2024 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament

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2024 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams10
Matches9
Attendance4,735
SiteCampus Sites (#7 & #8 seed - First Round)
Campus Sites (#1 & #2 seeds - Quarterfinals & Semifinals)
Campus Sites (#1 seed - Final)
Champions Samford Bulldogs (6th title)
Winning coachTodd Yelton (6th title)
MVP Caroline Donovan (Samford Bulldogs)
Broadcast ESPN+
Southern Conference women's soccer tournament
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2024 Southern Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Western Carolina  ‍†‍‍8–0–1 .94415–3–3 .786
Samford  ‍‍‡‍y6–1–2 .77812–7–3 .614
Mercer  ‍‍‍5–2–2 .66711–5–3 .658
Furman  ‍‍‍5–2–2 .66710–7–3 .575
Chattanooga  ‍‍‍5–4–0 .5567–9–3 .447
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍3–3–3 .5005–9–5 .395
ETSU  ‍‍‍3–3–3 .5004–8–4 .375
VMI  ‍‍‍1–7–1 .1676–11–2 .368
Wofford  ‍‍‍1–7–1 .1676–12–2 .350
The Citadel  ‍‍‍0–8–1 .0564–11–3 .306
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 SoCON Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:SoCon

The 2024 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from October 29 through November 10, 2024. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Western Carolina Catamounts were the defending champions. [1] [2] Western Carolina was the number one seed for the tournament but was unable to defend their title. They reached the final but fell 1–0 to Samford Bulldogs. [3] [4] This was the sixth Southern Conference tournament title for the Samford women's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Todd Yelton. Samford has won three of the last four SoCon Tournaments. [5] As tournament champions, Samford earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

All ten teams who sponsored women's soccer in the Southern Conference qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season records of each team. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Furman and Mercer both finished with 5–2–2 regular season records. The two teams tied their regular season match-up 1–1. Furman won the tiebreaker and earned the third seed. Another tiebreaker was required between ETSU and UNC Greensboro to determine the sixth and seventh seeds as both teams finished 3–3–3 in regular season play. The two teams drew their regular season match 1–1. ETSU won the tiebreaker and earned the sixth seed, while UNC Greensboro had to play in the First Round. A final tiebreaker was required for the eighth and ninth seeds as both VMI and Wofford finished 1–7–1 during the regular season. The two teams tied their regular season match-up 1–1. Wofford won the tiebreaker, was the eighth seed, and earned the right to host the tournament match-up between the two teams. [6]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Western Carolina 8–0–125
2 Samford 6–1–220
3 Furman 5–2–217
4 Mercer 5–2–217
5 Chattanooga 5–4–015
6 ETSU 3–3–312
7 UNC Greensboro 3–3–312
8 Wofford 1–7–14
9 VMI 1–7–14
10 The Citadel 0–8–11

Bracket

Source: [7]

First round
Tuesday, October 29 		Quarterfinals
Friday, November 1 		Semifinals
Sunday, November 3 		Championship
Sunday, November 10
1 Western Carolina 6
8 Wofford 38 Wofford 1
9 VMI 2 1 Western Carolina2
5 Chattanooga 0
4 Mercer 2
5 Chattanooga (a.e.t.)3
1 Western Carolina 0
2 Samford1
2 Samford 2
7 UNC Greensboro 37 UNC Greensboro 1
10 The Citadel 0 2 Samford1
3 Furman 0
3 Furman 2
6 ETSU 1

Schedule

First round

October 29, 2024 #8 Wofford 3–2#9 VMI Spartanburg, SC
4:00 p.m. EDT
  • Megan Childress Soccerball shade.svg54', 62'
  • Aly Bernhard Soccerball shade.svg83'
 Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg79' Isabella Bruzonic
  • Soccerball shade.svg89' Riley Boucher
Stadium: Snyder Field
Attendance: 103
Referee: Khadime Sabara
Assistant referees: Gunaan Park
Assistant referees: Mustapha Mushood
Fourth official: Patrick Lama
October 29, 2024 #7 UNC Greensboro 3–0#10 The Citadel Greensboro, NC
4:00 p.m. EDT
  • Taylor Mentzer Soccerball shade.svg21', 65'
  • Ryen Ortiz Yellow card.svg 53'
  • Azumi Oka Soccerball shade.svg73'
 Report
  • Yellow card.svg 53' Casey O'Connor
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 309
Referee: Kevin Maurer
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Marcus Moss
Fourth official: Joe Worley

