Big South Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference soccer championship
Sport:College soccer
Conference:Big South Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:Eakes Athletics Complex
Current Location:Buies Creek, North Carolina
Years:1984–Current
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:High Point
Most Championships:Coastal Carolina (12)
Television:ESPN3, ESPN+

The Big South Conference men's soccer tournament is a men's college soccer tournament that determines the Big South Conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. Held annually since 1984, the tournament is the oldest active NCAA Division I men's college soccer tournament.

With 12 titles, Coastal Carolina has won the most Big South tournaments of all members past and present. Winthrop has the most titles of current Big South Conference members, with five.

Winners

Key

(2) Title number
Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldTeam won regular season
Bold italicTeam was regular season co-champion
^Team reached College Cup
Team lost National Championship
Team won National Championship

Finals

YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueLocationMost Valuable PlayerRef.
1984Campbell2–0WinthropDedmon Center Auxiliary FieldRadford, VADavid Nisbet
1985Campbell 3–1RadfordCCU Soccer FieldConway, SCPer Jensen
1986Coastal Carolinaalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"1–0*CampbellJim Perry StadiumBuies Creek, NCClaud Huggins
1987Coastal Carolina 5–0WinthropCCU Soccer FieldConway, SCSigurdur Sveinbjornsson
1988Radford3–1Charleston SouthernJim Perry StadiumBuies Creek, NCDoug Majewski
1989Coastal Carolina 1–0CampbellGreenwood Soccer FieldAsheville, NCDean Herritty
19902–0DavidsonGreenwood Soccer FieldAsheville, NCRobin Williams
19914–0WinthropCCU Soccer FieldConway, SCRami Kauppi
19925–0UNC GreensboroOld Eagle FieldRock Hill, SCRami Kauppi
1993UNC Greensboro2–1CampbellUNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCShawn Mahoney
1994UNC Greensboro align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"3–2*LibertyUNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCLarry Feniger
19952–0UNC GreensboroCCU Soccer FieldConway, SCNeil Payne
1996UNC Greensboro 2–0RadfordUNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, NCJeremy Fedor
1997Charleston Southern3–0South AlabamaCCU Soccer FieldConway, SCSteven Rattray
1998South Alabama1–0LibertyDedmon Center Auxiliary FieldRadford, VAArve Warholm
1999align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0†
LibertyCCU Soccer FieldConway, SCGreg Anderson
20002–0ElonLiberty Soccer FieldLynchburg, VAJonathan Frias [1]
20013–1LibertyEagle FieldRock Hill, SC[2]
2002Winthrop1–0Coastal CarolinaEagle FieldRock Hill, SCValli Arnason [3]
2003Coastal Carolina 3–0Birmingham–SouthernCupp Memorial StadiumRadford, VA[4]
20044–0Birmingham–SouthernBerylson Soccer ParkBirmingham, AL[5]
2005align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"1–0*WinthropVert StadiumHigh Point, NC[6]
2006Winthrop 3–0High PointCupp Memorial StadiumRadford, VADaniel Revivo [7]
2007Liberty2–1RadfordEagle FieldRock Hill, SC[8]
2008Winthrop align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"4–3*Coastal CarolinaCCU Soccer FieldConway, SCMatt Skonicki [9]
20092–1LibertyGreene–Harbison StadiumBoiling Springs, NCMiquel Casajuana [10]
20103–1High PointVert StadiumHigh Point, NCRoss Kelly [11]
20113–1Gardner–WebbGreene–Harbison StadiumBoiling Springs, NCChris Phillips [12]
20123–2Coastal Carolina Bryan ParkGreensboro, NCAlex Isern [13]
2013Coastal Carolina 2–0LibertyBryan ParkGreensboro, NC[14]
20141–0RadfordBryan ParkGreensboro, NC[15]
2015Winthrop align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0†
High PointMacPherson StadiumBrowns Summit, NCMax Hasenstab [16]
2016Radford 1–0LongwoodCupp Memorial StadiumRadford, VAAitor Pouseu Blanco [17]
