The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[1] UNC Greensboro was unable to defend its title, falling in the Quarterfinals to Mercer.
[2][3] This was the fifth Southern Conference tournament title for the Mercer men's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Brad Ruzzo.
Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records.
A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Mercer and defending champions UNC Greensboro both finished the regular season with 1–2–2 records.