The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[1] Samford successfully defended their crown defeating the fourth seed UNC Greensboro in a penalty-shoot out in the final.
[2] This was the fifth Southern Conference tournament title for the Samford women's soccer program, all five of which have come under coach Todd Yelton.
A second tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and ninth seeds as Wofford and Furman both finished the regular season with 3–4–2 records.
The two teams also tied their regular season matchup, so a second tiebreaker of record against the highest remaining seed was used again.