2024 SoCon Volleyball Championship Bracket Released

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Mercer Bears won the Southern Conference regular-season title and claimed the top seed in the 2024 SoCon Volleyball Championship. The tournament will be held Nov. 21-24, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium.

The tournament, which features all nine teams in the conference, begins with a first-round contest Nov. 21, when Western Carolina faces UNCG, at 4 p.m.

Mercer (24-5, 14-2 SoCon), who was predicted to finish third in the preseason poll, won the SoCon regular-season title outright for the first time in school history. As the No. 1 seed, Mercer will face the winner of No. 8 Western Carolina (8-20, 2-13) and No. 9 UNCG (7-21, 2-14) on Friday, Nov. 22, at 1:30 p.m. The Bears went 2-0 against both squads, winning over the Catamounts via sweep on Oct. 26 and Nov. 6, and defeating the Spartans in four sets on Oct. 18 and in three sets on Saturday.

Western Carolina and UNCG split the two teams’ matchups during the season. The Catamounts won via sweep on Nov. 9, while the Spartans won in four sets on Oct. 11.

Wofford (20-8, 12-4) was predicted to finish fifth in the preseason poll, but the Terriers concluded the regular season as the No. 2 seed. The Terriers, the defending conference tournament champions, will face No. 7 Chattanooga (17-14, 7-9) in the third quarterfinal match. Wofford won both matches during the regular season, winning in four sets on Sept. 26 and in three sets on Oct. 24.

After being predicted to finish sixth in the preseason poll, ETSU (18-10, 10-6) comes into the conference championship as the No. 3 seed. The Bucs will take on No. 6 Furman (13-13, 7-8) in the final match of the day on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ETSU won both regular-season contests, earning a four-set win on Oct. 25 and a sweep four days after that.

Fourth-seeded Samford (15-11, 9-7) will clash with The Citadel (14-13, 8-8), the No. 5 seed, in the first match on Friday at 10:30 a.m.

The semifinal round of the tournament will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23, with matches scheduled for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., before the tournament culminates at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, with the championship match.

The tournament champion will earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Volleyball Championship.

2024 Southern Conference Volleyball Championship
Spartanburg, South Carolina (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium)

Thursday, Nov. 21
First Round
Match 1: No. 8 Western Carolina vs. No. 9 UNCG, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN+)

Friday, Nov. 22
Quarterfinals
Match 2: No. 4 Samford vs. No. 5 The Citadel, 10:30 a.m. (ESPN+)
Match 3: No. 1 Mercer vs. Match 1 winner, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Match 4: No. 2 Wofford vs. No. 7 Chattanooga, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Match 5: No. 3 ETSU vs. No. 6 Furman, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+)

Saturday, Nov. 23
Semifinals
Match 6: Match 2 winner vs. Match 3 winner, 4 p.m. (ESPN+)
Match 7: Match 4 winner vs. Match 5 winner, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)

Sunday, Nov. 24
Championship
Match 8: Match 6 winner vs. Match 7 winner, 4 p.m. (ESPN+)