2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
SiteMorgantown, WV
Huntington, WV
ChampionsWest Virginia (1st title)
Winning coachDan Stratford (1st title)
MVPSergio Ors Navarro (West Virginia)
BroadcastESPN+
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
«2023 2025»
2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 West Virginia ‡ 5 – 0 – 4 13 – 2 – 7
No. 2 Marshall + 4 – 0 – 5 15 – 2 – 7
UCF 5 – 4 – 0 7 – 6 – 3
Kentucky 4 – 2 – 3 6 – 6 – 6
South Carolina 5 – 4 – 0 10 – 5 – 2
James Madison 3 – 3 – 3 8 – 5 – 6
Old Dominion 3 – 5 – 1 7 – 8 – 2
Georgia Southern 2 – 5 – 2 6 – 7 – 4
Coastal Carolina 1 – 5 – 3 3 – 10 – 3
Georgia State 1 – 5 – 3 4 – 8 – 5
As of December 17, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Sun Belt

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 29th edition of the Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament. The tournament ran from November 10 to November 17, 2024. West Virginia 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[1] School Conference Points
1 West Virginia 5–0–4 19
2 Marshall 4–0–5 17
3 UCF 5–4 15
4 Kentucky 4–2–3 15
5 South Carolina 5–4 15
6 James Madison 3–3–3 12
7 Old Dominion 3–5–1 10
8 Georgia Southern 2–5–2 8

Bracket

Source:[2]

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

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Source:[3]

#1 West Virginia Mountaineers3–2#8 Georgia Southern Eagles
  • Marcus Caldeira 44'
  • Carlos Hernando 61'
  • Sergio Ors Navarro 81'
 Report
  • Zachary Martin 35', 36'
Attendance: 843
Referee: Kevin Fikar
#4 Kentucky Wildcats1–0#5 South Carolina Gamecocks
  • Logan Dorsey 63' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 863
Referee: Michael Nickerson
#2 Marshall Thundering Herd3–2#7 Old Dominion Monarchs
  • Pablo Simon 74'
  • João Roberto 77'
  • Rai Pinto 86'
 Report
  • Noah Madrigal 34'
  • Evan Watt 87'
Attendance: 1811
Referee: David Erbacher
#3 UCF Knights1–2#6 James Madison Dukes
  • Javier López Sánchez 78'
 Report
  • Evan Southern 64'
  • Kevin Larsson 73'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Noah Matos

Semifinals

Source:[4]

#1 West Virginia Mountaineers2–1#4 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Sergio Ors Navarro 4'
  • Carlos Hernando 53'
 Report
  • Logan Dorsey 2'
Attendance: 1210
Referee: Mario Maric
#2 Marshall Thundering Herd1–0#6 James Madison Dukes
  • Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos 35'
 Report
Attendance: 2020
Referee: Amin Hadzic

Final

Source:[5]

#1 West Virginia Mountaineers0-0 (a.e.t.)#2 Marshall Thundering Herd
Report
Penalties
  • Sergio Ors Navarro
  • Carlos Hernando
  • Marcus Caldeira
  • Dante Huckaby
  • Frederik Jorgensen
  • Dyon Dromers
6–5
  • Alexander Stjernegaard
  • Taimu Okiyoshi
  • Pablo Simon
  • Aymane Sordo
  • Haruhi Taneda
  • João Roberto
Attendance: 3162
Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Honors

All-Tournament Team

The following were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference as the All-Tournament Team.[6]

Position Player School
F Logan Dorsey Kentucky
F Lucca Dourado UCF
F Sergio Ors Navarro West Virginia
F Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos Marshall
M Ryan Baer West Virginia
M Taimu Okiyoshi Marshall
M Harvey Sarajian Georiga Southern
D Max Broughton West Virginia
D Luca Nikolai James Madison
D Anderson Rosa UCF
GK Sebastian Conlon James Madison

References

  1. ^ "2024 Men's Soccer Standings Teams". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "West Virginia, Marshall, Kentucky, James Madison Advance to Sun Belt Men's Soccer Semifinal". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "West Virginia, Marshall Advance to the Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "West Virginia Captures First Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Sun Belt Conference Announces 2024 Men's Soccer Awards, All-Conference Teams". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
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