2024 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament

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2024 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance3,812
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Gardner–Webb (1st title)
Winning coachScott Wells (1st title)
MVP Aden O’Hara (Gardner–Webb)
Broadcast ESPN+
Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
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2024 Big South Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
High Point 6 1 011 4 2
Gardner–Webb5 0 213 4 3
Winthrop 4 3 05 12 1
UNC Asheville 3 2 27 4 4
Longwood 2 4 15 10 3
Presbyterian 2 4 16 8 2
USC Upstate 2 5 03 14 0
Radford 0 5 20 13 3
As of December 17, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big South

The 2024 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from November 6 to November 16, 2024. 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] [2] They were the top seed in the tournament but were unsuccessful in defending their tournament title. They were defeated by Gardner–Webb 2–1 in the Final. [3] The conference tournament title was the first for the Gardner–Webb men's soccer program since joining the Big South in 2008. The title was also the first for head coach Scott Wells. [4] As tournament champions, Gardner–Webb earned the Big South's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2024 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. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Longwood and Presbyterian both finished with 2–4–1 regular season records. The two teams met during the regular season on September 22 and Longwood prevailed 3–1. Therefore, Longwood was the fifth seed and Presbyterian was the sixth seed. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 High Point 6–1–018
2 Gardner–Webb 5–0–217
3 Winthrop 4–3–012
4 UNC Asheville 3–2–211
5 Longwood 2–4–17
6 Presbyterian 2–4–17

Bracket

Source: [6]

First round
Saturday, Nov. 6
Semifinals
Monday, Nov. 10
Final
Saturday, Nov. 16
1 High Point 1
4 UNC Asheville 3 5 Longwood 0
5 Longwood 41 High Point 1
2 Gardner–Webb2
2 Gardner–Webb 2
3 Winthrop 1 6 Presbyterian 0
6 Presbyterian 2

Schedule

First Round

November 6, 2024#4 UNC Asheville 3–4 #5 Longwood Asheville, NC
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Brendan Herb Soccerball shade.svg26', 79'
  • Edvin Grolimund Yellow card.svg 29'
  • Roger Sanguinetti Yellow card.svg 42'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 68'
  • Seth Hammond Soccerball shade.svg73'
  • Aysa Hamid Yellow card.svg 78'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg8', 52', 78', Yellow card.svg 61' Ethan Stevenson
  • Yellow card.svg 43' Simao Coelho
  • Soccerball shade.svg66' Aaron Asamoah
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Paul Espinoza
Stadium: Greenwood Soccer Field
Attendance: 765
Referee: Otto Leon
Assistant referees: Gunwan Park
Assistant referees: Deny Kulasinak
Fourth official: Ralph Polson
November 6, 2024#3 Winthrop 1–2 #6 Presbyterian Rock Hill, SC
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Ethan Marks Soccerball shade.svg7'
  • Rodrigo Ferreira Yellow card.svg 45'
  • Josh Sczech Yellow card.svg 71'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg67' Sandro Rabarivony
  • Soccerball shade.svg68' Damorney Hutchinson
  • Yellow card.svg 83' Gabe Carvalho
Stadium: Eagle Field
Attendance: 168

Semifinals

November 10, 2024 #1 High Point 1–0#5 Longwood High Point, NC
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Jefferson Amaya Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report Stadium: Vert Stadium
Attendance: 395
Referee: Brandon Marion
Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara
Assistant referees: Tarver Pike
Fourth official: Ralph Polson
November 10, 2024 #2 Gardner–Webb 2–0#6 Presbyterian Boiling Springs, NC
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Wyand Wessels Soccerball shade.svg26'
  • Max Fisher Yellow card.svg 54'
  • Aden O'Hara Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 26' Damian McGregor-Wickham
  • Yellow card.svg 63' Damorney Hutchinson
  • Yellow card.svg 71' Steven Cordova
  • Yellow card.svg 87' Jourdan Spence
Stadium: Greene–Harbison Stadium
Attendance: 350

Final

November 16, 2024#1 High Point1–2 #2 Gardner–Webb High Point, NC
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Frankie DeFrancesco Yellow card.svg 35'
  • Lukas Kamrath Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • Jefferson Amaya Yellow card.svg 66'
  • Mohammed Seidu Yellow card.svg 69'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg5', Yellow card.svg 48' Leo Andrade
  • Yellow card.svg 29' Breno Correia
  • Soccerball shade.svg65' Aden O'Hara
  • Yellow card.svg 73' Wyand Wessels
  • Yellow card.svg 74', Yellow card.svg 83' Team
Stadium: Vert Stadium
Attendance: 2,134
Referee: Leland Grant
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas
Fourth official: John Matto

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

3 goals

  • Ethan Stevenson – Longwood

2 goals

  • Brendan Herb – UNC Asheville
  • Aden O'Hara – Gardner–Webb

1 goal

  • Jefferson Amaya – High Point
  • Leo Andrade – Gardner–Webb
  • Aaron Asamoah – Longwood
  • Seth Hammond – UNC Asheville
  • Damorney Hutchinson – Presbyterian
  • Lukas Kamrath – High Point
  • Ethan Marks – Winthrop
  • Sandro Rabarivony – Presbyterian
  • Wyand Wessels – Gardner–Webb

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Leo Andrade Gardner–Webb
Max Fisher
Jalen Moore
Aden O’Hara
Jefferson Amaya High Point
Celestin Blondel
Anthony Ramirez
Aaron Asamoah Longwood
Ethan Stevenson
Steven Cordova Presbyterian
Sandro Rabarivony
Brendan Herb UNC Asheville
Rodrigo Ferriera Winthrop

MVP in bold

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