Southern Conference men's soccer tournament

Last updated
Southern Conference
men's soccer tournament
Southern Conference logo.svg
Sport Soccer
Conference Southern Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single elimination
Played1988–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Mercer
Most championships Furman (14)
Official website soconsports.com/msoc

The Southern Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's soccer for the Southern Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Furman is the most winning team of the competition with 14 titles.

Champions

Finals

Source: [1]

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team won regular season
Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityMVP
1
1988 Furman (1)
1–0
The Citadel Smith High School Greensboro, NC Rod Underwood, Furman
2
1989 Furman (2)
4–0
Appalachian State Bryan Park Greensboro, NCAndrew Burr, Furman
3
1990 Appalachian St (1)
1–1 (4–3 p)
The Citadel Bryan ParkGreensboro, NCAndy Salandy, Appalachian St
4
1991 Furman (3)
3–0
Marshall Bryan ParkGreensboro, NCAndrew Zorovich, Furman
5
1992 Davidson (1)
3–1
Appalachian State Bryan ParkGreensboro, NCBen Hayes, Davidson
6
1993 Furman (4)
3–2
Appalachian State Bryan ParkGreensboro, NCJay Weyer, Furman
7
1994 Furman (5)
4–2 (a.e.t.)
Appalachian State Bryan ParkGreensboro, NCBrian Little, Furman
8
1995 Davidson (2)
1–0
Furman Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC Alex Deegan, Davidson
9
1996 Furman (6)
4–2
Georgia Southern Stone Stadium Greenville, SC Ryan Higginbotham, Furman
10
1997 Furman (7)
3–1
UNCG Stone StadiumGreenville, SCRyan Higginbotham, Furman
11
1998 UNCG (1)
1–0
Furman Richardson StadiumDavidson, NCNathan Kipp, UNC
12
1999 Furman (8)
3–2
UNCG Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, SC Graham Seagraves, Furman
12
2000 Furman (9)
4–1
Appalachian State Patriots Point Mount Pleasant, SC John Barry Nusum, Furman
13
2001 Furman (10)
2–1
UNCG Patriots PointMount Pleasant, SCAnthony Esquivel, Furman
14
2002(No champion crowned) [lower-alpha 1] Patriots PointMount Pleasant, SC
15
2003 Davidson (3)
1–0
Charleston Patriots PointMount Pleasant, SCNick Hansell, Davidson
16
2004 Charleston (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Davidson Blackbaud StadiumCharleston, SCBen Hollingsworth, Charleston
17
2005 UNCG (2)
2–1
Davidson Blackbaud StadiumCharleston, SCHenning Jonasson, UNCG
18
2006 UNCG (3)
3–0
Georgia Southern Stone StadiumGreenville, SCHenning Jonasson, UNCG
19
2007 Furman (11)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
UNCG UNCG Soccer Stadium Greensboro, NC Bryan Amos, Furman
20
2008 UNCG (4) [lower-alpha 2]
2–1
Charleston Alumni Stadium Davidson, NC Joe Burnett, UNC
21
2009 Wofford
2–1
Elon Snyder Field Spartanburg, SC Wilson Hood, Wofford
22
2010 UNCG (5) [lower-alpha 3]
2–0
Furman Patriots PointMount Pleasant, SCMatt Strine, UNC
23
2011 Elon (1)
3–2
UNCG Mackorell Soccer Complex Boone, NC Nick Millington, Elon
24
2012 Elon (2)
2–1
Wofford WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC Gabe Latigue, Elon
25
2013 Elon (3)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Wofford Stone StadiumGreenville, SCJason Waterman, Elon
26
2014 Furman (12)
1–0
Mercer UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCClint Ritter, Furman
27
2015 Furman (13)
1–0
East Tennessee Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, TN Sven Lissek, Furman
28
2016 Mercer (1)
0–0 (4–1 p)
East Tennessee UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCJeremy Booth, Mercer
29
2017 Mercer (2)
1–1 (3–2 p)
UNCG Stone StadiumGreenville, SCJeremy Booth, Mercer
30
2018 Furman (14)
3–0
UNC Greensboro Summers-Taylor StadiumJohnson City, TN Laurence Wyke, Furman
31
2019 Mercer (3)
1–0
UNCG UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCJR DeRose, Mercer
32
2020 UNCG (6)
1–0
Belmont UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCMani Austmann, UNCG
33
2021 Mercer (4)
4–3
Belmont Betts Stadium Macon, GA Dylan Gaither, Mercer
34
2022 UNCG (7)
2–1
Mercer UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCIsmail El Harchi, UNCG
35
2023 Mercer (5)
2–0
Furman Stone StadiumGreenville, SCSekou Agard, Mercer

Notes

  1. In 2002, one semifinal and the final match were canceled due to weather.
  2. Later vacated
  3. Later vacated

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