The 2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from November 4 through November 12, 2022. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Mercer Bears were the defending champions but were unable to defend their crown, as they lost in the final to the UNC Greensboro Spartans, 2–1.[1][2] This was the fourth Southern Conference tournament title for the UNC Greensboro men's soccer program, and second under coach Chris Rich. UNC Greensboro also has two tournament titles that were later vacated.[3] As tournament champions, UNC Greensboro earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
| 2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,695 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites (1st and 2nd seed) | ||||
| Champions | UNC Greensboro (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Chris Rich (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Ismail El Harchi (UNC Greensboro) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 UNC Greensboro‡ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: SoCon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding edit
All six Southern Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with unique regular season conference records.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 4–0–1 | 13 |
| 2 | East Tennessee State | 3–1–1 | 10 |
| 3 | Mercer | 2–1–2 | 8 |
| 4 | Wofford | 2–2–1 | 7 |
| 5 | Furman | 1–3–1 | 4 |
| 6 | VMI | 0–5–0 | 0 |
Bracket edit
Source:[5]
| Quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 6 | Final Saturday, Nov. 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wofford | 2 | 5 | Furman | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Furman | 3 | 1 | UNC Greensboro | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mercer | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | East Tennessee State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Mercer | 2 | 3 | Mercer | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | VMI | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schedule edit
Quarterfinals edit
| November 4 | #3 Mercer | 2–1 | #6 VMI | Johnson City, TN |
| 3:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Jude Carr John Rush Fourth official: Jeremy Mikell |
| November 4 | #4 Wofford | 2–3 | #5 Furman | Greensboro, NC |
| 4:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Attendance: 162 Referee: Guido Gonzales Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Bryson Condrey Fourth official: Nicholas Strednak |
Semifinals edit
| November 6 | #1 UNC Greensboro | 6–3 | #5 Furman | Greensboro, NC |
| 2:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Attendance: 634 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Hudson Owens Fourth official: Clive Edwards |
| November 6 | #2 East Tennessee State | 0–1 | #3 Mercer | Johnson City, TN |
| 3:00 p.m. ET | Report |
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Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium Attendance: 487 Referee: Madzid Coric Assistant referees: Tarik Veledar Zach McWorther Fourth official: Ben Ellis |
Final edit
| November 12 | #1 UNC Greensboro | 2–1 | #3 Mercer | Greensboro, NC |
| 6:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,362 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Nicholas Seymour Jeremy Smith Fourth official: Howard Ash |
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
There were 21 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2022).
4 goals
- Jake Raine – Furman
3 goals
- Marco Afonso – UNC Greensboro
2 goals
- Slade Starnes – Furman
- Marc Basile – UNC Greensboro
1 goal
- Kadeem Agard – Mercer
- Sekou Agard – Mercer
- Dylan Gaither – Mercer
- Michael Ille – Mercer
- Ismail El Harchi – UNC Greensboro
- Emmanuel Hagan – UNC Greensboro
- Maycol Reyes – UNC Greensboro
- Grant Martin – VMI
- Hugo Moldin – Wofford
- Nikolai Rojel – Wofford
All-Tournament team edit
Source:[6]
| Player | Team |
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| Kieran Richards | East Tennessee State |
| Sebastian Reventlow-Mourier | |
| Alfredo Diaz-Santillan | Furman |
| Jake Raine | |
| Dylan Gaither | Mercer |
| Ousman Jabang | |
| Nick Wanzer | |
| Marco Afonso | UNC Greensboro |
| Ismail El Harchi | |
| Marc Basile | |
| J.C. Ngando |
MVP in bold
References edit
- ^ "2021 Men's Soccer Championship". soconsports.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Championship". soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ "Southern Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ "UNCG clinches regular-season title; Spartans secure No. 1 seed". soconsports.com. Southern Conference. October 29, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ "UNCG claims SoCon Men's Soccer Championship". Southern Conference. November 12, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2023.