2017 Patriot League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteRidley Athletic Complex
Baltimore, Maryland
ChampionsColgate (7th title)
Winning coachErik Ronning (5th title)
BroadcastPLN
Patriot League men's soccer tournament
«2016  2018»
2017 Patriot League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Loyola Maryland 7 –2 –011 –6 –1
Boston U. 6 –2 –17 –8 –4
Lehigh 5 –3 –111 –7 –1
Bucknell 5 –3 –17 –8 –4
Holy Cross 4 –3 –27 –9 –4
No. 21 Colgate ‡ 4 –4 –112 –11 –1
Army 3 –4 –29 –6 –2
American 3 –6 –04 –12 –1
Lafayette 3 –6 –04 –14 –0
Navy 0 –7 –22 –13 –2
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Patriot League men's soccer tournament, was the 28th edition of the tournament. It determined the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

The tournament was won by Colgate Raiders, who qualified for the tournament on the last day of the regular season as the sixth and final seed in the tournament. Colgate were also the defending champions, and were able to capture their seventh Patriot League Tournament championship, tying them with Lafayette. En route to the final, Colgate upset third-seed Bucknell and top seed Loyola. In the final, a 67th minute striker from Oliver Harris sealed the title for the Raiders against Holy Cross.

With the championship, Colgate earned an automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Tournament. There they made a run to the Sweet Sixteen, upsetting No. 24 UMass[1][2][3][4] and No. 13 Michigan along the way.[5][6][7] Colgate ultimately fell to Louisville.[8]

Seeding

The top six programs qualified for the Patriot League Tournament.[9]

Bracket

First round
November 7 		Semifinals
November 10 		Championship
November 12
1 Loyola (MD) 2
3 Bucknell 0 6 Colgate (OT) 3
6 Colgate 1 6 Colgate 1
5 Holy Cross 0
2 Boston U  0 (1) 
4 Lehigh 0 5 Holy Cross (pen.)  0 (4) 
5 Holy Cross 3

Results

First round

No. 4 Lehigh Mountain Hawks0–3No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders
Report Rupp 3'
Cestaro 12'
Ross 13'
Ulrich Sports Complex, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 158
Referee: Mike DeFelice
No. 3 Bucknell Bison0–1No. 6 Colgate Raiders
Report Morrison 71'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Shaun Papperman

Semifinals

No. 1 Loyola Greyhounds2–3 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Colgate Raiders
Watson 6'
Fawole 62'		 Report DeLeo 70' gold-colored soccer ball 98'
Clarke 87'
Attendance: 656
Referee: Mark Gorak
No. 2 Boston University Terriers0–0 (a.e.t.)No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders
Penalties
Cortet soccer ball with red X
McDonnell soccer ball with red X
Lampis soccer ball with check mark		 1–4 soccer ball with check mark Carfora
soccer ball with check mark Ross
soccer ball with check mark Krause
soccer ball with check mark Rupp
Attendance: 656
Referee: Karl Kummer

Final

No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders0–1No. 6 Colgate Raiders
Report Harris 67'
Attendance: 237
Referee: John McCloskey

Awards

Patriot League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[10]

Jared Stroud, Colgate Sr., M
Steven DeLeo, Colgate, Jr., F
Oliver Harris, Colgate, Jr., M
Aram Ouligian, Colgate, Jr., D
Yuji Callahan, Holy Cross, Sr., F/M
Brad Ross, Holy Cross, Sr., D
Henry Stutz, Holy Cross, Jr., GK
Gabriel Carlsson, Loyola Maryland, Jr., M
Josh Fawole, Loyola Maryland So., F
Satchel Cortet, Boston University, So., M
Adam Sheikali, Boston University, Sr., D

MVP's in Bold

References

  1. ↑ "Colgate Earns First-Ever NCAA Tournament Victory With 2-0 Win At UMass". Patriot League. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ Touri, Amir (November 17, 2017). "Clock runs out on UMass men's soccer's dream season in NCAA opener". The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. dailycollegian.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Conor. "UMass men's soccer falls to Colgate in first round of NCAA Tournament". The Republican. Advance Publications. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Colgate Travels to Face No. 13 Seed Michigan in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament Second Round". Patriot League. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ Spezia, Mark (November 19, 2017). "NCAA soccer tourney: MSU, WMU advance, Michigan falls". Detroit Free Press. Gannett Company via Detroit Media Partnership. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Michigan Wolverines vs. Colgate Raiders Soccer Match Stats". ESPN. November 19, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ Pave, Marvin (November 22, 2017). "Needham's Ouligian rises to the occasion for Colgate soccer". The Boston Globe. John W. Henry. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  8. ↑ Hamot, Gideon (November 28, 2017). "After an Unprecedented Winning Streak, Men's Soccer Falls to Louisville". The Colgate Maroon-News. Colgate University. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ "2017 Men's Soccer Championship". Patriot League. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  10. ↑ "No. 6 Colgate Captures its Second-Straight and Seventh Overall Title". Patriot League. patriotleague.org. November 12, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
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