2019 Patriot League men's soccer tournament

The 2019 Patriot League men's soccer tournament was the 30th edition of the Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Patriot League champion as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 9 and concluded on November 16, 2019.^[1]

2019 Patriot League men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Site	Ulrich Stadium Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Champions	Lehigh (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dean Koski (3rd title)
MVP	Will Smith (Lehigh)
Broadcast	ESPN3
Patriot League men's soccer tournament «2018  2020»

2019 Patriot League men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lehigh ‡	6	–	0	–	3			13	–	5	–	3
Loyola (MD)	7	–	2	–	0			10	–	8	–	1
Navy	5	–	3	–	1			11	–	4	–	1
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	2			10	–	7	–	3
Colgate	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	9	–	4
Bucknell	2	–	2	–	5			6	–	7	–	7
American	3	–	5	–	1			3	–	11	–	2
Boston U	3	–	6	–	0			4	–	12	–	1
Army	2	–	4	–	3			5	–	7	–	4
Holy Cross	1	–	8	–	0			3	–	15	–	0
‡ – 2019 Patriot Tournament Champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 22 November 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The defending champions, Colgate, were eliminated in the first round by eventual runners-up, Lafayette. Lehigh won the championship, 1–0, over Lafayette to claim their third Patriot League Tournament championship. There, Lehigh earned the conference's automatic bit in the NCAA Tournament.^[2] There, they were eliminated by Pittsburgh in the opening round.^[3][4][5]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Pts.	Tiebreaker
1	Lehigh	6–0–3	21	Lehigh 1–0 vs. Loyola (MD)
2	Loyola (MD)	7–2–0	21	Loyola (MD) 0–1 vs. Lehigh
3	Navy	5–3–1	16
4	Lafayette	4–3–2	14
5	Colgate	4–4–1	13
6	Bucknell	2–2–5	11

Bracket

	First round November 9					Semifinals November 12					Championship November 16
						1	Lehigh	1
	3	Navy	0			6	Bucknell	0
	6	Bucknell	2								1	Lehigh	1
											4	Lafayette	0
						2	Loyola (MD)	0 (4)
	4	Lafayette	2			4	Lafayette (pen.)	0 (5)
	5	Colgate	1

Results

First round

November 9

1:05 p.m. EDT

No. 3 Navy	0–2	No. 6 Bucknell
	Report	Thorsheim   26', 59'

Glenn Warner Stadium, Annapolis

Attendance: 429

Referee: J. C. Griggs

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November 9

3:05 p.m. EDT

No. 4 Lafayette	2–1	No. 5 Colgate
Kitromilides   8' Gonçalves   58'	Report	Clarke   32'

Oaks Stadium, Easton

Attendance: 450

Referee: Peter Dhime

Semifinals

November 12

6:00 p.m. EDT

No. 1 Lehigh	1–0	No. 6 Bucknell
Koski   76'	Report

Ulrich Stadium, Bethlehem

Attendance: 291

Referee: David Breckner

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November 12

7:00 p.m. EDT

No. 2 Loyola (MD)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	No. 4 Lafayette
	Report
Penalties
Sharifi   Fawole   Ingram   Saramago   Lussi   Mason	4–5	Gonçalves   Varela   Kitromilides   Williams   Panayides   Ssessanga

Ridley Athletic Complex, Baltimore

Attendance: 324

Referee: Sergio Gonzalez

Final

November 16

7:00 p.m. EDT

No. 1 Lehigh	1–0	No. 4 Lafayette
Tahiru   54'	Report

Ulrich Stadium, Bethlehem

Attendance: 1,705

Referee: Mike DeFelice

Patriot League Tournament Best XI

Player	Team
Patriot League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team^[6]
Will Smith	Lehigh
Trevor Koski
Stevo Bednarsky
Michael Tahiru
Alex Sutton	Lafayette
Christian Williams
Ryan Gonçalves
Daniel Osuji	Loyola (MD)
Davey Mason
Matt Thorsheim	Bucknell
Luke Smith

MVP in Bold

References

1. "2019 Men's Soccer Championship". Patriot League.
2. "Patriot League champion Lehigh to face Pitt in NCAA men's soccer tournament". The Morning Call. November 18, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
3. Krysinsky, John (November 21, 2019). "Pitt beats Lehigh, 2-0, for first-ever NCAA tournament win". PGH Soccer Now. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
4. "Pitt men's soccer earn historic NCAA tournament win vs. Lehigh". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
5. . Bethlehem Press. November 27, 2019. Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
6. "No. 1 Lehigh Claims 2019 Patriot League Men's Soccer Championship". patriotleague.org. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

External links

• Patriot League Tournament