Quarterfinals

November 1, 2024 #2 Samford 2–1#7 UNC Greensboro Homewood, AL
4:00 p.m. CDT
  • Maison Wells Soccerball shade.svg85'
  • Layton Glisson Soccerball shade.svg90'
  • Mary-Ainsley Alack Yellow card.svg 90'
 Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg80' Rachel Poplin
  • Yellow card.svg 86' Mel Herrera
Stadium: Samford Track and Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 417
Referee: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Benjamin Oakley
Assistant referees: Aaron Hormuth
Fourth official: Tim Eller
November 1, 2024#4 Mercer 2–3 (a.e.t.) #5 Chattanooga Cullowhee, NC
4:00 p.m. EDT
  • Larkin Thomason Soccerball shade.svg32', 55'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg20', Yellow card.svg 87' Caroline Richvalsky
  • Soccerball shade.svg21' EG Dillard
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg100' Clarissa Salinas
Stadium: Catamount Soccer Complex
Attendance: 237
November 1, 2024 #3 Furman 2–1#6 ETSU Homewood, AL
7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Valentina Mosquera Soccerball shade.svg41'
  • Tara Katz Soccerball shade.svg70'
 Report
  • Yellow card.svg 58' Madi Hook
  • Soccerball shade.svg77' Ella Parker
Stadium: Samford Track and Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 113
Referee: Khadime Sabara
Assistant referees: Mustapha Moshood
Assistant referees: Tarver Pyke
Fourth official: Patrick Lama
November 1, 2024 #1 Western Carolina 6–1#8 WoffordCullowhee, NC
7:00 p.m. EDT
  • Naya Marcil Soccerball shade.svg2', 14'
  • Sofia Goclowski Soccerball shade.svg6', 12'
  • Isabella DeMarco Soccerball shade.svg7'
  • Samantha Vibberts Soccerball shade.svg25' (pen.)
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  • Soccerball shade.svg85' Megan Childress
Stadium: Catamount Soccer Complex
Attendance: 452
Referee: Deny Kulasinac
Assistant referees: Thomas Rutherford
Assistant referees: Elon Dockery
Fourth official: Tim Eller

Semifinals

November 3, 2024 #2 Samford 1–0#3 Furman Homewood, AL
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Layton Gilsson Yellow card.svg 6'
  • Brigid McElderry Yellow card.svg 33'
  • Kaitlin Maynard Yellow card.svg 56'
  • Caroline Donovan Yellow card.svg 78'
  • Samantha De Luca Soccerball shade.svg88'
 Report Stadium: Samford Track and Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 513
November 3, 2024 #1 Western Carolina 2–0#5 Chattanooga Cullowhee, NC
2:00 p.m. EST
  • Naya Marcil Soccerball shade.svg17'
  • Milla Syska Soccerball shade.svg81'
 Report
  • Yellow card.svg 48' Mary Mueth
  • Yellow card.svg 64' Ava Robitaille
Stadium: Catamount Soccer Complex
Attendance: 717
Referee: Albert Kyei-Mensah
Assistant referees: Thomas Rutherford
Assistant referees: Tyler Bost
Fourth official: Khadime Sabara

Final

November 10, 2024#1 Western Carolina0–1 #2 Samford Cullowhee, NC
2:00 p.m. EST Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg53' Ella Simpson
Stadium: Catamount Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,874
Referee: John Matto
Assistant referees: Joshua Lampkins
Assistant referees: Derek Guerrier
Fourth official: Joe Kirkpatrick

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

3 goals

  • Megan Childress – Wofford
  • Naya Marcil – Western Carolina

2 goals

  • Sofia Goclowski – Western Carolina
  • Taylor Mentzer – UNC Greensboro
  • Larkin Thomason – Mercer

1 goal

  • Aly Bernhard – Wofford
  • Riley Boucher – VMI
  • Isabella Bruzonic – VMI
  • Samantha De Luca – Samford
  • Isabella DeMarco – Western Carolina
  • EG Dillard – Chattanooga
  • Layton Glisson – Samford
  • Tara Katz – Furman
  • Valentina Mosquera – Furman
  • Azumi Oka – UNC Greensboro
  • Ella Parker – ETSU
  • Rachel Poplin – UNC Greensboro
  • Caroline Richvalsky – Chattanooga
  • Clarissa Salinas – Chattanooga
  • Ella Simpson – Samford
  • Milla Syska – Western Carolina
  • Samantha Vibberts – Western Carolina
  • Maison Wells – Samford

All-Tournament team

Source: [8]

PlayerTeam
Caroline Richvalsky Chattanooga
Clarissa Salinas
Natalie Capannelli ETSU
Katie Bengough Furman
Ellie Herrmann
Larkin Thomason Mercer
Caroline Donovan Samford
Kaitlin Maynard
Ella Simpson
Maison Wells
Elisa Fuentes The Citadel
Rachel Poplin UNC Greensboro
Riley Boucher VMI
Naya Marcil Western Carolina
Mary Mueth
Abbie Wise
Megan Childress Wofford

MVP in bold

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