2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament

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2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,695
SiteCampus Sites (1st and 2nd seed)
Champions UNC Greensboro (4th title)
Winning coachChris Rich (2nd title)
MVP Ismail El Harchi (UNC Greensboro)
Broadcast ESPN+
Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
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2022 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UNC Greensboro4 0 113 2 6
East Tennessee State 3 1 18 6 3
Mercer 2 1 28 5 6
Wofford 2 2 16 9 2
Furman 1 3 17 7 4
VMI 0 5 02 14 1
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: SoCon

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.

Contents

Seeding

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]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 UNC Greensboro 4–0–113
2 East Tennessee State 3–1–110
3 Mercer 2–1–28
4 Wofford 2–2–17
5 Furman 1–3–14
6 VMI 0–5–00

Bracket

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 31 UNC Greensboro 2
3 Mercer 1
2 East Tennessee State 0
3 Mercer 23 Mercer 1
6 VMI 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 4 #3 Mercer 2–1 #6 VMI Johnson City, TN
3:00 p.m. ET
  • Michael Ille Soccerball shade.svg17'
  • Sekou Agard Soccerball shade.svg68'
  • Tommy Redd Yellow card.svg 80'
  • Nick Wanzer Yellow card.svg 88'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 76', Soccerball shade.svg82' Grant Martin
Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Carmen Serbio
Assistant referees: Jude Carr
Assistant referees: John Rush
Fourth official: Jeremy Mikell
November 4 #4 Wofford 2–3 #5 Furman Greensboro, NC
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Nikolai Rojel Soccerball shade.svg21'
  • Hugo Moldin Soccerball shade.svg35'
  • Nathan Childress Yellow card.svg 86'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg3', 12', Yellow card.svg 84' Jake Raine
  • Yellow card.svg 21' Ivan Agyaakwah
  • Soccerball shade.svg28', Yellow card.svg 59' Slade Starnes
  • Yellow card.svg 86' Tommy Redhead
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 162
Referee: Guido Gonzales
Assistant referees: Robert Velbis
Assistant referees: Bryson Condrey
Fourth official: Nicholas Strednak

Semifinals

November 6 #1 UNC Greensboro 6–3 #5 Furman Greensboro, NC
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Emmanuel Hagan Soccerball shade.svg14'
  • Marco Afonso Soccerball shade.svg24', 69', 78'
  • Sami Lachekar Yellow card.svg 37'
  • Marc Basile Soccerball shade.svg41' (pen.)
  • Maycol Reyes Soccerball shade.svg55'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 12' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 32' Lashawn Brown
  • Soccerball shade.svg54', 58' Jake Raine
  • Yellow card.svg 55', Soccerball shade.svg75' Slade Starnes
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Luke Tandy
  • Yellow card.svg 84' Sam Miller
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 634
Referee: David Erbacher
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: 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
Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium
Attendance: 487
Referee: Madzid Coric
Assistant referees: Tarik Veledar
Assistant referees: Zach McWorther
Fourth official: Ben Ellis

Final

November 12 #1 UNC Greensboro 2–1 #3 Mercer Greensboro, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Marc Basile Soccerball shade.svg36' (pen.)
  • Ismail El Harchi Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg27' Kadeem Agard
  • Yellow card.svg 44' Angel Gonzalez
  • Yellow card.svg 51' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 77' Team
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,362
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Nicholas Seymour
Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith
Fourth official: Howard Ash

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
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

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