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Football tournament season
2003 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Country United States
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsLynn
(1st title, 2nd final)
Runner-upChico State
(1st final)
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored62 (2.7 per match)
Best playerOffense:
Andy Hirst, Lynn Univ.
Defense:
Ross Lumsden, Lynn Univ.
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The 2003 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 32nd annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.

On the strength of Leon Jackson's late 2nd half goal Lynn (20-0-1) defeated Chico State in the tournament final, 2–1. The final and semi-finals were played at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex in Virginia Beach, Virginia

This was the first national title for the Fighting Knights, who were coached by Shaun Pendleton, and had previously been finalists in 1997.

Bracket

First Round
Campus sites
Second Round
*Campus sites
Quarter-finals
*Campus sites
Semifinals
December 5
Virginia Beach, VA
Final
December 7
Virginia Beach, VA
* Truman State 5
SIU Edwardsville 1(5) SIU Edwardsville 2
Rockhurst 1(3) * Truman State 1
Findlay 2
* Mercyhurst 0(3)
Findlay 1(4) Findlay 0(5)
Ashland 1(2) Findlay 0
Chico State 2
* CSU Dominguez Hills 1
Chico State 2 Chico State 2
UC San Diego 0 Chico State 3
* Midwestern State 1
* Incarnate Word 1
Midwestern State 2 Midwestern State 2
Northeastern State 0 Chico State 1
Lynn 2
* USC Spartanburg 1(3)
UNC Pembroke 1(3) Carson–Newman 1(4)
Carson–Newman 1(4) Carson–Newman 0
* Lynn 3
* Lynn 2
Barry 1 Rollins 1
Rollins 2 Lynn 3
Dowling 2
* Southern Conn. 0
Mass-Lowell 3 Mass-Lowell 1
Franklin Pierce 0 Mass-Lowell 0
* Dowling 2
* Dowling 2
NYIT 1 East Stroudsburg 0
East Stroudsburg 2

Final

Lynn2–1Chico State
Fernando Villalobos 3:55' (Hirst, Melling)
Leon Jackson 79:02' (Dunkerley)
Report 1
Report 2
Jesse Grigg 36:09'
Virginia Beach Sportsplex, Virginia Beach, VirginiaAttendance: 198

See also

References

  1. "Lynn men take Div. II title". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. December 8, 2003. p. 2D. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  2. "NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
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