2023 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament

2023 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	3,059
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	High Point (3rd title)
Winning coach	Zach Haines (3rd title)
MVP	Seth Antwi (High Point)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big South Conference men's soccer tournament «2022  2024»

2023 Big South Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
High Point ‡	6	–	0	–	1			10	–	4	–	5
UNC Asheville	4	–	2	–	1			10	–	5	–	3
Winthrop	3	–	2	–	2			4	–	11	–	2
Gardner–Webb	2	–	2	–	3			4	–	9	–	4
Presbyterian	2	–	3	–	2			5	–	8	–	3
Radford	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	11	–	3
USC Upstate	2	–	4	–	1			5	–	10	–	2
Longwood	1	–	5	–	1			6	–	6	–	3
‡ – 2023 Big South tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big South

The 2023 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held on November 5 and November 11, 2023. The tournament was hosted on the campus of the higher seed each game. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. High Point were the defending champions.[1] They successfully defended their title as the top seed in the tournament. They defeated UNC Asheville in a penalty shoot-out in the Final.[2][3] The conference tournament title was the third for the High Point men's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Zach Haines. The title was High Point's third in the last four years and their fifth straight year making the final of the tournament.[4] As tournament champions, High Point earned the Big South's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top four teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. All games were hosted by the higher seed. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique conference record.[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	High Point	6–0–1	19
2	UNC Asheville	4–2–1	13
3	Winthrop	3–2–2	11
4	Gardner–Webb	2–2–3	9

Bracket

Source:[6]

	Semifinals Sunday, Nov. 5					Final Saturday, Nov. 11
	1	High Point (a.e.t.)	1
	4	Gardner–Webb	0
						1	High Point (pen.)	1 (4)
						2	UNC Asheville	1 (3)
	2	UNC Asheville (a.e.t.)	1
	3	Winthrop	0

Schedule

Semifinals

#2 UNC Asheville v #3 Winthrop

November 5	#2 UNC Asheville	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#3 Winthrop	Asheville, NC
2:00 p.m. ET	Griffin Stidham  67' Edvin Grolimund 107'	Report	90' Ricardo Ferreira  99' Sam Pidgeon	Stadium: Greenwood Soccer Field Attendance: 450 Referee: Kyle Johnston Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara Assistant referees: Tyler Bost Fourth official: Patrick Lama

#1 High Point v #4 Gardner–Webb

November 5	#1 High Point	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#4 Gardner–Webb	High Point, NC
6:00 p.m. ET	Anthony Ramirez  66' Alex Abril 100'	Report	66' Max Fisher  90' Tiago Campos	Stadium: Vert Stadium Attendance: 631 Referee: Amin Hadzik Assistant referees: Joseph Wehrle Assistant referees: Marcus Moss Fourth official: Tarik Veledar

Final

#1 High Point v #2 UNC Asheville

November 11	#1 High Point	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#2 UNC Asheville	High Point, NC
7:00 p.m. ET	Seth Antwi 32' Karson Kendall  105' Justin Stewart  110'	Report	18' Sam Pitts-Eckersall  79' Myles Edmondson  91' Roger Sanguinetti  101' Edvin Grolimund	Stadium: Vert Stadium Attendance: 1,978 Referee: Daniel Radford Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Thomas Rutherford Fourth official: Clive Edwards
	Penalties
	Jefferson Amaya Seth Antwi Finn McRobb Anthony Ramirez		Brendan Herb Edvin Grolimund Roger Sanguinetti Michael Wilkerson Aidan Whitlock

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 4 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.33 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).

1 goal

• Seth Antwi – High Point
• Edvin Grolimund – High Point
• Alex Abril – UNC Asheville
• Sam Pitts-Eckersall – UNC Asheville

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player	Team
Santiago Hoyos	Gardner–Webb
Max Fisher
Alex Abril	High Point
Seth Antwi
Finn McRobb
Tony Pineda
Edvin Grolimund	UNC Asheville
Brendan Herb
Aidan Whitlock
Nick Guido	Winthrop
Jack Kilstrom

MVP in bold

References

1. "2022 Men's Soccer Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
2. "2023 Men's Soccer Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
3. Smith, Greer (November 12, 2023). "HPU wins Big South men's soccer title on PKs". sports.yahoo.com. High Point Enterprise. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
4. "2023 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
5. "Seedings and Pairings Announced for 2023 Big South Men's Soccer Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. November 1, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
6. "2023 BIG SOUTH MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
7. "High Point Wins 2023 Big South Men's Soccer Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. November 11, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2024.