Southern Conference women's soccer tournament

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Southern Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Southern Conference logo.svg
Southern Conference logo
Sport Soccer
Conference Southern Conference
Number of teams10
Format Single elimination
Current stadiumCampus Sites
Played1994–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Samford
Most championships UNC Greensboro (8)
TV partner(s)SoCon Network, ESPN+
Official website soconsports.com/wsoc

The Southern Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's college soccer for the Southern Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1994. It is a single-elimination tournament with seeding based on conference records and the higher seeded team hosting all matches. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Champions

Key

(2)Title number
*Match went to extra time
†Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season

By year

Source: [1]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMOP [*] Reference
1994 Davidson (1)2–1 Georgia Southern UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC Shannon Lowrance, Davidson
1995Davidson (2)3–0 Furman Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC Claudia Lombard, Davidson
1996Davidson(3)1–0Georgia SouthernKatherine Cornelius, Davidson
1997 UNC Greensboro (1)2–0 Wofford Kim Rosenberg, UNC Greensboro
1998UNC Greensboro(2)2–0*(OT)Furman Eugene E. Stone III Stadium • Greenville, SC Ali Lord, UNC Greensboro
1999Furman(1)2–1*(4OT)DavidsonUNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NCKaye Brownlee, Furman
2000UNC Greensboro (3)1–0Furman Patriots Point Soccer Complex • Mount Pleasant, SC Lynsey McLean, UNC Greensboro
2001UNC Greensboro (4)2–1*(2OT) Western Carolina Eugene E. Stone III Stadium • Greenville, SCKathryn Clewley, UNC Greensboro
2002Furman(2)3–0 College of Charleston UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NCAndre'a Morrison, Furman
2003UNC Greensboro (5)2–0FurmanRakel Logadottir, UNC Greensboro
2004Furman (3)3–1DavidsonAndre'a Morrison, Furman
2005Western Carolina (1)1–0FurmanEugene E. Stone III Stadium • Greenville, SCAlesha Row, Western Carolina
2006UNC Greensboro(6)3–1Furman Catamount Athletic Complex • Cullowhee, NC Shannon Donovon, UNC Greensboro
2007Furman (4)3–1UNC GreensboroAlumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NCRachel Fry, Furman
2008Western Carolina (2)0–0†
(2–0 pen.)		UNC Greensboro [note 1] Patriots Point Soccer Complex • Mount Pleasant, SCCaitlin Williams, Western Carolina
2009Davidson (4)1–0*(OT)College of CharlestonUNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NCAmanda Flink, Davidson
2010UNC Greensboro(7) [note 1] 1–0 Samford Catamount Athletic Complex • Cullowhee, NCKelsey Kearney, UNC Greensboro
2011Samford(1)1–0College of CharlestonUNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NCShanika Thomas, Samford
2012Georgia Southern (1)0–0†
(5–4 pen.)		Furman Samford Track and Soccer Complex • Birmingham, AL Katie Merson, Georgia Southern
2013Furman(5)3–1 Elon Snyder Field • Spartanburg, SC Stephanie DeVita, Furman
2014 Mercer (1)2–1SamfordCatamount Athletic Complex • Cullowhee, NCMaggie Cropp, Mercer
2015Furman (6)1–0*(2OT)MercerEugene E. Stone III Stadium • Greenville, SCStephanie DeVita, Furman [3]
2016 Samford(2)2–1 East Tennessee State Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN Anna Allen, Samford [4]
2017 UNC Greensboro (7)1–0Western Carolina Samford Track and Soccer Complex • Birmingham, AL Regan Lehman, UNCG [5]
2018 UNC Greensboro (8)2–1FurmanBetts Stadium • Macon, GA Heida Ragney Vidarsdottir, UNCG [6]
2019 Samford(3)1–0FurmanUNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NCMorgan McAslan, Samford [7]
2020Furman (7)2–1*(2OT)SamfordSamford Track and Soccer Complex • Birmingham, ALJasmine Green, Furman [8]
2021 Samford(4)4–2FurmanMary Raymond, Samford [9]
2022 Samford (5)0–0†
(6–5 pen.)		UNC GreensboroEmma Donley, Samford [10]
2023 Western Carolina(3)1–0SamfordCatamount Athletic Complex • Cullowhee, NCPaige McAra, Western Carolina [11] [12]
* Award was "MVP" through 2007; "MOP" starting in 2008.

By school

Source: [1]

SchoolApps.WLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Appalachian State 152150.11800—
Chattanooga 132123.20600—
College of Charleston 156143.32620—
Davidson 1915133.532641994, 1995, 1996, 2009
East Tennessee State 125111.32410—
Elon 9481.34610—
Furman 2844184.6971771999, 2002, 2004, 2007,
2013, 2015, 2020
Georgia Southern 1210111.477312012
Mercer 9882.500212014
Samford 152384.714952011, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022
The Citadel 9590.35700—
UNC Greensboro 2532137.683118 [note 1] 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003,
2006, 2010 [note 1] , 2017, 2018
VMI 8281.22700—
Western Carolina 2013163.453532004, 2008, 2023
Wofford 1910173.38310—

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Southern Conference.

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