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The 2018 Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance Regional Tournament was the 9th edition of the Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance's postseason club soccer tournament, which was held at BB&T Soccer Park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, from November 2–4, 2018. A tournament was held for each the men's and women's division, with each tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the 2018 NIRSA National Soccer Championship's championship division. The remaining 2 of NIRSA Region II's automatic bids for each division were given out based on RPI, with a special consideration to this tournament's performance.

Format

The tournament consisted of 12 women's teams and 16 men's teams. Each divisional champion received an automatic bid (6 for the women and 8 for the men) with the remaining wild card teams being the next highest RPI ranked teams that had not already qualified. Teams were divided into groups based on RPI.

For the men's division group stage, the 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their group meaning a total of 6 games were played within a group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout round.

For the women's division group stage, the 12 teams were split into three groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their group meaning a total of 6 games were played within a group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals, with the best two teams receiving a bye to the semi-finals.

Pool play games were two 40-minute halves, separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. After pool play, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their respective gender division's knockout stage.

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves. The quarterfinals were separated by a seven-minute halftime while the semifinals and finals had a ten minute halftime. Knockout stage games needed to declare a winner. If a knockout-stage game was tied at the end of regulation, overtime would begin. Overtime consisted of one, 15-minute, golden-goal period. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.

Participants

Men's

Women's

Group stage

Men's

Notes:

1. UTC forfeited their final game vs Virginia. Virginia was awarded 3 points and a +1 goal difference
2. UTC forfeited their final game vs Virginia. Was deducted 1 goal difference point

Women's

Notes:

1. Despite being ranked 7th and 6th seed unable to advance, they're unable to advance because the max teams that can advance from a group is two

Notes:

1. ^ Despite Florida being ranked higher on tiebreakers, they declined their bid to advance so the third placed Wake Forest was allowed to take their place

Notes:

1. Despite being ranked 6th, unable to advance because the max teams that can advance from a group is two

Tournament bracket

Note: Some scores obtained through SCSA's Twitter, however uncited because it's a primary source and generally unreliable.

Men's

Women's

Sources:

National Championship performance

Men's

Women's

References

1. "Regional Tournament 2018". Region 2 Soccer. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2023-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. Roberts, Hannah (2019-09-10). "NIRSA Region 2 Tournament Rules of Play" (PDF).
3. "Men's Results". Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance. 2018-12-01. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2023-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Women's Results". Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance. Archived from the original on 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2023-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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