SoCon Sports Report

No. 12 Furman (16-1-5, 4-0-1 SoCon) vs. No. 23 Washington (14-6-2) Date: Dec. 12, 2025 Time: 6 p.m. EST What: College Cup Semifinal No. 1 Where: First Horizon Stadium/Cary, N.C. Setting The Scene: Furman enters uncharted territory Friday night in Cary, N.C., as the program will be a part of its first College Cup Semifinal in school history, which also happens to coincide with the final campaign for head coach Doug Allison as the Furman men's soccer coach, who is in his final season at the helm of the Furman soccer program, announcing his intended retirement over the summer. The Paladins enter the College Cup with a 7-10-7 record all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Paladins are set to meet the Washington Huskies for just the second time in the NCAA Tournament, with the only other meeting coming in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Round of 32, as the Huskies were able to get a 6-5 win on penalties after the two teams finished 110 minutes of scoreless soccer.  The Paladins and Huskies have ...

PORTLAND, OR--How do you measure the magic of a moment, or maybe the better question should be phrased, what is the weight of stacks of accomplishments condensed into a moment for an opportunity to accomplish something never before accomplished? For Furman freshman center half and SoCon Freshman of the Year Braden Dunham, time to philosophically consider such program altering achievement probably weren't close to being in his thoughts in the magical moment he was able to produce in the 75th minute.  With just 15 minutes to play, Dunham had just crossed the halfway line and dribbled about 25 yards when he saw Portland goalkeeper Miguel Angel Hernandez creeping off his line ever so slightly and just enough to drive perfect ball at just the right height from about 45 yards out to beat the Pilots' goalkeeper, who would have needed a step-ladder to pluck the ball from the air and keep it out of the net.  That moment of magic from Dunham was enough to ultimately give the 16th-seeded...

 NCAA Men's Soccer Elite Eight Furman (15-1-5) at Portland Pilots (14-1-4), 10 p.m. EST Furman sophomore forward Wilfer Bustamante It's rare the Southern Conference gets an opportunity like the one it gets on Friday night when Furman takes on the Portland Pilots out in the great northwest for an opportunity to make it to the Final Four of NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, which is also known as the College Cup. Furman has charted many of major athletic achievements as an NCAA Division I program in the Northwest, with Friday night being the latest opportunity to add yet another, as a win would allow the Paladins to become the first team in Furman's rich soccer history to qualify for the College Cup.  It would also join with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA national title won by the Furman football team, which defeated Georgia Southern, 17-12, in Pocatello, Idaho to claim the school's greatest athletic achievement, and would add another to the growing list of exce...

No. 11 Auburn 83, Furman 62 GREENVILLE, S.C.--Both Furman head basketball coach Bob Richey and Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl have established themselves as two of the best in the business, and on Sunday, the two not only use their profession to benefit the community for a good cause, but both had the opportunity to improve their respective basketball teams as a byproduct of that good cause. The  proceeds from the exhibition will go to Cleveland Park Restoration Fund following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene throughout the region. As for the game, the 11th-ranked Tigers ultimately showed their quality, depth and athleticism in the second half, coasting to an 83-62 win before a crowd of 4,017 Sunday afternoon at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.  The Tigers would get a big afternoon from All-American and Naismath Award candidate Johni Broome, who posted 18 points and 14 boards, as he was one of five players in double figures to lead the Tigers. Broome finished t...

  Pete Yanity discusses the upcoming season with ETSU head coach Randy Sanders SoCon Media Day 2021 Click below for the live stream of Monday's media day interviews, as Pete Yanity interviews all nine head coaches and SoCon commissioner Jim Schaus SoCon Media Day | Watch ESPN The 100 th season of Southern Conference football kicked off at the Biltmore Estate Monday afternoon, highlighted by guest speaker and ESPN senior writer Ryan McGee, who detailed his humble beginnings helping out with Furman’s radio team during the late 1980s, which coincided with the Paladins’ hey-day as a football program, including working as a statistician with former Furman play-by-play broadcaster Doug Holliday, and even got a national championship ring as a result of his father, Dr. Jerry McGee, who worked at the school during that same time frame. Now as a best-selling author and host of the SEC Network’s “Marty and McGee”and on a day when college football coverage has been dominated by news of Ok...