| 2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,695 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites (1st and 2nd seed) | ||||
| Champions | UNC Greensboro (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Chris Rich (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Ismail El Harchi (UNC Greensboro) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.5UNC Greensboro‡ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: SoCon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 4–0–1 | 13 |
| 2 | East Tennessee State | 3–1–1 | 10 |
| 3 | Mercer | 2–1–2 | 8 |
| 4 | Wofford | 2–2–1 | 7 |
| 5 | Furman | 1–3–1 | 4 |
| 6 | VMI | 0–5–0 | 0 |
Source:[5]
| Quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 6 | Final Saturday, Nov. 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wofford | 2 | 5 | Furman | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Furman | 3 | 1 | UNC Greensboro | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mercer | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | East Tennessee State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Mercer | 2 | 3 | Mercer | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | VMI | 1 | ||||||||||||
| November 4 | #3 Mercer | 2–1 | #6 VMI | Johnson City, TN |
| 3:00 p.m. ET |
 68' 80' 88' |
Report |
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Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Jude Carr Assistant referees: John Rush Fourth official: Jeremy Mikell |
| November 4 | #4 Wofford | 2–3 | #5 Furman | Greensboro, NC |
| 4:00 p.m. ET |
35' 86' |
Report |
21' Ivan Agyaakwah 28', 59' Slade Starnes 86' Tommy Redhead |
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Attendance: 162 Referee: Guido Gonzales Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Assistant referees: Bryson Condrey Fourth official: Nicholas Strednak |
| November 6 | #1 UNC Greensboro | 6–3 | #5 Furman | Greensboro, NC |
| 2:00 p.m. ET |
24', 69', 78' 37' 41' (pen.) 55' |
Report |
32' Lashawn Brown 54', 58' Jake Raine 55', 75' Slade Starnes 78' Luke Tandy 84' Sam Miller |
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Attendance: 634 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Hudson Owens Fourth official: Clive Edwards |
| November 6 | #2 East Tennessee State | 0–1 | #3 Mercer | Johnson City, TN |
| 3:00 p.m. ET | Report |
88' Ousman Jabang |
Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium Attendance: 487 Referee: Madzid Coric Assistant referees: Tarik Veledar Assistant referees: Zach McWorther Fourth official: Ben Ellis |
| November 12 | #1 UNC Greensboro | 2–1 | #3 Mercer | Greensboro, NC |
| 6:00 p.m. ET |
83' |
Report |
44' Angel Gonzalez 51' Team 77' Team |
Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,362 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Nicholas Seymour Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith Fourth official: Howard Ash |
There were 21 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2022).
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source:[6]
| Player | Team |
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| Kieran Richards | East Tennessee State |
| Sebastian Reventlow-Mourier | |
| Alfredo Diaz-Santillan | Furman |
| Jake Raine | |
| Dylan Gaither | Mercer |
| Ousman Jabang | |
| Nick Wanzer | |
| Marco Afonso | UNC Greensboro |
| Ismail El Harchi | |
| Marc Basile | |
| J.C. Ngando |
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