2023 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament

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2023 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance3,841
SiteCampus Sites (1st & 2nd seed)
Champions Mercer (5th title)
Winning coachBrad Ruzzo (5th title)
MVP Sekou Agard (Mercer)
Broadcast ESPN+
Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
ETSU 4 –0 –19 –5 –3
Wofford 3 –0 –27 –4 –6
Furman 2 –2 –110 –6 –3
Mercer ‡ 1 –2 –27 –6 –8
UNC Greensboro 1 –2 –22 –10 –5
VMI 0 –5 –05 –14 –0
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: SoCon

The 2023 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from November 3 through November 12, 2023. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The UNC Greensboro Spartans were the defending champions. [1] UNC Greensboro was unable to defend its title, falling in the Quarterfinals to Mercer. Mercer would go on to win the tournament as the fifth seed, defeating Furman 2–0 in the Final. [2] [3] This was the fifth Southern Conference tournament title for the Mercer men's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Brad Ruzzo. Mercer has also won the tournament three of the last five years. [4] As tournament champions, Mercer earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

All six Southern Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2023 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. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Mercer and defending champions UNC Greensboro both finished the regular season with 1–2–2 records. The two teams tied their October 21 match 1–1. UNC Greensboro was the fourth seed and Mercer was the fifth seed. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 ETSU 4–0–113
2 Wofford 3–0–211
3 Furman 2–2–17
4 UNC Greensboro 1–2–25
5 Mercer 1–2–25
6 VMI 0–5–00

Bracket

Source: [6]

Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 3 		Semifinals
Sunday, Nov. 5 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 12
1 ETSU 1 (3)
4 UNC Greensboro 1 5 Mercer (pen.)1 (4)
5 Mercer 35 Mercer 2
3 Furman 0
2 Wofford 0
3 Furman 43 Furman 1
6 VMI 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 3 #4 UNC Greensboro 1–3 #5 Mercer Johnson City, TN
3:00 p.m. ET
  • Arnaud Tattevin Soccerball shade.svg41'
 Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg30' Nick Wanzer
  • Soccerball shade.svg62' Barzee Blama
  • Soccerball shade.svg65' Ehi Aimiuwu
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Carlos Santamaria
Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium
Attendance: 506
Referee: Richard Crowgey
Assistant referees: Zachary McWhorter
Assistant referees: Gunwan Park
Fourth official: Kevin Uitto
November 3 #3 Furman 4–1 #6 VMI Spartanburg, SC
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Christian Kraus Soccerball shade.svg24', 48', 57'
  • Slade Starnes Soccerball shade.svg45'
  • Lloyd Wamu Snell Yellow card.svg 70'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg66' Malcolm McIntosh
Stadium: Snyder Field
Attendance: 70
Referee: Brandon Marion
Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer
Assistant referees: Thomas Rutherford
Fourth official: Khadime Sabara

Semifinals

November 5 #2 Wofford 0–1 #3 Furman Spartanburg, SC
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Villads Landsperg Yellow card.svg 46'
  • Hugo Moldin Yellow card.svg 73'
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  • Yellow card.svg 28' Slade Starnes
  • Soccerball shade.svg80' Alfredo Diaz-Santillan
Stadium: Snyder Field
Attendance: 347
Referee: Matthew Thompson
Assistant referees: Joshua Lampkins
Assistant referees: John Rush
Fourth official: Derek Ambrozaitis
November 5 #1 ETSU 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 #5 Mercer Johnson City, TN
3:00 p.m. ET
  • Lucas Lightner Soccerball shade.svg30'
  • Nico Kross Yellow card.svg 83'
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Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium
Attendance: 1,092
Referee: Brandon Marion
Assistant referees: Ryan Starr
Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas
Fourth official: Zachary McWhorter
Penalties
  • Gabriel Ramos Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Tarik Pannholzer Soccerball shad check.svg
  • David Kovacic Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Zayd Idlibi Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Chris McKenna Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Izzy Garcia Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Omar Hernandez
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Carlos Santamaria
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Dylan Gaither
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Natnael McDonald
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Angel Gonzalez
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Grant Hampton

Final

November 12 #3 Furman 0–2 #5 Mercer Greenville, SC
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Luke Tandy Yellow card.svg 83'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg2' Nick Wanzer
  • Soccerball shade.svg6' Carlos Santamaria
  • Yellow card.svg 44' Kadeem Agard
  • Yellow card.svg 68' Rayvon McGann
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Trevor McMullen
Stadium: Stone Stadium
Attendance: 1,826
Referee: William Steffen
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Thomas Brigman
Fourth official: Khadime Sabara

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 12, 2023).

3 goals

  • Christian Kraus – Furman

2 goals

  • Nick Wanzer – Mercer

1 goal

  • Lucas Lightner – East Tennessee State
  • Alfredo Diaz-Santillan – Furman
  • Slade Starnes – Furman
  • Sekou Agard – Mercer
  • Ehi Aimiuwu – Mercer
  • Barzee Blama – Mercer
  • Carlos Santamaria – Mercer
  • Malcolm McIntosh – VMI
  • Arnaud Tattevin – UNC Greensboro

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Cole Hunter ETSU
Lucas Lightner
Josh Hosie Furman
Christian Kraus
Slade Starnes
Sekou Agard Mercer
Barzee Blama
Trevor McMullen
Nick Wanzer
Hugo Moldin Wofford
Nic Parker

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