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GREENVILLE, SC – Chowan University has earned the top seed in the 2024 Conference Carolinas Men’s Soccer Championship that starts on Thursday, Nov. 7.

For the Hawks, the hunt for the tournament title will begin Friday, Nov. 15 after earning a bye through to the semi-final round. The semifinals will be held at the Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park in Browns Summit, NC.

Chowan earned the top seed with a KPI value of .192 after finishing with a 7-2-2 mark in Conference Carolinas play. The East Division runners-up finished with an overall record of 8-4-3 and received a bye into the tournament semifinals.

The Hawks will await the winner of the #4-#5-#8 quarterfinals match up.

The Hawks have two Conference Carolinas titles (2021, 2023), all under the direction of 11th year veteran coach, Chris Whalley.

Converse earns the second seed with a KPI value of .162 as the Valkyries went 9-1-7 overall and 6-0-6 in league play, winning the Northwest Division. Converse will play in the second semifinal on Friday, Nov. 15.

Francis Marion (8-5-5, 6-3-2) CC earned the third seed with a KPI value of .141. The East Division champions receive a bye into the quarterfinals where they will face the winner of the sixth seed Emmanuel University (8-4-2, 7-4-1 CC) and seventh seed University of Mount Olive (4-6-4, 3-4-4 CC).

Emmanuel will take on Mount Olive at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The winner will then take on Francis Marion at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10 at in Florence, South Carolina.

The determination of sixth place came down to using the conference’s tiebreakers as all KPI comparisons within .002 are within the margin of error and treated as a tie. Emmanuel is awarded the sixth seed in this case. The two teams did not play against each other, so the first tiebreaker does not break the tie. The second tiebreaker is conference record (point system). Emmanuel has a better record (points system). Therefore, Emmanuel is the sixth seed and Mount Olive is the seventh seed.

Fourth seed, Barton College (7-4-2, 4-4-2 CC) will host ninth seed Belmont Abbey College on at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 in Wilson. The Crusaders finished the regular season with an overall record of 7-7-3 while going 4-6-2 in conference play.

Young Harris College earned the fifth seed, going 9-2-4 overall and 8-1-2 in league play and will host eighth seed Lees-McRae College. The Bobcats posted league mark of 4-3-5 while going 4-4-7 overall. Kickoff in Young Harris, Georgia is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7.

The finals will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Truist Soccer Complex at Bryan Park.

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 at https://conferencecarolinas.com/tournaments/?id=111.