2022 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2022 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from October 25 through November 6, 2022. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Samford Bulldogs were the defending champions.^[1] Samford successfully defended their crown defeating the fourth seed UNC Greensboro in a penalty-shoot out in the final.^[2] This was the fifth Southern Conference tournament title for the Samford women's soccer program, all five of which have come under coach Todd Yelton.^[3] As tournament champions, Samford earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2022 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Attendance	2,772
Site	Campus Sites (#7 & #8 seed - First Round) Campus Sites (#1 & #2 seeds - Quarterfinals & Semifinals) Campus Sites (#1 seed - Final)
Champions	Samford (5th title)
Winning coach	Todd Yelton (5th title)
MVP	Emma Donley (Samford)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Southern Conference women's soccer tournament «2021  2023»

2022 Southern Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Samford  ‍†‍‡‍^y	5	–	1	–	3		.722			11	–	4	–	7		.659
Chattanooga  ‍†‍‍	5	–	1	–	3		.722			8	–	5	–	5		.583
Mercer  ‍‍‍	4	–	1	–	4		.667			9	–	4	–	7		.625
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2		.556			10	–	7	–	4		.571
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	1		.500			5	–	8	–	5		.417
ETSU  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3		.500			5	–	6	–	6		.471
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	0		.444			10	–	9	–	0		.526
Wofford  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	2		.444			9	–	8	–	3		.525
Furman  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	2		.444			8	–	9	–	2		.474
VMI  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0		.000			1	–	17	–	2		.100
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 Southern Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:SoCon

Seeding

All ten teams from the regular season qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season records of each team. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds after Chattanooga and Samford both finished the season with 5–1–3 records. The two teams tied their regular season match. The second tiebreaker was record against the highest remaining seed, Mercer. Chattanooga defeated Mercer during the regular season and was therefore the first seed. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and ninth seeds as Wofford and Furman both finished the regular season with 3–4–2 records. The two teams also tied their regular season matchup, so a second tiebreaker of record against the highest remaining seed was used again. Wofford was awarded the eighth seed based on their regular season victory over Chattanooga.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Chattanooga	5–1–3	18
2	Samford	5–1–3	18
3	Mercer	4–1–4	16
4	UNC Greensboro	4–3–2	14
5	Western Carolina	4–4–1	13
6	ETSU	3–3–3	12
7	The Citadel	4–5–0	12
8	Wofford	3–4–2	11
9	Furman	3–4–2	11
10	VMI	0–9–0	0

Bracket

Source:^[5]

	First round Tuesday, October 25					Quarterfinals Friday, October 28					Semifinals Sunday, October 30					Championship Sunday, November 6
						1	Chattanooga	2
						8	Wofford	1
	8	Wofford	2
	9	Furman	1
											1	Chattanooga	1
											4	UNC Greensboro (a.e.t.)	2
						4	UNC Greensboro	2
						5	Western Carolina	1
																4	UNC Greensboro	0 (5)
																2	Samford (pen.)	0 (6)
						2	Samford	2
						7	The Citadel	0
	7	The Citadel	3
	10	VMI	0
											2	Samford	1
											3	Mercer	0
						3	Mercer (pen.)	1 (3)
						6	ETSU	1 (2)

Schedule

First round

#7 The Citadel v #10 VMI

October 25	#7 The Citadel	3–0	#10 VMI	Charleston, SC
3:00 p.m. ET	Suzuka Yosue   7', 49' Kristi Jones   19' Zoey Conrad   43'	Report		Stadium: WLI Field Attendance: 176 Referee: Brandon Marion Assistant referees: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Bryson Condrey Fourth official: Brandon Ingram

#8 Wofford v #9 Furman

October 25	#8 Wofford	2–1	#9 Furman	Spartanburg, SC
7:00 p.m. ET	Megan Childress   17' Mia Bookhard   18'	Report	85' Helen Gutierrez	Stadium: Snyder Field Attendance: 250 Referee: Alyssa Nichols Assistant referees: Justin Howard Assistant referees: Joshua Belle Fourth official: Khadime Sabara

Quarterfinals

#2 Samford v #7 The Citadel

October 28	#2 Samford	2–0	#7 The Citadel	Homewood, AL
2:30 p.m. ET	Whitaker Buchanan   5' Ella Simpson   7' Mary Raymond   82'	Report	82' Lexy Kendro	Stadium: Samford Track and Soccer Stadium Attendance: 353

#4 UNC Greensboro v #5 Western Carolina

October 28	#4 UNC Greensboro	2–1	#5 Western Carolina	Chattanooga, TN
4:00 p.m. ET	Caroline Woods   20' Maddy Gihool   50'	Report	45' Shannon Greenwood   77' Maggie Lloyd	Stadium: UTC Sports Complex Attendance: 153 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Kiah Haslett Assistant referees: Noah Kenyawani Fourth official: Patrick Lima

