2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament

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.

2022 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,695
SiteCampus Sites (1st and 2nd seed)
ChampionsUNC Greensboro (4th title)
Winning coachChris Rich (2nd title)
MVPIsmail El Harchi (UNC Greensboro)
BroadcastESPN+
Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
«2021  2023»
2022 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UNC Greensboro‡ 4 –0 –113 –2 –6
East Tennessee State 3 –1 –18 –6 –3
Mercer 2 –1 –28 –5 –6
Wofford 2 –2 –16 –9 –2
Furman 1 –3 –17 –7 –4
VMI 0 –5 –02 –14 –1
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: SoCon

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]

Seed School Conference Record Points
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

Bracket

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

Schedule

Quarterfinals
November 4 #3 Mercer 2–1 #6 VMI Johnson City, TN
3:00 p.m. ET
  • Michael Ille 17'
  • Sekou Agard 68'
  • Tommy Redd Yellow card 80'
  • Nick Wanzer Yellow card 88'
 Report
  • Yellow card 76', 82' Grant Martin
 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
  • Nikolai Rojel 21'
  • Hugo Moldin 35'
  • Nathan Childress Yellow card 86'
 Report
  • 3', 12', Yellow card 84' Jake Raine
  • Yellow card 21' Ivan Agyaakwah
  • 28', Yellow card 59' Slade Starnes
  • Yellow card 86' Tommy Redhead
 Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 162
Referee: Guido Gonzales
Assistant referees: Robert Velbis
Assistant referees: Bryson Condrey
Fourth official: Nicholas Strednak

Semifinals
November 6 #1 UNC Greensboro 6–3 #5 Furman Greensboro, NC
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Emmanuel Hagan 14'
  • Marco Afonso 24', 69', 78'
  • Sami Lachekar Yellow card 37'
  • Marc Basile 41' (pen.)
  • Maycol Reyes 55'
 Report
  • Yellow card 12' Team
  • Yellow card 32' Lashawn Brown
  • 54', 58' Jake Raine
  • Yellow card 55', 75' Slade Starnes
  • Yellow card 78' Luke Tandy
  • Yellow card 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
Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium
Attendance: 487
Referee: Madzid Coric
Assistant referees: Tarik Veledar
Assistant referees: Zach McWorther
Fourth official: Ben Ellis

Final
November 12 #1 UNC Greensboro 2–1 #3 Mercer Greensboro, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Marc Basile 36' (pen.)
  • Ismail El Harchi 83'
 Report
  • 27' Kadeem Agard
  • Yellow card 44' Angel Gonzalez
  • Yellow card 51' Team
  • Yellow card 77' Team
 Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,362
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Nicholas Seymour
Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith
Fourth official: Howard Ash

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2022).

4 goals

  • Jake Raine – Furman

3 goals

  • Marco Afonso – UNC Greensboro

2 goals

  • Slade Starnes – Furman
  • Marc Basile – UNC Greensboro

1 goal

  • Kadeem Agard – Mercer
  • Sekou Agard – Mercer
  • Dylan Gaither – Mercer
  • Michael Ille – Mercer
  • Ismail El Harchi – UNC Greensboro
  • Emmanuel Hagan – UNC Greensboro
  • Maycol Reyes – UNC Greensboro
  • Grant Martin – VMI
  • Hugo Moldin – Wofford
  • Nikolai Rojel – Wofford

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

PlayerTeam
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

MVP in bold

References
  1. "2021 Men's Soccer Championship". soconsports.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. "2022 Men's Soccer Championship". soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  3. "Southern Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  4. "UNCG clinches regular-season title; Spartans secure No. 1 seed". soconsports.com. Southern Conference. October 29, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  5. "2022 Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  6. "UNCG claims SoCon Men's Soccer Championship". Southern Conference. November 12, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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