2021 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament

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2021 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams7
Matches6
Attendance1,806
SiteCampus Sites (Higher seed)
Champions Mercer (4th title)
Winning coachBrad Ruzzo (4th title)
MVP Dylan Gaither (Mercer)
Broadcast ESPN+
Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
UNC Greensboro 5 1 013 4 1
Mercer4 1 110 8 1
Belmont 4 2 013 4 1
Furman 4 2 07 9 1
East Tennessee State 1 3 24 7 3
Wofford 1 4 15 10 1
VMI 0 6 01 16 1
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: SoCon

The 2021 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from November 1 through November 14, 2021. 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 UNC Greensboro Spartans were the defending champions but were unable to defend their crown, losing 2–1 in the Semifinals to the Belmont Bruins. [1] The Mercer Bears were the tournament champions, defeating Belmont 4–3 in the final. [2] This was the fourth Southern Conference tournament title for the Mercer men's soccer program, all four of which have come under coach Brad Ruzzo. [3] As tournament champions, Mercer earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

All seven Southern Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 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. Tiebreakers were required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Belmont and Furman finished with identical 4–2–0 records. Furman earned the third seed by virtue of defeating Belmont during the regular season 2–1. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 UNC Greensboro 5–1–015
2 Mercer 4–1–113
3 Furman 4–2–012
4 Belmont 4–2–012
5 East Tennessee State 1–3–25
6 Wofford 1–4–14
7 VMI 0–6–00

Bracket

Source: [5]

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
2 Mercer 4
3 Furman 33 Furman 0
6 Wofford 26 Wofford 12 Mercer 4
7 VMI 04 Belmont 3
1 UNC Greensboro 1
4 Belmont 14 Belmont 2
5 East Tennessee State 0

Schedule

First Round

November 1, 2021 #6 Wofford 2–0 #7 VMI Spartanburg, SC
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Jackson Worbel Soccerball shade.svg13'
  • Charlie Harris Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Jakub Mihulka
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Drew Menges
  • Yellow card.svg 84' Nathan Lam
Stadium: Snyder Field
Attendance: 134
Referee: Kyle Johnston
Assistant referees: Khadine Sabara
Assistant referees: Tarik Veledar
Fourth official: Joe Kirkpatrick

Quarterfinals


November 5, 2021 #4 Belmont 1–0 #5 East Tennessee State Greensboro, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • AJ Chastonay Soccerball shade.svg18', Yellow card.svg 75'
  • Niccolo Dagnoni Yellow card.svg 74'
Report Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 259
Referee: Brandon Marion
Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara
Assistant referees: Robert Velbis
Fourth official: Jude Carr
November 5, 2021 #3 Furman 3–1 #6 Wofford Macon, GA
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Miles Fenton Soccerball shade.svg10'
  • Alfredo Diaz-Santillan Soccerball shade.svg48'
  • Jake Raine Soccerball shade.svg56'
Report
  • Red card.svg 17' Christoffer Saietz
  • Yellow card.svg 29' Jackson Wrobel
  • Yellow card.svg 36' Hugo Moldin
  • Soccerball shade.svg80' Nic Parker
Stadium: Betts Stadium
Attendance: 40
Referee: Brian Miller
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: James McKean
Fourth official: Brandon Adams

Semifinals

November 7, 2021 #2 Mercer 4–0 #3 Furman Macon, GA
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Dylan Gaither Soccerball shade.svg7', 59', Soccerball shade.svg51' (pen.)
  • Kevin Kim Yellow card.svg 49'
  • Logan Longo Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 62' Arnor Adalsteinsson
  • Yellow card.svg 68' Ivan Agyaakwah
  • Red card.svg 77' Josh Hosie
  • Yellow card.svg 77' Jacob Garzon
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Garrett Singletary
Stadium: Betts Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Erbacher
Assistant referees: Kevin Flynn
Assistant referees: Benjamin Ellis
Fourth official: Patrick Lama
November 7, 2021 #1 UNC Greensboro 1–2 #4 Belmont Greensboro, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Emmanuel Hagan Yellow card.svg 84'
  • Fernando Garcia Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 40' Davis Eddleman
  • Soccerball shade.svg59' Jack Shaw
  • Soccerball shade.svg72' Liam O'Brien
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 823
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten
Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith
Fourth official: Clive Edwards

Final

November 14, 2021 #2 Mercer 4–3 #4 Belmont Macon, GA
2:00 p.m.
  • Dylan Gaither Soccerball shade.svg39' (pen.), Soccerball shade.svg41'
  • Michael Ille Soccerball shade.svg71'
  • Trevor Martineau Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg20', 21' Liam O'Brien
  • Soccerball shade.svg80', Yellow card.svg 83' Esteban Lestido
Stadium: Betts Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Brandon Adams
Assistant referees: Zachary McWhorter
Assistant referees: John Rush
Fourth official: Carmen Serbio

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Dylan Gaither – Mercer

3 goals

  • Liam O'Brien – Belmont

1 goal

  • AJ Chastonay – Belmont
  • Esteban Lestido – Belmont
  • Jack Shaw – Belmont
  • Alfredo Diaz-Santillan – Furman
  • Miles Fenton – Furman
  • Jake Raine – Furman
  • Michael Ille – Mercer
  • Logan Longo – Mercer
  • Trevor Martineau – Mercer
  • Fernando Garcia – UNC Greensboro
  • Charlie Harris – Wofford
  • Nic Parker – Wofford
  • Jackson Worbel – Wofford

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Jacob GarzonFurman
Alfredo Diaz-Santillan
JC NgandoUNCG
Fernando Garcia
Drew RomigBelmont
Niccolo Dagnoni
Liam O'Brien
Ousman Jabang Mercer
Trevor Martineau
Bryant Jackson
Dylan Gaither

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