2023 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament

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2023 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance3,059
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions High Point (3rd title)
Winning coachZach Haines (3rd title)
MVP Seth Antwi (High Point)
Broadcast ESPN+
Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 Big South Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
High Point6 0 110 4 5
UNC Asheville 4 2 110 5 3
Winthrop 3 2 24 11 2
Gardner–Webb 2 2 34 9 4
Presbyterian 2 3 25 8 3
Radford 2 4 13 11 3
USC Upstate 2 4 15 10 2
Longwood 1 5 16 6 3
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big South

The 2023 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held on November 5 and November 11, 2023. The tournament was hosted on the campus of the higher seed each game. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. High Point were the defending champions. [1] They successfully defended their title as the top seed in the tournament. They defeated UNC Asheville in a penalty shoot-out in the Final. [2] [3] The conference tournament title was the third for the High Point men's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Zach Haines. The title was High Point's third in the last four years and their fifth straight year making the final of the tournament. [4] As tournament champions, High Point earned the Big South's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top four 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. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique conference record. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 High Point 6–0–119
2 UNC Asheville 4–2–113
3 Winthrop 3–2–211
4 Gardner–Webb 2–2–39

Bracket

Source: [6]

Semifinals
Sunday, Nov. 5
Final
Saturday, Nov. 11
      
1 High Point (a.e.t.)1
4 Gardner–Webb 0
1 High Point (pen.)1 (4)
2 UNC Asheville 1 (3)
2 UNC Asheville (a.e.t.)1
3 Winthrop 0

Schedule

Semifinals

November 5 #2 UNC Asheville 1–0 (a.e.t.) #3 Winthrop Asheville, NC
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Griffin Stidham Yellow card.svg 67'
  • Edvin Grolimund Soccerball shade.svg107'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Ricardo Ferreira
  • Yellow card.svg 99' Sam Pidgeon
Stadium: Greenwood Soccer Field
Attendance: 450
Referee: Kyle Johnston
Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara
Assistant referees: Tyler Bost
Fourth official: Patrick Lama
November 5 #1 High Point 1–0 (a.e.t.) #4 Gardner–Webb High Point, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Anthony Ramirez Yellow card.svg 66'
  • Alex Abril Soccerball shade.svg100'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 66' Max Fisher
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Tiago Campos
Stadium: Vert Stadium
Attendance: 631
Referee: Amin Hadzik
Assistant referees: Joseph Wehrle
Assistant referees: Marcus Moss
Fourth official: Tarik Veledar

Final

November 11 #1 High Point 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
#2 UNC Asheville High Point, NC
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Seth Antwi Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • Karson Kendall Yellow card.svg 105'
  • Justin Stewart Yellow card.svg 110'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg18' Sam Pitts-Eckersall
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Myles Edmondson
  • Yellow card.svg 91' Roger Sanguinetti
  • Yellow card.svg 101' Edvin Grolimund
Stadium: Vert Stadium
Attendance: 1,978
Referee: Daniel Radford
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Thomas Rutherford
Fourth official: Clive Edwards
Penalties
  • Jefferson Amaya Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Seth Antwi Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Finn McRobb Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Anthony Ramirez Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Brendan Herb
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Edvin Grolimund
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Roger Sanguinetti
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Michael Wilkerson
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Aidan Whitlock

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 4 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.33 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).

1 goal

  • Seth Antwi – High Point
  • Edvin Grolimund – High Point
  • Alex Abril – UNC Asheville
  • Sam Pitts-Eckersall – UNC Asheville

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Santiago Hoyos Gardner–Webb
Max Fisher
Alex Abril High Point
Seth Antwi
Finn McRobb
Tony Pineda
Edvin Grolimund UNC Asheville
Brendan Herb
Aidan Whitlock
Nick Guido Winthrop
Jack Kilstrom

MVP in bold

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