2021 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament

2021 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,832
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	Campbell (7th title)
Winning coach	Dustin Fonder (3rd title)
MVP	George Bediko (Campbell)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big South Conference men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Big South Conference men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Campbell ‡	7	–	0	–	1			15	–	4	–	2
High Point	5	–	0	–	3			8	–	7	–	3
Longwood	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	10	–	2
Winthrop	4	–	4	–	0			8	–	10	–	0
Presbyterian	3	–	3	–	2			7	–	6	–	3
Gardner–Webb	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	12	–	1
Radford	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	11	–	0
USC Upstate	2	–	4	–	2			4	–	9	–	3
UNC Asheville	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	14	–	1
‡ – 2021 Big South Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big South

The 2021 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from November 7 through November 14, 2021. The tournament was hosted on the campus of the higher seed each game. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. High Point were the defending champions. However, they were unable to defend their crown, falling in to Campbell in the final. The conference tournament title was the seventh for the Campbell men's soccer program and the third for head coach Dustin Fonder. The title was Campbell's third in the last four years and their seven titles is two more than any other Big South men's soccer program. As tournament champions, Campbell earned the Big South's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six 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. The top two seeds also earned a bye into the quarterfinals. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique conference record.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Campbell	7–0–1	22
2	High Point	5–0–3	16
3	Longwood	4–3–1	13
4	Winthrop	4–4–0	12
5	Presbyterian	3–3–2	11
6	Gardner–Webb	3–4–1	10

Bracket

Source:

	First round Sunday, Nov. 7					Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 10					Final Sunday, Nov. 14
						1	Campbell	7
	4	Winthrop	3			4	Winthrop	0
	5	Presbyterian	0								1	Campbell	3
											2	High Point	2
						2	High Point	5
	3	Longwood	1			6	Gardner–Webb	0
	6	Gardner–Webb	2

Schedule

First round

#3 Longwood v #6 Gardner–Webb

November 7, 2021	#3 Longwood	1–2	#6 Gardner–Webb	Farmville, VA
2:00 p.m. ET	Markus Gronli  73' Mason Butcher  75' Owen Ludlow  80', 86' Dan Ahrens  85'	Report	12',  85' Samuel Catherall 15' Ryan Madondo  40' Hendrik Kortgodde  77' Giampaolo Nardi	Stadium: Longwood University Athletics Complex Attendance: 124 Referee: Brandon Gardner Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas Fourth official: Brandon Ingram

#4 Winthrop v #5 Presbyterian

November 7, 2021	#4 Winthrop	3–0	#5 Presbyterian	Rock Hill, SC
6:00 p.m. ET	Ethan Stevenson 21' Brigham Larsen 30',  40' Ben Goodman 60'	Report	44' Niklas Hoener	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 175

Semifinals

#1 Campbell v #4 Winthrop

November 10, 2021	#1 Campbell	7–0	#4 Winthrop	Buies Creek, NC
6:00 p.m. ET	Daniel Hernandez 7', 18', 51' Kemy Amiche 21' Jake Morris 53' Kyoji Hata 56', 57'	Report	34' William Cardona  71' Sean Green	Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 403 Referee: JC Griggs Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Fourth official: Esli Leon

#2 High Point v #6 Gardner–Webb

November 10, 2021	#2 High Point	5–0	#6 Gardner–Webb	High Point, NC
6:00 p.m. ET	Cooper Lindfelt 22' Sebastian Chalbaud 32' MD Myers 35' Ashton Perkins 57' Jackson Ruckman 76'	Report	72' Samuel Catherall	Stadium: Vert Stadium Attendance: 503 Referee: Toni Penso Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Jude Carr Fourth official: Brandon Marion

Final

#1 Campbell v #2 High Point

November 14, 2021	#1 Campbell	3–2	#2 High Point	Buies Creek, NC
1:00 p.m. ET	Kemy Amiche 6' Bissafi Dotte 35' Adrian Morales 45' Moses Mensah  79'	Report	13' Ashton Perkins 14' MD Myers  27', 38' Alessandro Sobacchi  64' Karson Kendall  64' Team	Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 627 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Fourth official: Patrick Schmidt

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

3 goals

• Daniel Hernandez – Campbell

2 goals

• Kemy Amiche – Campbell
• Kyoji Hata – Campbell
• MD Myers – High Point

1 goal

• Bissafi Dotte – Campbell
• Adrian Morales – Campbell
• Jake Morris – Campbell
• Samuel Catherall – Gardner–Webb
• Ryan Madondo – Gardner–Webb
• Sebastian Chalbaud – High Point
• Cooper Lindfelt – High Point
• Ashton Perkins – High Point
• Jackson Ruckman – High Point
• Alessandro Sobacchi – High Point
• Owen Ludlow – Longwood
• Ben Goodman – Winthrop
• Brigham Larsen – Winthrop
• Ethan Stevenson – Winthrop

All-Tournament team

Source:

Player	Team
George Bediko	Campbell
Kemy Amiche
Bissafi Dotte
Daniel Hernandez
Alessandro Sobacchi	High Point
Mason Marcey
MD Myers
William Cardona	Winthrop
Ethan Stevenson
Sebastian Reventlow	Gardner-Webb
Ryan Madondo
Ander Etxaniz	Longwood
Cesar Sancho	Presbyterian

MVP in bold