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The Southern ConferencePublished: 11/10/2024, Last updated: 11/11/2024
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No. 1 ETSU and No. 4 Furman advance to The Southern Conference Championship

Both teams win semifinal match in penalty kicks

No. 2 ETSU 1, No. 3 Wofford 1 (ETSU 5-3 PKs)

A year after suffering a heart-breaking loss to Mercer at home in the semis, the Buccaneer returners got redemption 372 days later. The Blue & Gold capitalized on all five of their penalty kick attempts, while Wofford missed high on its fourth try en route to setting up SoCon all-freshman selection Ulysses Hendriks for the game-winner. The ETSU rookie stepped up and found the back of the net in the bottom left corner of the frame, sending the Buccaneer faithful into pandemonium.

The No. 3 Wofford men's soccer team fell in its SoCon Tournament semifinal match against the No. 2 ETSU Buccaneers in Johnson City Sunday afternoon in penalty kicks 5-3. Heroics from senior Hugo Moldin brought Wofford to overtime, but the Terriers came up short in the end. The game started off slow with neither team taking a shot until the 18th minute.  In the 38th minute, a Buccaneer attacker broke away and before the Wofford defense could catch up, he took a shot that would get by the outstretched leg of goalkeeper Leo Ledin. The goal put ETSU up 1-0, and the Buccaneers would carry that lead into the second half.  

No. 4 Furman 1, No. 1 UNCG 1 (Furman 6-5 PKS)

Sophomore Aaron Salinas made a pair of saves in a penalty kick shootout and freshman Ryan Wagner converted the winning penalty in the seventh round as Furman advanced (6-5) to the Southern Conference Men's Soccer Championship Match following a 1-1 draw versus top-seed UNC Greensboro Sunday afternoon at UNCG Stadium.

The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's soccer team­­ fell in The Southern Conference (SoCon) Tournament Semifinals to Furman in penalties, 6-5, after finishing tied, 1-1, on Sunday afternoon at UNCG Soccer Stadium. The Spartans remained undefeated at home with an 8-0-2 mark at UNCG Soccer Stadium this season. It's UNCG's first time being undefeated at UNCG Soccer Stadium since finishing the 2002 campaign with an 8-0 home record.