The 2022 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 27th edition of the Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament ran from November 6 to November 13, 2022. Kentucky 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 Kentucky and #2 seed Marshall earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament.
The Sun Belt shuttered its men's soccer league after all of its members moved the sport to other conferences by the end of the 2020–21 school year. The conference had lost one men's soccer team before the season when full conference member Appalachian State dropped men's soccer in May 2020, citing financial impacts from COVID-19.[1] That July saw associate member Howard announce that it would become an associate member of the Northeast Conference in six sports, with men's soccer being one of four sports moving in July 2021.[2] In January 2021 the ASUN Conference announced three schools as incoming full members, including Sun Belt men's soccer associateCentral Arkansas.[3] The following month saw full Sun Belt member Coastal Carolina announce that it would become a single-sport member of Conference USA, joining another in-state associate member in South Carolina.[4] This left Georgia Southern and Georgia State, both full Sun Belt members, as the conference's only remaining men's soccer programs, and those two schools announced they would move that sport to the Mid-American Conference in late May 2021.[5]
However, following a major conference realignment that brought three new men's soccer schools (James Madison, Marshall, and Old Dominion) to the conference, SBC commissioner Keith Gill announced on November 1, 2021 that men's soccer would be reinstated no later than 2023.[6] With all three schools joining in 2022 instead of the originally intended 2023 timeline, the SBC announced on April 6, 2022 that men's soccer would instead return in 2022 with Kentucky, South Carolina, and West Virginia as affiliate members.[7]
^"App State drops men's soccer and two other men's programs". Soccer America. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^"Six Howard Athletics Programs Join the Northeast Conference as Associate Members" (Press release). Howard Bison. July 6, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^"ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport" (Press release). ASUN Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^"Coastal Carolina Added as Men's Soccer Member" (Press release). Conference USA. February 25, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^"Georgia Southern, Georgia State Added As Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^Traylor, Grant (November 1, 2021). "Sun Belt confirms men's soccer being reinstated". The Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, WV. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
^"Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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The 2022 Sun Belt Conference men s soccer tournament was the 27th edition of the Sun Belt Conference Men s Soccer Tournament The tournament ran from November 6 to November 13 2022 Kentucky won the Sun Belt Conference SBC tournament and with it the SBC s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament 2022 Sun Belt Conference men s soccer tournamentClassificationDivision ITeams8Matches7SiteLexington KYHuntington WVChampionsKentucky 1st title Winning coachJohan Cedergren 1st title MVPClay Holstad Kentucky BroadcastESPN Sun Belt Conference men s soccer tournament 2020 2023 2022 Sun Belt Conference men s soccer standings vte Conf Overall Team W L T W L T No 6 Kentucky 5 0 3 15 1 5 No 12 Marshall 4 1 3 11 4 4 Georgia State 4 2 2 12 4 3 West Virginia 3 1 4 7 7 4 Coastal Carolina 2 1 5 5 5 6 Old Dominion 3 4 1 6 8 2 James Madison 2 3 3 8 8 4 South Carolina 1 4 3 5 8 4 Georgia Southern 0 8 0 1 14 1 2022 Sun Belt Conference Tournament champion At large invitation to the 2022 NCAA tournamentAs of December 13 2022Rankings from United Soccer CoachesSource Sun Belt 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 Kentucky and 2 seed Marshall earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament Contents 1 Background 2 Seeds 3 Bracket 4 Schedule 4 1 Quarterfinals 4 2 Semifinals 4 3 Final 5 Statistics 5 1 Goalscorers 6 Honors 6 1 All Tournament Team 7 References 8 External linksBackground editMain article 2022 Sun Belt Conference men s