2017Presbyterianalign=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0†
High PointVert StadiumHigh Point, NCRicardo Hernandez [18]
2018align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"1–0*PresbyterianMartin StadiumClinton, SCGideon Betz [19]
2019Campbell 4–1High PointEakes Athletic ComplexBuies Creek, NCIan Rees [20]
2020High Point3–1Vert StadiumHigh Point, NCNick Phipps [21]
2021 3–2High PointEakes Athletic ComplexBuies Creek, NCGeorge Bediko [22]
20222–0Eakes Athletic ComplexBuies Creek, NCNoah Holmes [23]
2023 align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"1–1†
Vert StadiumHigh Point, NCSeth Antwi [24]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Radford Wins Second Consecutive Big South Title With 2-0 Victory Over Elon. December 19, 2017. July 18, 2001.
  2. Web site: Coastal Captures Conference Crown with 3-1 Victory. December 16, 2017. November 20, 2001.
  3. Web site: Top-Seeded Winthrop Advances To NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. December 19, 2017. November 18, 2002.
  4. Web site: Late Spurt Propels Coastal Carolina To Seventh Big South Championship. December 19, 2017. November 18, 2003.
  5. Web site: Men's Soccer: Coastal Carolina Falls To Duke, 3-0, In NCAA First Round. December 19, 2017. November 20, 2004.
  6. Web site:
    1. 3 Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Men's Soccer Championship
    . December 19, 2017. November 14, 2005.
  7. Web site: No. 1 Winthrop Wins the 2006 Big South Men's Soccer Championship. December 10, 2017. November 6, 2006.
  8. Web site: Liberty Wins 2007 Big South Men's Soccer Championship. December 15, 2017. November 19, 2007.
  9. Web site: No. 1 Winthrop Wins Big South Championship. December 10, 2016. November 17, 2008.
  10. Web site: No. 4 Winthrop Captures Big South Men's Soccer Title. December 17, 2017. November 16, 2009.
  11. Web site: Coastal Carolina Takes Home Big South Men's Soccer Title. December 8, 2017. November 15, 2010.
  12. Web site:
    1. 4 Seed Liberty Wins Men's Soccer Championship
    . December 19, 2017. November 14, 2011.
  13. Web site: Sixth-Seeded Winthrop Wins 2012 Big South Men Soccer Title. December 20, 2012. November 11, 2012.
  14. Web site: No. 1 Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Men's Soccer Championship. November 17, 2013.
  15. Web site: Coastal Carolina Defeats Radford to Win Men's Soccer Championship - Nov. 16. December 19, 2017. November 16, 2014.
  16. Web site: Winthrop Wins 2015 Men's Soccer Championship. bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. December 20, 2017. November 16, 2015.
  17. Web site: Radford Wins Big South Men's Soccer Championship. Big South Conference. BigSouthSports.com. January 14, 2017. November 13, 2016.
  18. Web site: Presbyterian Wins 2017 Big South Men's Soccer Championship. bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. December 19, 2017. November 12, 2017.
  19. Web site: No. 4 Campbell Wins 2018 Big South Men's Soccer Championship . Big South . November 21, 2019.
  20. Web site: No. 1 Campbell Wins 2019 Big South Men's Soccer Championship . Big South . November 21, 2019.
  21. Web site:
    1. 1 High Point Wins 2020-21 Men's Soccer Championship
    . bigsouthsports.org. Big South Conference. April 17, 2021. February 9, 2022.
  22. Web site:
    1. 1 Campbell Wins 2021 Big South Men's Soccer Championship
    . bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. November 14, 2021. February 4, 2022.
  23. Web site: High Point Wins 2022 Big South Men's Soccer Championship. bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. November 12, 2022. June 21, 2023.
  24. Web site: High Point Wins 2023 Big South Men's Soccer Championship. bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. November 11, 2023. February 7, 2024.