2019 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 32nd edition of the Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Southern Conference champion as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began on November 9 and concluded on November 16, 2019.[1]

2019 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Attendance	2,813
Site	UNCG Soccer Stadium Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Mercer (4th title)
Winning coach	Brad Ruzzo (4th title)
MVP	JR DeRose (Mercer)
Broadcast	ESPN3
Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament «2018  2020»

2019 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UNCG	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	9	–	1
Furman	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	7	–	1
ETSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	8	–	2
Mercer ‡	3	–	3	–	0			14	–	7	–	0
Wofford	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	13	–	1
Belmont	1	–	4	–	1			5	–	12	–	2
VMI	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	16	–	0
‡ – 2019 SoCon Tournament Champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 22 November 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Mercer defeated UNCG in the championship match, giving the program their fourth ever SoCon title.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Furman	5–1–0	1–0 vs. UNCG
2	UNCG	5–1–0	0–1 vs. FUR
3	ETSU	4–2–0
4	Mercer	3–3–0
5	Wofford	2–3–1
6	Belmont	1–4–1
7	VMI	0–6–0

Bracket

Bracket

Wild Card

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

November 5 – 6:00 p.m.

(6) Belmont

4

November 8 – 3:30 p.m.

(7) VMI

0

(3) ETSU

0

November 10 – 6:00 p.m.

(6) Belmont

2

(2) UNCG (2OT)

3

(6) Belmont

2

November 17 – 6:00 p.m.

(2) UNCG

0

November 8 – 1:00 p.m.

(4) Mercer

1

(4) Mercer

3

November 10 – 1:00 p.m.

(5) Wofford

0

(1) Furman

2

(4) Mercer (OT)

3

Results

First round

November 5

6:00 p.m. EDT

No. 6 Belmont	4–0	No. 7 VMI
Dozzi  25' Barks  51', 59' Virgilio  84'	Report

E. S. Rose Park, Nashville

Attendance: 217

Referee: Joshua Brooks

Quarterfinals

November 8

1:00 p.m. EDT

No. 3 ETSU	0–2	No. 6 Belmont
	Report	Shaw  16' Dagnoni  83'

UNCG Soccer Stadium, Greensboro

Attendance: 102

Referee: Carmen Serbio

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November 8

3:30 p.m. EDT

No. 4 Mercer	3–0	No. 5 Wofford
Martineau  11' Ille  45' Gaither  48'	Report

Eugene Stone Stadium, Greenville

Attendance: 112

Referee: Robert Sibiga

Semifinals

November 10

1:00 p.m. EDT

No. 1 Furman	2–3 (a.e.t.)	No. 4 Mercer
Sloan  16' Fenton  28'	Report	Gaither  3' Arteaga  34' Toledo Jr.  105'

Eugene Stone Stadium, Greenville

Attendance: 602

Referee: Patrick Schmidt

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November 10

6:00 p.m. EDT

No. 2 UNCG	3–2 (a.e.t.)	No. 6 Belmont
Albert  53' Pedra  63'  97'	Report	Dozzi  27' Royster  50'

UNCG Soccer Stadium, Greensboro

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Brian Miller

Final

November 17

6:00 p.m. EDT

No. 2 UNCG	0–1	No. 4 Mercer
	Report	Martineau  62'

UNCG Soccer Stadium, Greensboro

Attendance: 780

Referee: Michael Lavergne

Top goalscorers

2 Goals

• Kyle Barks – Belmont
• Jordan Dozzi – Belmont
• Trevor Martineau – Mercer
• Albert Pedra – UNCG

1 Goal

• Micah Albert – UNCG
• Roberto Arteaga – Mercer
• Niccolo Dagnoni – Belmont
• Dylan Gaither – Mercer
• Miles Fenton – Furman
• Michael Ille – Mercer
• Brett Royster – Belmont
• Jack Shaw – Belmont
• Conor Sloan – Furman
• Leo Toledo Jr. – Mercer
• Pablo Martin Virgilo – Belmont

SoCon Tournament Best XI

Player	Team
SoCon Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team[2]
Kyle Barks	Belmont
Niccolo Dagnoni
Arnor Adalsteinsson	Furman
Max Fisher
Micah Albert	UNCG
Albert Pedra
Casey Penland
Roberto Arteaga	Mercer
JR DeRose
Trevor Martineau
Leo Toledo Jr.

MVP in Bold

References

1. "2019 Men's Soccer Championship". Patriot League.
2. "Mercer wins 2019 Men's Soccer Championship". soconsports.com. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

External links

• SoCon Men's Soccer Tournament