soccer season The Sun Belt shuttered its men s soccer league after all of its members moved the sport to other conferences by the end of the 2020 21 school year The conference had lost one men s soccer team before the season when full conference member Appalachian State dropped men s soccer in May 2020 citing financial impacts from COVID 19 1 That July saw associate member Howard announce that it would become an associate member of the Northeast Conference in six sports with men s soccer being one of four sports moving in July 2021 2 In January 2021 the ASUN Conference announced three schools as incoming full members including Sun Belt men s soccer associate Central Arkansas 3 The following month saw full Sun Belt member Coastal Carolina announce that it would become a single sport member of Conference USA joining another in state associate member in South Carolina 4 This left Georgia Southern and Georgia State both full Sun Belt members as the conference s only remaining men s soccer programs and those two schools announced they would move that sport to the Mid American Conference in late May 2021 5 However following a major conference realignment that brought three new men s soccer schools James Madison Marshall and Old Dominion to the conference SBC commissioner Keith Gill announced on November 1 2021 that men s soccer would be reinstated no later than 2023 6 With all three schools joining in 2022 instead of the originally intended 2023 timeline the SBC announced on April 6 2022 that men s soccer would instead return in 2022 with Kentucky South Carolina and West Virginia as affiliate members 7 Seeds editSeed School Conference Points 1 Kentucky 5 0 3 18 2 Marshall 4 1 3 15 3 Georgia State 4 2 2 14 4 West Virginia 3 1 4 13 5 Coastal Carolina 2 1 5 11 6 Old Dominion 3 4 1 10 7 James Madison 2 3 3 9 8 South Carolina 1 4 3 6Bracket editQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals 1Kentucky28South Carolina1Kentucky3West Virginia04Coastal Carolina05West Virginia1Kentucky2James Madison02Marshall07James Madison1Georgia State0James Madison53Georgia State36Old Dominion1Schedule editQuarterfinals edit November 6 2022 2022 11 06 3 00 PM EST 4 West Virginia Mountaineers1 0 5 Coastal Carolina ChanticleersWendell amp Vickie Bell Soccer Complex Lexington KYAttendance 576 November 6 2022 2022 11 06 3 00 PM EST 2 Marshall Thundering Herd0 1 7 James Madison DukesHoops Family Field Huntington WVAttendance 1402 November 6 2022 2022 11 06 7 00 PM EST 1 Kentucky Wildcats2 1 8 South Carolina GamecocksWendell amp Vickie Bell Soccer Complex Lexington KYAttendance 1499 November 6 2022 2022 11 06 7 00 PM EST 3 Georgia State Panthers3 1 6 Old Dominion MonarchsHoops Family Field Huntington WVAttendance 1402 Semifinals edit November 9 2022 2022 11 09 8 00 PM EDT 1 Kentucky3 0 4 West VirginiaWendell amp Vickie Bell Soccer Complex Lexington KYAttendance 1 677 November 9 2022 2022 11 09 8 00 PM EDT 7 James Madison5 0 3 Georgia StateHoops Family Field Huntington WVAttendance 389 Final edit November 13 2022 2022 11 13 2 00 PM EDT 1 Kentucky2 0 7 James MadisonWendell amp Vickie Bell Soccer Complex Lexington KYAttendance 2 389Statistics editGoalscorers edit TBDHonors editAll Tournament Team edit TBAReferences edit App State drops men s soccer and two other men s programs Soccer America May 26 2020 Retrieved May 26 2020 Six Howard Athletics Programs Join the Northeast Conference as Associate Members Press release Howard Bison July 6 2020 Retrieved April 15 2021 ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions Adds Football as 20th Sport Press release ASUN Conference January 29 2021 Retrieved April 15 2021 Coastal Carolina Added as Men s Soccer Member Press release Conference USA February 25 2021 Retrieved April 15 2021 Georgia Southern Georgia State Added As Affiliate Members in Men s Soccer Press release Mid American Conference May 21 2021 Retrieved May 27 2021 Traylor Grant November 1 2021 Sun Belt confirms men s soccer being reinstated The Herald Dispatch Huntington WV Retrieved November 2 2021 Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men s Soccer This Fall Press release Sun Belt Conference April 6 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 External links editSun Belt Tournament Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2022 Sun Belt Conference men 27s soccer tournament amp oldid 1212376570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
