2024 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
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| 2024 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,222 | ||||
| Site | Korte Stadium Edwardsville, Illinois | ||||
| Champions | SIU Edwardsville (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Cale Wassermann (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Nic Muench (SIU Edwardsville) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville ‡ | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lindenwood # | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Indiana # | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: OVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference held from November 10 through November 16, 2024. The tournament was hosted by the number one seed and took place at Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Illinois. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the SIU Edwardsville Cougars[1] SIU Edwardsville was the first seed an successfully defended their title, defeating Houston Christian 3–2 in overtime in the final.[2][3] This was the second conference tournament title for the SIU Edwardsville men's soccer program, both of which have come under head coach Cale Wassermann.[4] As tournament champions, SIU Edwardsville earned the Ohio Valley's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
Six of the eight Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique regular season conference record.[5][6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | SIUE | 8–1–1 | 25 |
| 2 | Houston Christian* | 5–2–3 | 18 |
| 3 | Lindenwood* | 6–2–2 | 20 |
| 4 | Liberty | 5–3–2 | 17 |
| 5 | Incarnate Word | 3–2–5 | 14 |
| 6 | Western Illinois | 3–7–0 | 9 |
*The top two seeds are given to the teams that win each scheduling pod
Bracket
Source:[7]
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 10 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13 | Final Saturday, Nov. 16 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | SIU Edwardsville | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Liberty | 0 | 5 | Incarnate Word | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Incarnate Word | 2 | 1 | SIU Edwardsville (a.e.t) | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Houston Christian | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston Christian | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lindenwood | 2 | 3 | Lindenwood | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Western Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 10, 2024 | #3 Lindenwood | 2–1 | #6 Western Illinois | Edwardsville, IL |
| 1:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 231 Referee: Esad Omanovic Assistant referees: Matthew Williams Kurt Wuebbels Fourth official: Velimir Milovic |
| November 10, 2024 | #4 Liberty | 0–2 | #5 Incarnate Word | Edwardsville, IL |
| 4:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Michael Heath Matthew Stein Fourth official: Lucas Cross |
Semifinals
| November 13, 2024 | #2 Houston Christian | 2–0 | #3 Lindenwood | Edwardsville, IL |
| 3:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 141 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando Kurt Wuebbles Fourth official: Jeffrey Patrylo |
| November 13, 2024 | #1 SIU Edwardsville | 1–0 | #5 Incarnate Word | Edwardsville, IL |
| 6:00 p.m. CST |
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Report | Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Art Arustramyan Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi John Kennedy Fourth official: Braeden Frey |
Final
| November 16, 2024 | #1 SIU Edwardsville | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | #2 Houston Christian | Edwardsville, IL |
| 6:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Cory Formea Chad Formea Fourth official: Shane Butler |
