The 2024 Southern Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from October 29 through November 10, 2024. 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 Western Carolina Catamounts were the defending champions. Western Carolina was the number one seed for the tournament but was unable to defend their title. They reached the final but fell 1–0 to Samford Bulldogs. This was the sixth Southern Conference tournament title for the Samford women's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Todd Yelton. Samford has won three of the last four SoCon Tournaments. As tournament champions, Samford earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
All ten teams who sponsored women's soccer in the Southern Conference qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season records of each team. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Furman and Mercer both finished with 5–2–2 regular season records. The two teams tied their regular season match-up 1–1. Furman won the tiebreaker and earned the third seed. Another tiebreaker was required between ETSU and UNC Greensboro to determine the sixth and seventh seeds as both teams finished 3–3–3 in regular season play. The two teams drew their regular season match 1–1. ETSU won the tiebreaker and earned the sixth seed, while UNC Greensboro had to play in the First Round. A final tiebreaker was required for the eighth and ninth seeds as both VMI and Wofford finished 1–7–1 during the regular season. The two teams tied their regular season match-up 1–1. Wofford won the tiebreaker, was the eighth seed, and earned the right to host the tournament match-up between the two teams.
SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints 1 Western Carolina 8–0–1 25 2 Samford 6–1–2 20 3 Furman 5–2–2 17 4 Mercer 5–2–2 17 5 Chattanooga 5–4–0 15 6 ETSU 3–3–3 12 7 UNC Greensboro 3–3–3 12 8 Wofford 1–7–1 4 9 VMI 1–7–1 4 10 The Citadel 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 Caroline Richvalsky Chattanooga Clarissa Salinas Natalie Capannelli ETSU Katie Bengough Furman Ellie Herrmann Larkin Thomason Mercer Caroline Donovan Samford Kaitlin Maynard Ella Simpson Maison Wells Elisa Fuentes The Citadel Rachel Poplin UNC Greensboro Riley Boucher VMI Naya Marcil Western Carolina Mary Mueth Abbie Wise Megan Childress Wofford MVP in bold
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