The 2021 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from October 26 through November 7, 2021. 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 Furman Paladins were the defending champions but were unable to defend their crown, losing 4–2 in the final to the Samford Bulldogs. This was the fourth Southern Conference tournament title for the Samford women's soccer program, all four of which have come under coach Todd Yelton. As tournament champions, Samford earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
Seeding
All ten teams from the regular season qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season records of each team. Tiebreakers were required to determine the sixth and sevenths seeds as both UNC Greensboro and The Citadel finished the regular season with 3–4–2 records. UNC Greensboro defeated The Citadel 5–0 on October 10, and earned the sixth seed, while The Citadel was the seventh seed. A tiebreaker was also required to determine the eight and ninth seeds as Chattanooga and Wofford finished the regular season with 3–5–1 records. Chattanooga defeated Wofford 1–0 on October 10 and earned the eight seed, while Wofford was the ninth seed.
SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints 1 Samford 9–0–0 27 2 Furman 6–3–0 18 3 Western Carolina 5–4–0 15 4 East Tennessee State 4–4–1 13 5 Mercer 3–2–4 13 6 UNC Greensboro 3–4–2 11 7 The Citadel 3–4–2 11 8 Chattanooga 3–5–1 10 9 Wofford 3–5–1 10 10 VMI 0–8–1 1
Bracket
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Schedule
First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
All-Tournament team
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Player Team Mel Mikoy The Citadel Taylor Limprevil East Tennessee State Camryn Bolick Furman Hannah Farr Faith Hauberg Jordyn Ebert Mercer Payton Schurr Ashley Avelino UNC Greensboro Morgan McAslan Samford Ellia Simpson Mary Raymond Kylie Gazza Maggie Shaw Chattanooga Whitney Edwards-Robinson VMI Kaitlyn Galbraith Western Carolina Abbie Wise Abigail McKenzie Wofford MVP in bold
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