#3 Mercer v #6 ETSU

October 28	#3 Mercer	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	#6 ETSU	Homewood, AL
5:00 p.m. ET	Chandler Lewis-Jenkins   27' Jada Moorman   102'	Report	28' Selena Wimbish   67' Andjela Kricak   95' Sinoxolo Cesane   101' Sydney Somogyi	Stadium: Samford Track and Soccer Stadium Attendance: 211
	Penalties
	Kendall Cook   Pace Stephenson   Nicole Icen   Lana Whitfeld		Sydney Somogyi   Taylor Limprevil   Ellie Cornell   Natalie Capanelli   Andjela Kricak

#1 Chattanooga v #8 Wofford

October 28	#1 Chattanooga	2–1	#8 Wofford	Chattanooga, TN
6:30 p.m. ET	Caroline Richvalsky   15' Birna Johannsdottir   67'	Report	74' Addie Marlett   88' Lexi Reichenbach	Stadium: UTC Sports Complex Attendance: 437 Referee: Eric Usher Assistant referees: Carmen Anthony Assistant referees: Bryson Condrey Fourth official: Patrick Lama

Semifinals

#2 Samford v #3 Mercer

October 30	#2 Samford	1–0	#3 Mercer	Homewood, AL
12:00 p.m. ET	Whitaker Buchanan   7'	Report		Stadium: Samford Track and Soccer Stadium Attendance: 374 Referee: Guido Gonzales Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara Assistant referees: James Sherer

#1 Chattanooga v #4 UNC Greensboro

October 30	#1 Chattanooga	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#4 UNC Greensboro	Chattanooga, TN
2:00 p.m. ET	Caroline Richvalsky   66'	Report	13' Gabi Santora   97' Maddy Gihool	Stadium: UTC Sports Complex Attendance: 290 Referee: Kiah Haslett Assistant referees: Lucy Bell Assistant referees: Matthew Bell Fourth official: Tark Veledar

Final

#2 Samford v #4 UNC Greensboro

November 6	#2 Samford	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	#4 UNC Greensboro	Homewood, AL
1:00 p.m. CT	Nikki Bario   22' Layton Glisson   103' Caroline Donovan   107'	Report	3' Emma Malone   33' Team	Stadium: Samford Track and Soccer Stadium Attendance: 528
	Penalties
	Lindsay Origliasso   Lindsay Worthington   Layton Glisson   Whitaker Buchanan   Adleigh Wheeler   Taylor Yount   Ella Simpson   Kylie Gazza   Caroline Donovan		Gabi Santora   Eliza Radoll   Parker Sikora   Morgan Brubaker   Maddy Gihool   Dalani Stephens   Caroline Woods   Taylor Mentzer   Hannah Morton

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.22 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

2 goals

• Caroline Richvalsky – Chattanooga
• Suzuka Yosue – The Citadel
• Whitaker Buchanan – Samford
• Maddy Gihool – UNC Greensboro

1 goal

• Birna Johannsdottir – Chattanooga
• Andjela Kricak – ETSU
• Helen Gutierrez – Furman
• Chandler Lewis-Jenkins – Mercer
• Krisit Jones – The Citadel
• Ella Simpson – Samford
• Maggie Lloyd – Western Carolina
• Mia Bookhard – Wofford
• Megan Childress – Wofford
• Lexi Reichenbach – Wofford
• Gabi Santora – UNC Greensboro
• Caroline Woods – UNC Greensboro

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Grace Duncan	The Citadel
Sydney Somogyi	ETSU
Helen Gutierrez	Furman
Lindsay Bell	Mercer
Jamie Hlebec
Dalani Stephens	UNC Greensboro
Eliza Radoll
Maddy Gihool
Emma Donley	Samford
Caroline Donovan
Ella Simpson
Whitaker Buchanan
Shelby Hash	Chattanooga
Caroline Richvalsky
Jillian Hall	VMI
Kaityln Galbraith	Western Carolina
Lexi Reichenbach	Wofford

MVP in bold

References

1. Southern Conference. "2021 SoCon Women's Soccer Championship". soconsports.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
2. Southern Conference. "2022 SoCon Women's Soccer Championship". soconsports.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
3. "Southern Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
4. "Chattanooga, Samford share regular-season title; Mocs earn No. 1 seed". soconsports.com. Southern Conference. October 23, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
5. "2022 Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). soconsports.com. Southern Conference. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
6. "Samford wins 2022 SoCon Women's Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. November 6, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.