2017 Conference USA women's soccer tournament

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2017 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance1,193
Site FAU Soccer Stadium
Boca Raton, Florida
Champions North Texas (2nd title)
Winning coach John Hedlund (2nd title)
BroadcastCUSA TV (Quarterfinals and Semifinals)
ESPN3 (Final)
Conference USA women's soccer tournament
«2016   2018»
2017 Conference USA women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Rice  y901 .9501242 .722
North Texas  y612 .7781344 .714
UAB  721 .7501343 .725
Louisiana Tech  613 .7501435 .750
Old Dominion  622 .700954 .611
Florida Atlantic  541 .5501182 .571
Middle Tennessee  550 .5008100 .444
Charlotte  451 .4501182 .571
Western Kentucky  451 .450791 .441
UTEP  460 .4008110 .421
Marshall  361 .3505111 .324
UTSA  280 .2003140 .176
Southern Miss  073 .150693 .417
FIU  090 .0001130 .071
Conference champion
2017 C-USA Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 10, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Conference USA

The 2017 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from November 1 through 5, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Charlotte 49ers, but they failed to defend their title after losing the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure in the final following a tie with the North Texas Mean Green. [1] [2] The conference championship was the second for the North Texas women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach John Hedlund. [3] [4]

Contents

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 3
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
         
1 Rice 0
8 Charlotte 1
8 Charlotte 1
4 Louisiana Tech 0
4 Louisiana Tech 2
5 Old Dominion 1
8 Charlotte 0 (1)
2 North Texas 0 (3)
2 North Texas 4
7 Middle Tennessee 1
2 North Texas 2
6 Florida Atlantic 0
3 UAB 0
6 Florida Atlantic 1OT

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 1, 2017 #1 Rice 0–1 #8 Charlotte Boca Raton, Florida
11:00 a.m. EDT Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg88' Martha Thomas
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 618
Referee: Jorge Ramirez
Assistant referees: Eric Proctor
Assistant referees: Kyle Borne
Fourth official: Danny Thornberry
November 1, 2017 #4 Louisiana Tech 2–1 #5 Old Dominion Boca Raton, Florida
1:30 p.m. EDT
  • Nomvula Kgoale Soccerball shade.svg61'
  • Jenna Dages Soccerball shade.svg63'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg44' Iris Achterhof
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Referee: Daniel Radford
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa
Fourth official: Guido Gonzales
November 1, 2017 #2 North Texas 4–1 #7 Middle Tennessee Boca Raton, Florida
4:30 p.m. EDT
  • Brooke Lampe Soccerball shade.svg2'
  • Taylor Torres Soccerball shade.svg26', 62', 87'
Report
  • Taylor Hatch Soccerball shade.svg42'
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Referee: Guido Gonzales
Assistant referees: Danny Thornberry
Assistant referees: Trent Vanhaitsma
Fourth official: Nima Saghafi
November 1, 2017 #3 UAB 0–1 (a.e.t.) #6 Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Florida
7:00 p.m. EDT Report
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg 94' Asta Arnadottir
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 618
Referee: Nima Saghafi
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa
Fourth official: Jorge Ramirez

Semifinals

November 3, 2017 #8 Charlotte 1–0 #4 Louisiana Tech Boca Raton, Florida
11:00 a.m. EDT
  • Martha Thomas Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Referee: Margaret Domka
Assistant referees: Marcos DeOliveira
Assistant referees: Andres Schwarz
Fourth official: Nima Saghafi
November 3, 2017 #2 North Texas 2–0 #6 Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Florida
1:30 p.m. EDT
Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 352
Referee: Christina Unkel
Assistant referees: Eric Proctor
Assistant referees: Kyle Borne
Fourth official: Jorge Ramirez

Final

November 5, 2017 #8 Charlotte 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)
#2 North Texas Boca Raton, Florida
11:00 a.m. EST Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 223
Referee: Daniel Radford
Assistant referees: Kyle Borne
Assistant referees: Jorge Ramirez
Fourth official: Margaret Domka
Penalties
  • Kyla Clark Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Meredith Hamby Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Abby Taylor Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Riley Orr Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Tori Phillips
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Brittnye Lawson
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Elle Marie DeFrain
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Taylor Torres

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal

See also

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