Jeremy Fleming

Men's Soccer

Furman Captures No. 1 Seed, Share of 23rd SoCon Championship

Paladins and Co-Champion Wofford Earn Bye to Semifinal Sunday on November 8

SPARTANBURG, SC – With its 4-1 win over Wofford on Saturday evening, Furman captured a share of its 23rd SoCon regular season championship in men’s soccer, the most of any other SoCon program.
 
Furman (7-3-6, 3-1-2 SoCon) is 4-0-2 overall since October 10, with its lone SoCon loss coming in late September at Liberty. Wofford (8-4-4, 3-1-2 SoCon) won a share of its first conference regular season crown since 2013. The Terriers were 3-0-1 in its previous four SoCon matches in the month of October.
 
The Paladins and Terriers will advance to the November 8 semifinals, which they will host in Greenville, SC, and Spartanburg, SC, respectively. Furman will host the winner of No. 4 ETSU and No. 5 Liberty at 7:00 pm and Wofford will host the winner of No. 3 UNC Greensboro and either No. 6 VMI or No. 7 Mercer at 5:00 pm.
 
The SoCon Championship match will be played on either Friday, November 13, or Saturday November 14.
 
The Spartans and ETSU played to a draw on Saturday evening, with UNCG winning that tiebreaker for the No. 3 seed. VMI and Mercer begin the tournament in Lexington, VA, on Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 pm for the right to advance to play UNCG on Thursday at 5:00 pm in Greensboro. ETSU hosts Liberty at 3:00 pm on Thursday afternoon in Johnson City.
 
The tournament champion receives the SoCon’s automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
 
Final Regular Season Standings
1. Furman (3-1-2, 11 points)
2. Wofford (3-1-2, 11 points)
3. UNC Greensboro (2-0-4, 10 points)
4. ETSU (2-0-4, 10 points)
5. Liberty (3-3-0, 9 points)
6. VMI (1-5-0, 3 points)
7. Mercer (0-4-2, 2 points)
 
First Round
Lexington, VA
Nov. 3 – 6) VMI vs. 7) Mercer, 12:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
 
Johnson City, TN
Nov. 5 – 4) ETSU vs. 5) Liberty, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
 
Greensboro, NC
Nov. 5 – 3) UNCG vs. 6) VMI or 7) Mercer, 5:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
 
Semifinals
Spartanburg, SC
Nov. 8 – 2) Wofford vs. winner of UNCG/VMI/Mercer, 5:00 pm ET (ESPN+)

Greenville, SC
Nov. 8 – 1) Furman vs. winner of ETSU/Liberty, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
 
Finals
Nov. 15 or No. 16 at higher seed (time TBD)