2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Southern Conference
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,695
Venue:Campus Sites (1st and 2nd seed)
Champions:UNC Greensboro
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Chris Rich
Coachcount:2nd
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Ismail El Harchi
Mvpteam:UNC Greensboro

The 2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from November 4 through November 12, 2022. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Mercer Bears were the defending champions but were unable to defend their crown, as they lost in the final to the UNC Greensboro Spartans, 2–1.[1] [2] This was the fourth Southern Conference tournament title for the UNC Greensboro men's soccer program, and second under coach Chris Rich. UNC Greensboro also has two tournament titles that were later vacated.[3] As tournament champions, UNC Greensboro earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

All six Southern Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2022 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. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with unique regular season conference records.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1UNC Greensboro4–0–113
2East Tennessee State3–1–110
3Mercer2–1–28
4Wofford2–2–17
5Furman1–3–14
6VMI0–5–00

Bracket

Source:[5]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player Team
Kieran RichardsEast Tennessee State
Sebastian Reventlow-Mourier
Alfredo Diaz-SantillanFurman
Jake Raine
Dylan GaitherMercer
Ousman Jabang
Nick Wanzer
Marco AfonsoUNC Greensboro
Ismail El Harchi
Marc Basile
J.C. Ngando
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Men's Soccer Championship. 2022-03-02. soconsports.com. en.
  2. Web site: 2022 Men's Soccer Championship. July 18, 2023. soconsports.com. Southern Conference. en.
  3. Web site: Southern Conference Men’s Soccer Record Book. Southern Conference. soconsports.com. July 18, 2023.
  4. Web site: UNCG clinches regular-season title; Spartans secure No. 1 seed. soconsports.com. Southern Conference. October 29, 2022. July 18, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2022 Men's Soccer Championship. soconsports.com. Southern Conference. July 18, 2023.
  6. Web site: UNCG claims SoCon Men’s Soccer Championship. Southern Conference. November 12, 2022. July 18, 2023.