Conference Carolinas Announces 2023 Men’s Soccer Championship Bracket
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GREENVILLE, S.C. – The 2022 tournament runner-up and the 2023 East division champions, Francis Marion has claimed the top seed in the 2023 Conference Carolinas Men’s Soccer Championship which begins on Wednesday, Nov. 1.
The Patriots, who are 7-3-6 overall and 6-1-4 in league play, claimed the top spot with a .158 KPI value. Francis Marion advances to the tournament semifinals at the Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park in Browns Summit, North Carolina on Friday, Nov. 10 at 11 a.m.
Chowan claimed the No. 2 seed with a .151 KPI value. The Hawks enter the tournament 7-4-4 overall and 7-2-2 in league action. The East division runner-up will play in the second semifinal on Friday, Nov. 10 at 1:30 p.m.
Young Harris (9-3-5, 8-0-4 CC), the Southwest division champions, earned the third seed in the tournament with a KPI value of .125. They receive a bye to the quarterfinals and will host the winner of No. 6 Barton (6-6-4, 4-4-3 CC) and No. 7 Mount Olive (3-7-4, 3-5-3 CC) on Saturday, Nov. 4 with a time to be determined. Barton will host Mount Olive in the first round on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. in Wilson, North Carolina.
Belmont Abbey (10-4-3, 8-2-2 CC) earned the No. 4 seed and will host No. 9 Emmanuel (7-5-3, 6-3-3 CC) in the first round on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 5:30 p.m. in Belmont, North Carolina. The final first round contest will feature No. 8 Lees-McRae (4-7-5, 4-5-3 CC) traveling to face No. 5 Converse (9-4-3, 7-2-3 CC), the Northwest division champions, in Spartanburg, South Carolina on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. The two winners will then square off at the higher remaining seed in the quarterfinals on Saturday, Nov. 4 with a time to be determined.
Fans can watch every game of the tournament live via the Conference Carolinas Digital Network and BlueFrame at conferencecarolinasdn.com. Information regarding the championship schedule, bracket and the Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park are available
here.
2023 Conference Carolinas Men’s Soccer Championship
First Round – Wednesday, November 1 (Higher Seed Hosts)
#9 Emmanuel at #4 Belmont Abbey, 5:30 p.m.
#8 Lees-McRae at #5 Converse, 6:00 p.m.
#7 Mount Olive at #6 Barton, 7:00 p.m.
Quarterfinals – Saturday, November 4 (Higher Seed Hosts)
Winner of #5-#8 at #4-#9, TBD
Winner of #6-#7 at #3 Young Harris, TBD
Semifinals – Friday, November 10 (Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park – Browns Summit, N.C.)
Winner #4-#5-#8 vs. #1 Francis Marion, 11:00 a.m.
Winner of #3-#6-#7 vs. #2 Chowan, 1:30 p.m.
Final – Sunday, November 12 (Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park – Browns Summit, N.C.)
Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2, 1 p.m.