| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Gender: | men's |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Matches: | 5 |
| Attendance: | 3,841 |
| Venue: | Campus Sites (1st & 2nd seed) |
| Champions: | Mercer |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Brad Ruzzo |
| Coachcount: | 5th |
| Broadcast: | ESPN+ |
| Mvp: | Sekou Agard |
| Mvpteam: | Mercer |
The 2023 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from November 3 through November 12, 2023. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The UNC Greensboro Spartans were the defending champions.[1] UNC Greensboro was unable to defend its title, falling in the Quarterfinals to Mercer. Mercer would go on to win the tournament as the fifth seed, defeating Furman 2–0 in the Final.[2] [3] This was the fifth Southern Conference tournament title for the Mercer men's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Brad Ruzzo. Mercer has also won the tournament three of the last five years.[4] As tournament champions, Mercer earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
All six Southern Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2023 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. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Mercer and defending champions UNC Greensboro both finished the regular season with 1–2–2 records. The two teams tied their October 21 match 1–1. UNC Greensboro was the fourth seed and Mercer was the fifth seed.[5]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETSU | 4–0–1 | 13 | |
| 2 | Wofford | 3–0–2 | 11 | |
| 3 | Furman | 2–2–1 | 7 | |
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 1–2–2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Mercer | 1–2–2 | 5 | |
| 6 | VMI | 0–5–0 | 0 |
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| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Cole Hunter | ETSU | |
| Lucas Lightner | ||
| Josh Hosie | Furman | |
| Christian Kraus | ||
| Slade Starnes | ||
| Sekou Agard | rowpsan=4 | Mercer |
| Barzee Blama | ||
| Trevor McMullen | ||
| Nick Wanzer | ||
| Hugo Moldin | Wofford | |
| Nic Parker |