2021 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament

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2021 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,832
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Campbell (7th title)
Winning coachDustin Fonder (3rd title)
MVP George Bediko (Campbell)
Broadcast ESPN+
Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 Big South Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Campbell7 0 115 4 2
High Point 5 0 38 7 3
Longwood 4 3 16 10 2
Winthrop 4 4 08 10 0
Presbyterian 3 3 27 6 3
Gardner–Webb 3 4 15 12 1
Radford 3 5 05 11 0
USC Upstate 2 4 24 9 3
UNC Asheville 0 8 01 14 1
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big South

The 2021 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from November 7 through November 14, 2021. The tournament was hosted on the campus of the higher seed each game. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. High Point were the defending champions. [1] However, they were unable to defend their crown, falling in to Campbell in the final. [2] The conference tournament title was the seventh for the Campbell men's soccer program and the third for head coach Dustin Fonder. The title was Campbell's third in the last four years and their seven titles is two more than any other Big South men's soccer program. [3] As tournament champions, Campbell earned the Big South's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents


Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 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. All games were hosted by the higher seed. The top two seeds also earned a bye into the quarterfinals. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique conference record. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Campbell 7–0–122
2 High Point 5–0–316
3 Longwood 4–3–113
4 Winthrop 4–4–012
5 Presbyterian 3–3–211
6 Gardner–Webb 3–4–110

Bracket

Source: [5]

First round
Sunday, Nov. 7
Semifinals
Wednesday, Nov. 10
Final
Sunday, Nov. 14
1 Campbell 7
4 Winthrop 34 Winthrop 0
5 Presbyterian 0 1 Campbell 3
2 High Point 2
2 High Point 5
3 Longwood 1 6 Gardner–Webb 0
6 Gardner–Webb 2

Schedule

First round

November 7, 2021 #3 Longwood 1–2 #6 Gardner–Webb Farmville, VA
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Markus Gronli Yellow card.svg 73'
  • Mason Butcher Yellow card.svg 75'
  • Owen Ludlow Yellow card.svg 80', Soccerball shade.svg86'
  • Dan Ahrens Yellow card.svg 85'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg12', Yellow card.svg 85' Samuel Catherall
  • Soccerball shade.svg15' Ryan Madondo
  • Yellow card.svg 40' Hendrik Kortgodde
  • Yellow card.svg 77' Giampaolo Nardi
Stadium: Longwood University Athletics Complex
Attendance: 124
Referee: Brandon Gardner
Assistant referees: Robert Velbis
Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas
Fourth official: Brandon Ingram
November 7, 2021 #4 Winthrop 3–0 #5 Presbyterian Rock Hill, SC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Ethan Stevenson Soccerball shade.svg21'
  • Brigham Larsen Soccerball shade.svg30', Yellow card.svg 40'
  • Ben Goodman Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 44' Niklas Hoener
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 175

Semifinals

November 10, 2021 #1 Campbell 7–0 #4 Winthrop Buies Creek, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Daniel Hernandez Soccerball shade.svg7', 18', 51'
  • Kemy Amiche Soccerball shade.svg21'
  • Jake Morris Soccerball shade.svg53'
  • Kyoji Hata Soccerball shade.svg56', 57'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 34' William Cardona
  • Yellow card.svg 71' Sean Green
Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex
Attendance: 403
Referee: JC Griggs
Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer
Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto
Fourth official: Esli Leon
November 10, 2021 #2 High Point 5–0 #6 Gardner–Webb High Point, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Cooper Lindfelt Soccerball shade.svg22'
  • Sebastian Chalbaud Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • MD Myers Soccerball shade.svg35'
  • Ashton Perkins Soccerball shade.svg57'
  • Jackson Ruckman Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 72' Samuel Catherall
Stadium: Vert Stadium
Attendance: 503
Referee: Toni Penso
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Jude Carr
Fourth official: Brandon Marion

Final

November 14, 2021 #1 Campbell 3–2 #2 High Point Buies Creek, NC
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Kemy Amiche Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Bissafi Dotte Soccerball shade.svg35'
  • Adrian Morales Soccerball shade.svg45'
  • Moses Mensah Yellow card.svg 79'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 13' Ashton Perkins
  • Soccerball shade.svg14' MD Myers
  • Yellow card.svg 27', Soccerball shade.svg38' Alessandro Sobacchi
  • Yellow card.svg 64' Karson Kendall
  • Yellow card.svg 64' Team
Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex
Attendance: 627
Referee: David Erbacher
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Robert Velbis
Fourth official: Patrick Schmidt

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

3 goals

  • Daniel Hernandez – Campbell

2 goals

  • Kemy Amiche – Campbell
  • Kyoji Hata – Campbell
  • MD Myers – High Point

1 goal

  • Bissafi Dotte – Campbell
  • Adrian Morales – Campbell
  • Jake Morris – Campbell
  • Samuel Catherall – Gardner–Webb
  • Ryan Madondo – Gardner–Webb
  • Sebastian Chalbaud – High Point
  • Cooper Lindfelt – High Point
  • Ashton Perkins – High Point
  • Jackson Ruckman – High Point
  • Alessandro Sobacchi – High Point
  • Owen Ludlow – Longwood
  • Ben Goodman – Winthrop
  • Brigham Larsen – Winthrop
  • Ethan Stevenson – Winthrop

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
George BedikoCampbell
Kemy Amiche
Bissafi Dotte
Daniel Hernandez
Alessandro SobacchiHigh Point
Mason Marcey
MD Myers
William CardonaWinthrop
Ethan Stevenson
Sebastian ReventlowGardner-Webb
Ryan Madondo
Ander EtxanizLongwood
Cesar SanchoPresbyterian

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