2018 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season

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2018 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 24, 2018 – November 9, 2018
Number of teams12
2019 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Western Athletic Conference men's soccer seasons
← 2017
2018 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Air Force + 8 – 2 – 0 17 – 5 – 0
UTRGV 8 – 3 – 0 14 – 6 – 0
Seattle 7 – 4 – 0 13 – 6 – 1
Grand Canyon ‡ 6 – 4 – 0 12 – 8 – 1
Utah Valley 6 – 4 – 0 9 – 9 – 0
UNLV 5 – 5 – 1 10 – 10 – 1
San Jose State 5 – 5 – 1 8 – 10 – 3
Cal Baptist # 5 – 6 – 0 9 – 9 – 1
UMKC 4 – 7 – 0 5 – 12 – 0
Houston Baptist 3 – 6 – 1 5 – 8 – 3
Cal St. Bakersfield 3 – 7 – 1 5 – 12 – 1
Incarnate Word 2 – 9 – 0 2 – 14 – 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season is the 23rd consecutive competition of men's college soccer in the Western Athletic Conference under the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.[1] The season will feature twelve teams, where five are affiliate members of the conference. Air Force, San Jose State, and UNLV will compete from the Mountain West Conference, while Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word come from the Southland Conference. Colleges in the WAC will begin competition on August 24, 2018, and conclude on November 9, 2018 after the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Prior to the NCAA Division I Tournament Championship, there will be a postseason conference tournament held in Seattle, Washington at the Championship Field, where the winner is guaranteed to represent the WAC in the NCAA Division I Tournament. The California Baptist Lancers are ineligible for postseason as they are in transition to the NCAA Division I level. Chicago State and New Mexico State have defunct programs in this season.

Preseason[edit]

Award watch lists[edit]

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Team Player Position Year
Hermann Trophy[2] Air Force Tucker Bone Forward Senior
Seattle Nathan Aune Defender Senior

Media poll[edit]

Team

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Seattle 119 (9)
2 UNLV 105
3 Air Force 104 (3)
4 San Jose State 84
5 Utah Valley 79
6 Grand Canyon 75
7 CSU Bakersfield 55
8 UTRGV 49
9 UMKC 38
10 California Baptist 30
11 Houston Baptist 28
12 Incarnate Word 26

Individual

Letterman Year Position Team
Tucker Bone Senior Forward Air Force
Austin Dewing Senior Forward Air Force
Marco Gonzalez Sophomore Forward UNLV
Josh Drack Sophomore Midfielder Grand Canyon
Timo Mehlich Junior Midfielder UNLV
Sergio Rivas Senior Midfielder Seattle
Nathan Aune Senior Defender Seattle
Anthony Ayala Senior Defender Seattle
Adam Musovski Senior Defender UNLV
Andy Rios Senior Defender San Jose State
Josh Adachi Senior Goalkeeper Seattle

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Rankings[edit]

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Selected for NCAA Tournament
Key: No. – Ranking, RV – Received votes, NR – Not ranked
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Final
Air Force RV NR RV
California Baptist NR NR NR
CSU Bakersfield NR NR NR
Grand Canyon RV RV 24
Houston Baptist NR NR NR
Incarnate Word NR NR NR
San Jose State NR NR NR
Seattle 22 NR NR
UMKC NR NR NR
UNLV NR NR RV
UTRGV NR NR NR
Utah Valley NR NR NR

Matches[edit]

  • Note: Results updated after the last game of each day in WAC competition, and games are added/updated weekly after each rankings release
  • Rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll

Non–conference[edit]

Week One – August 24, 2018 to August 30, 2018
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) HBU Invitational Saint Francis 0–0 UTRGV Houston, Texas
4:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Sorrels Field
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) Florida Atlantic 0–0 UNLV Orem, Utah
4:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Clyde Field
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) Virginia Tech 0–0 Air Force Harrisonburg, Virginia
2:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Sentara Park
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) Missouri State 0–0 UMKC Kansas City, Missouri
6:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) Rivalry San Jose State 0–0 No. 1 Stanford Stanford, California
6:00 p.m. MST, P12N Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) Incarnate Word 0–0 Saint Mary's Moraga, California
6:00 p.m. PST Stadium: Saint Mary's Stadium
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) HBU Invitational Siena 0–0 Houston Baptist Houston, Texas
6:30 p.m. MST Stadium: Sorrels Field
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) No. 22 Seattle 0–0 New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico
7:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Soccer–Track Complex
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) Evansville 0–0 Utah Valley Orem, Utah
7:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Clyde Field
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) Bethesda 0–0 CSU Bakersfield Bakersfield, California
8:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Main Soccer Field
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) No. 12 Wisconsin 0–0 Grand Canyon Phoenix, Arizona
8:00 p.m. MST Stadium: GCU Stadium
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) HBU Invitational Siena 0–0 UTRGV Houston, Texas
10:00 a.m. MST Stadium: Sorrels Field
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) Evansville 0–0 UNLV Orem, Utah
10:30 a.m. MST Stadium: Clyde Field
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) Incarnate Word 0–0 California Berkeley, California
3:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Edwards Stadium
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) Air Force 0–0 James Madison Harrisonburg, Virginia
5:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Sentara Park
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) CSU Northridge 0–0 San Jose State San Jose, California
5:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Spartan Soccer Complex
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) HBU Invitational Saint Francis 0–0 Houston Baptist Houston, Texas
6:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Sorrels Field
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) California Baptist 0–0 Manhattan New York, New York
9:00 a.m. MST Stadium: GCU Stadium
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) Florida Atlantic 0–0 Utah Valley Orem, Utah
7:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Clyde Field
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) Pacific 0–0 CSU Bakersfield Bakersfield, California
8:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Main Soccer Field
28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) UMKC 0–0 SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
6:00 p.m. MST Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium

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Records against other conferences[edit]

Conference Record
America East 0–0
American 0–0
Atlantic 10 0–0
ACC 0–0
Atlantic Sun 0–0
Big East 0–0
Big South 0–0
Big Ten 0–0
Big West 0–0
CAA 0–0
C–USA 0–0
Horizon 0–0
Ivy League 0–0
MAAC 0–0
MAC 0–0
Missouri Valley 0–0
Northeast 0–0
Pac–12 0–0
Patriot 0–0
Southern 0–0
Summit 0–0
Sun Belt 0–0
WCC 0–0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2017 Men's Soccer Records Book" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "SU's Aune, AF's Bone Named to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Seattle U Favorite to Win 2018 WAC Men's Soccer Title". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Men's Soccer Schedule (2018)". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
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