Tufts downs Amherst to win 2019 DIII men's soccer national championship

Tufts is the DIII men's soccer national champion — again. The Jumbos defeated Amherst 2-0 on Saturday, Dec. 7 to win their second consecutive national title and third in four years.

Gavin Tasker gave Tufts the lead at 24:52 in the first half before Max Jacobs added an insurance goal in the second half.

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The Jumbos were also dominant in the semifinals, as four different players scored in a 4-0 win against Calvin. Zach Lane got it started at 23:39 in the first half. In the other semifinal, Amherst blanked Centre, 3-0.

All three matches were at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, N.C.

2019 NCAA DIII men's soccer tournament: Bracket

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2019 NCAA DIII men's soccer tournament: Schedule, scores

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CHAMPIONSHIP (Saturday, Dec. 7)

• Tufts 2, Amherst 0
  • The Jumbos repeated as national champions thanks to goals from Gavin Tasker and Max Jacobs. The win adds to the trophy case, as Tufts won titles in 2018 (2-1 against Calvin), 2016 (1-0 against Calvin) and 2014 (4-2 against Wheaton).

PREVIOUS ROUND RESULTS

SEMIFINALS (Friday, Dec. 6)

• Amherst 3, Centre 0
  • German Giammattei starred with a hat trick to lead the Mammoths to a win. He scored at 8:59, 32:25 and 50:39 as Amherst goes for its first national title since 2015.
• Tufts 4, Calvin 0
  • Tufts blanked Calvin and surged ahead thanks to three first-half goals. After Zach Lane scored the first, Alex Ratzan and Mati Cano added more tallies. Gavin Tasker the finished off the win with a goal in the second half.

QUARTERFINALS (Nov. 23 or 24)

Nov. 23

• Calvin 3, Luther 0

Nov. 24

• Amherst 3, Rensselaer 1
• Centre 2, Montclair St. 1
• Tufts 3, Connecticut College 1

THIRD ROUND (Nov. 22 or 23)

Nov. 22

• Calvin 1, North Park 0
• Luther 0, Ohio Wesleyan 0 (PK)

Nov. 23

• Amherst 2, Rowan 0
• Centre 4, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
• Connecticut College 1, Swarthmore 0
• Montclair St. 2, Kenyon 1
• Rensselaer 3, Messiah 2
• Tufts 2, Washington & Lee 1

SECOND ROUND (Nov. 16 or 17)

Nov. 16

• Calvin 3, St. Norbert 1
• Ohio Wesleyan 3, Chicago 1

Nov. 17

• Amherst 2, Ithaca 0
• Centre 3, John Carroll 1
• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2, Trinity (TX) 0
• Connecticut College 1, Johns Hopkins 0
• Kenyon 2, Rochester (NY) 1
• Luther 1, Wisconsin-Superior 1 (PK)
• Messiah 4, SUNY Oneonta 1
• Montclair St 0, Franklin & Marshall 0 (PK)
• North Park 1, Gustavus Adolphus 1 (PK)
• Rensselaer 0, Middlebury 0 (PK)
• Rowan 3, Mary Washington 2
• Swarthmore 0, Christopher Newport 0 (PK)
• Tufts 2, WPI 1
• Washington & Lee 3, Gettysburg 2

FIRST ROUND (Nov. 15 or 16)

Nov. 15

• Calvin 1, Wisconsin-Whitewater 0
• Chicago 4, Dominican (IL) 1
• Ohio Wesleyan 2, Hope 0
• St. Norbert 0, Ohio Northern 0 (PK)

Nov. 16

• Amherst 6, Thomas (ME) 1
• Centre 1, Kalamazoo 0
• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2, Texas Lutheran
• Connecticut College 2, Catholic 1
• Christopher Newport 1, Eastern 0
• Franklin & Marshall 1, Penn St. Harrisburg
• Gettysburg 5, Oglethorpe 0
• Gustavus Adolphus 3, Colorado College 2
• Ithaca 2, Keene St. 1
• John Carroll 2, Washington & Jefferson 0
• Johns Hopkins 5, John Jay 0
• Kenyon 5, Penn St.-Behrend 0
• Luther 5, Principia 1
• Mary Washington 3, Keystone 0
• Messiah 6, Framingham St. 1
• Middlebury 2, JWU (Providence) 0
• Montclair St. 2, Hobart 0
• North Park 6, Pacific Lutheran 1
• Rensselaer 4, Eastern Nazarene 0
• Rochester (NY) 1, Hanover 0
• Rowan 0, Salve Regina 0 (PK)
• SUNY Oneonta 3, Babson 2
• Swarthmore 2, Roanoke 2 (PK)
• Trinity (TX) 3, Texas-Dallas 1
• Tufts 5, SUNY Maritime 1
• Washington & Lee 1, N.C. Wesleyan 0
• Wisconsin-Superior 3, Central (IA) 2
• WPI 2, Nazareth 0

Division III men's soccer championship history

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