wins 2023 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
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