2025 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament
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| 2025 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 3,906 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites (1st & 2nd seed) | ||||
| Champions | Furman (16th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Doug Allison (11th title) | ||||
| MVP | Diego Hernandez (Furman) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13т Furman †‡ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 16 | – | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 UNCG + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ETSU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: SoCon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Southern Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from November 7 through November 16, 2025. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Furman Paladins were the defending champions.[1][2] Furman was able to defend its title, beating third seed UNC Greensboro 1–0 in the final.[3][4] This was the sixteenth Southern Conference tournament title for the Furman men's soccer program. Eleven of their sixteen titles have come under head coach Doug Allison.[5] As tournament champions, Furman earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
All six Southern Conference men's soccer programs participated for the 2025 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records.[6] Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Wofford and VMI both finished with 1–4–0 regular season records. The two teams met on October 4. Wofford prevailed 2–0, and earned the fifth seed.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Furman | 4–0–1 | 13 |
| 2 | Mercer | 3–1–1 | 10 |
| 3 | UNC Greensboro | 3–2–0 | 9 |
| 4 | East Tennessee State | 2–3–0 | 6 |
| 5 | Wofford | 1–4–0 | 3 |
| 6 | VMI | 1–4–0 | 3 |
Bracket
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 7, 2025 | #4 ETSU | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | #5 Wofford | Greenville, SC |
| 4:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium Attendance: 147 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Robert Dail Fourth official: John Rush |
| November 7, 2025 | #3 UNC Greensboro | 5–1 | #6 VMI | Macon, GA |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Betts Stadium Attendance: 152 Referee: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara Tyler Bost Fourth official: Gunwan Park |
Semifinals
| November 9, 2025 | #1 Furman | 4–2 | #5 Wofford | Greenville, SC |
| 2:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium Attendance: 887 Referee: John Matto Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara Tyler Bost Fourth official: Eric Barnes |
| November 9, 2025 | #2 Mercer | 0–2 | #3 UNC Greensboro | Macon, GA |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Betts Stadium Attendance: 702 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Gunwan Park Dean Morgan Fourth official: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov |
Final
| November 16, 2025 | #1 Furman | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | #3 UNC Greensboro | Greenville, SC |
| 2:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,018 Referee: Matthew Thompson Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara Tyler Bost Fourth official: Eric Barnes |