Men's Soccer Southern Conference

Elon earns top seed for Men?s Soccer Championship

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Regular-season champion Elon has claimed the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Southern Conference Men’s Soccer Championship.

The event begins Saturday with three first-round games, with first-round action wrapping up Sunday. The semifinals and championship will be played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., on Nov. 8 and 10, respectively, with the championship game being broadcast on ESPN3.

Elon, ranked No. 23 nationally, went 12-4-2 overall and 5-2 in league play to win the SoCon regular-season title outright. The defending champion Phoenix will host No. 8 seed Davidson, which went 2-5 in league play, on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Rudd Field.

Second-seeded Furman, which also spent several weeks in the national rankings this year, finished the regular season with a 12-3-3 mark and a 4-2-1 league record. The Paladins will host No. 7 seed Wofford (2-4-1 SoCon) at 6 p.m. Saturday.

College of Charleston also turned in a 4-2-1 SoCon record but lost the tiebreaker to Furman to take the third seed. The Cougars will host No. 6 seed Appalachian State (2-3-2 SoCon) at Patriots Point on Saturday at 2 p.m.

No. 4 seed Georgia Southern turned in a 3-3-1 SoCon mark and will host No. 5 seed UNCG (3-4 SoCon) at 4 p.m. Sunday.

The tournament winner earns the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.

2012 SoCon Men’s Soccer Championship
First Round, Saturday, Nov. 3
Campus sites
#6 seed Appalachian State at #3 seed College of Charleston, 2 p.m.
#7 seed Wofford at #2 seed Furman, 6 p.m.
#8 seed Davidson at #1 seed Elon, 7 p.m.

First Round, Sunday, Nov. 4
Campus sites
#5 seed UNCG at #4 seed Georgia Southern, 4 p.m.

Semifinals, Thursday, Nov. 8
Cary, N.C. // WakeMed Soccer Park
Semifinal 1 (Elon/Davidson winner vs. Georgia Southern/UNCG winner), 5 p.m.
Semifinal 2 (Furman/Wofford winner vs. College of Charleston/Appalachian State winner), 7:30 p.m.

Championship, Saturday, Nov. 10
Cary, N.C. // WakeMed Soccer Park
Winner of Semifinal 1 vs. winner of Semifinal 2, 7 p.m. (ESPN3)

All times Eastern.
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