2018 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2018 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament, was the 31st edition of the Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. It determined the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on October 31, 2018 and conclude on November 11, 2018.

2018 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Attendance	1,860
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, Tennessee
Finals site	Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, Tennessee
Champions	Furman (14th title)
Winning coach	Doug Allison (9th title)
MVP	Laurence Wyke (Furman)
Broadcast	None
Southern Conference men's soccer tournament «2017  2019»

2018 Southern Conference men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Mercer	5	–	1	–	0			12	–	4	–	2
East Tenn. State	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	7	–	1
Furman ‡	4	–	2	–	0			13	–	7	–	2
Wofford	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	11	–	1
UNC Greensboro	2	–	2	–	2			8	–	9	–	2
Belmont	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	12	–	2
VMI	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	16	–	1
‡-2018 SoCon Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of November 30, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The defending champion, Mercer, lost to UNCG 0–1 in the semifinals, who lost to the champions Furman. Furman defeated UNCG 3–0 in the final.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Mercer	5–1–0
2	East Tennessee State	4–1–1
3	Furman	4–2–0
4	Wofford	3–3–0
5	UNC Greensboro	2–2–2
6	Belmont	1–4–1
7	VMI	0–6–0

Bracket

Wild card

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

November 9 – 6:00 p.m.

November 3 – 6:00 p.m.

(2) ETSU

1

October 31 – 5:00 p.m.

(3) Furman

4

(3) Furman (OT)

2

November 11 – 1:00 p.m.

(6) Belmont

2

(6) Belmont

2

(3) Furman

3

(7) VMI

1

November 9 – 3:30 p.m.

(5) UNCG

0

November 3 – 7:00 p.m.

(1) Mercer

0

(4) Wofford

0

(5) UNCG

1

(5) UNCG

1

Results

First round

October 31

5:00 p.m. EDT

No. 6 Belmont	2–1	No. 7 VMI
Marlonsson 31' Bennati 79'	Report	Shaikh 28'

E. S. Rose Park, Nashville, TN

Attendance: 138

Referee: Leland Grant

Quarterfinals

November 3

6:00 p.m. EST

No. 3 Furman	4–2	No. 6 Belmont
May 2', 74' McLagan 28' Wyke 66'	Report	Lestido 60' Bennati 84'

Stone Stadium, Greenville, SC

Attendance: 376

Referee: Brandon Marion

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November 3

7:00 p.m. EST

No. 4 Wofford	0–1	No. 5 UNCG
	Report	Apau 88'

Snyder Field, Spartanburg, SC

Attendance: 638

Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Semifinals

November 9

3:30 p.m. EST

No. 1 Mercer	0–1	No. 5 UNCG
	Report	Henderson 26'

Summers-Taylor Stadium, Johnson City, TN

Attendance: 104

Referee: Marco Vega

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November 9

6:00 p.m. EST

No. 2 ETSU	1–2 (a.e.t.)	No. 3 Furman
Woodfin 55'	Report	Fenton 47' Wyke 98'

Summers-Taylor Stadium, Johnson City, TN

Attendance: 378

Referee: Brian Miller

Final

November 11

1:00 p.m. EST

No. 3 Furman	3–0	No. 5 UNCG
May 20', 29' Sloan 86'	Report

Summers-Taylor Stadium, Johnson City, TN

Attendance: 226

Referee: Guido Gonzales

Statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	College	Goals
1	Emery May	Furman	4
2	Matteo Bennati	Belmont	2
3	Manny Apau	UNCG	1
	Esteban Lestido	Belmont
	Ares Marlonsson	Belmont
	Cole McLagan	Furman
	Sohrab Shaikh	VMI
	Conor Sloan	Furman
	Laurence Wyke	Furman

Assists

Rank	Player	College	Assists
1	Niccolo Dagnoni	Belmont	2
	Danny Kierath	Furman
	Cole McLagan	Furman
2	Jack Shiels	Furman	1
	Nigel Leo	Belmont
	Tony Doellefeld	Belmont
	Jack Shiels	Furman
	Conor Sloan	Furman
	Daniel Twizer	Belmont
	Laurence Wyke	Furman

All Tournament Team

2018 SoCon Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team

Jake Mezei, Mercer Kobe Perez, Mercer Nick Spielman, ETSU Cameron Woodfin, ETSU Josh Masten, UNCG Alex Henderson, UNCG Austin Matthews, UNCG Jack Shiels, Furman Cameron Robinson, Furman Rocky Guerra, Furman Laurence Wyke, Furman

MVP in Bold

External links

• 2018 SoCon Men's Soccer Championship