2022 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

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2022 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,307
Site UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Orlando, Florida
Champions Memphis (3rd title)
Winning coachBrooks Monaghan (3rd title)
MVP Shae Taylor (Offensive)
Claire Wyville (Defensive) (Memphis)
Broadcast ESPN+
ESPNNews (Final)
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
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2022 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 23т UCF  y701 .938927 .694
South Florida  530 .625890 .471
Cincinnati  314 .625737 .618
No. 21 Memphis  y323 .5631156 .636
East Carolina  332 .500883 .500
SMU  332 .5001045 .658
Tulsa  242 .375773 .500
Houston  242 .375673 .469
Temple  080 .0001114 .188
Conference champion
2022 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:American Athletic Conference

The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 30 to November 6, 2022. The first round was hosted by the higher seed, and the Semifinals and Final took place at the home field of the regular season champion UCF. [1] The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Memphis Tigers are the defending tournament champions. [2] Memphis successfully defended its title, defeating East Carolina in the First Round, first-seed UCF in the Semifinals and SMU in the Final. [3] Memphis' win was the program's third and also the third for coach Brooks Monaghan. [4] As tournament champions, Memphis earned the American's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds for the tournament as East Carolina and SMU both finished the regular season with identical 3–3–2 records. East Carolina earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 2–1 regular season win at SMU on September 15, 2022. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 UCF 7–0–122
2 South Florida 5–3–015
3 Cincinnati 3–1–413
4 Memphis 3–2–312
5 East Carolina 3–3–211
6 SMU 3–3–211

Bracket

Source: [6]

First Round
Sunday, Oct. 30
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 3
Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
2 South Florida 0
3 Cincinnati 0 6 SMU 5
6 SMU 16 SMU 0
4 Memphis (a.e.t.)1
1 UCF 1 (5)
4 Memphis (a.e.t.)14 Memphis (pen.)1 (6)
5 East Carolina 0

Schedule

First Round

October 30 #3 Cincinnati 0–1 #6 SMU Cincinnati, OH
1:00 p.m.
  • Maddie Thiss Yellow card.svg 16'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 81'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 28' Abby Dermott
  • Yellow card.svg 49' Jewel Boland
  • Yellow card.svg 55', Soccerball shade.svg70' (pen.) Courtney Sebazco
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Sophie King
Stadium: Gettler Stadium
Attendance: 362
Referee: Emma Richards
Assistant referees: Stephen Milhoan
Assistant referees: Jeremiah Jemison
Fourth official: Dean Morgan
October 30 #4 Memphis 1–0 (a.e.t.) #5 East Carolina Memphis, TN
2:00 p.m.
  • Mya Jones Soccerball shade.svg99'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 109'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 30' Carsen Parker
  • Yellow card.svg 51' Abby Sowa
Stadium: Murphy Track & Soccer Complex
Attendance: 177
Referee: Alexandra Billeter
Assistant referees: Ryan Starr
Assistant referees: Laura Chambers Waliski
Fourth official: Donovan Eubank

Semifinals

November 3 #2 South Florida 0–5 #6 SMU Orlando, FL
4:00 p.m.
  • Georgia Brown Yellow card.svg 80'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg7', 25' Sammy Nieves
  • Soccerball shade.svg19', 48' Wayny Balata
  • Soccerball shade.svg52' Jewel Boland
  • Yellow card.svg 87' Sophie King
Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Jaclyn Metz
Assistant referees: Erika Barahona
Assistant referees: Albert Franklin
Fourth official: Sebastian Ocampo
November 3 #1 UCF 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
#4 Memphis Orlando, FL
7:00 p.m.
  • Anna Henderson Soccerball shade.svg34'
  • Sanja Homann Yellow card.svg 48'
  • Dayana Martin Yellow card.svg 72'
  • Mallory Olsson Yellow card.svg 97'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg62' Lilly Huber
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Kimberly Smit
Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 448
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell
Assistant referees: Sanitago Roa
Fourth official: Matt Miscannon
Penalties
  • Katie Bradley Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Mia Asenjo Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Sanja Homann Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Kristen Scott Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Darya Rajaee Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Ariel Young Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Georgia Eaton-Collins Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Momo Kakao
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Eef Kerkhof
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Lilly Huber
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Anne-Valerie Seto
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Kimberly Smit
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Mya Jones
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Zoe May

Final

November 6 #4 Memphis 1–0 (a.e.t.) #6 SMU Orlando, FL
1:00 p.m.
  • Peyton Felton Yellow card.svg 51'
  • Lilly Huber Yellow card.svg 58'
  • Shae Taylor Soccerball shade.svg99'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Jewel Boland
  • Yellow card.svg 64' Abby Dermott
Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 170
Referee: Meghan Mullen
Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell
Assistant referees: AJ Franklin
Fourth official: Jaclyn Metz

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

2 goals

  • Wayny Balata – SMU
  • Sammy Nieves – SMU

1 goal

  • Jewel Boland – SMU
  • Courtney Sebazco – SMU
  • Lilly Huber – Memphis
  • Mya Jones – Memphis
  • Shae Taylor – Memphis
  • Anna Henderson – UCF

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Anna Henderson UCF
Kristen Scott
Wayny Balata SMU
Payton Doiron
Sammy Nieves
Courtney Sebazco
Lilly Huber Memphis
Haylee Spray
Grace Stordy
Shae Taylor*
Claire Wyville^

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

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