American college soccer tournament
| 2018 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | Martin Stadium Clinton, South Carolina | ||||
| Champions | Campbell (5th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Dustin Fonder (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Gideon Betz (Campbell) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| High Point + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Campbell ‡ | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longwood | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Upstate | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament, will be the 29th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big South Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
Campbell won the tournament, making it their first Big South championship since 1992. It was the program's fifth overall conference championship. They defeated the two-time defending champions, Presbyterian, in the final. With the title, Campbell earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, for the first time since 2007. They played NC State in the first round, where they lost 1–4. Regular season champions, High Point, earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament, making it their first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. There, the Panthers lost to James Madison in the first round, by a 0-3 scoreline.
Seeds
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | High Point | 7–0–1 | |
| 2 | Radford | 5–3–0 | RU 1–0 vs. PC |
| 3 | Presbyterian | 5–3–0 | PC 0–1 vs. RU |
| 4 | Campbell | 4–3–1 | |
| 5 | Gardner-Webb | 4–4–0 | |
| 6 | Longwood | 3–4–1 |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals November 6 | Semifinals November 9 | Championship November 11 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | High Point | 0 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Campbell | 3 | 4 | Campbell (pen.) | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| 5 | Gardner–Webb | 0 | 4 | Campbell | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Presbyterian | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Radford | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Presbyterian | 3 | 3 | Presbyterian | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Longwood | 0 | ||||||||||||
Results
Quarterfinals
| No. 4 Campbell | 3–0 | No. 5 Gardner–Webb |
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43', 89' 
68'| No. 3 Presbyterian | 3–0 | No. 6 Longwood |
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Semifinals
| No. 1 High Point | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | No. 4 Campbell |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 2–3 | ||
High Point, North CarolinaAttendance: 795Referee: Lance Jacob
| No. 2 Radford | 0–2 | No. 3 Presbyterian |
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| Report |
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Radford, VirginiaAttendance: 472Referee: Carmen Serbio
Final
| No. 3 Presbyterian | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | No. 4 Campbell |
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| Report | Betz  99' |
All Tournament Team
| 2018 Big South Men's Soccer All-Tournament team | ||||||
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Gideon Betz, Campbell | ||||||
| MVP in Bold | ||||||
References
- "Campbell wins Big South men's soccer tournament". The Fayetteville Observer. GateHouse Media. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- Pettengill, Paul (November 15, 2018). "Men's Soccer: State beats Campbell 4-1 to advance to 2nd Round in NCAA Tournament". Backing the Pack. SB Nation. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- "NC State Defeats Campbell 4-1 in NCAA 1st Rd". TopDrawer Soccer. November 15, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- "High Point Stumbles in First Round of NCAA Tournament". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- "2018 Big South Men's Soccer All-Tournament team". bigsouthsports.com. November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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