2022 Conference USA women's soccer tournament

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2022 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance864
Site Transamerica Field
Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions UTSA (1st title)
Winning coachDerek Pittman (1st title)
MVP Anna Sutter (Offensive)
Kendall Kloza (Defensive) (UTSA)
Broadcast ESPN+
Conference USA women's soccer tournament
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2022 Conference USA women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Rice  901 .9501181 .575
North Texas  721 .7501262 .650
UAB  613 .750945 .639
Louisiana Tech  532 .600793 .447
Florida Atlantic  541 .5501183 .568
UTSA  y433 .5501264 .636
Western Kentucky  451 .450793 .447
Charlotte  262 .3004114 .316
Florida International  154 .300384 .333
UTEP  172 .2004113 .306
Middle Tennessee  082 .1002123 .206
Conference champion
2022 C-USA Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Conference USA

The 2022 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from November 2 through November 6, 2022. The seven-match tournament took place at Transamerica Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Old Dominion Monarchs. [1] Old Dominion was unable to defended their title as they moved to the Sun Belt Conference in 2022. The UTSA Roadrunners won the title by defeating Florida Atlantic 3–2 in overtime the final. [2] The conference championship was the first for the UTSA women's soccer program and first for head coach Derek Pittman. [3] As tournament champions, UTSA earned C-USA's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Eight Conference USA schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique conference regular season record. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Rice 9–0–128
2 North Texas 7–2–122
3 UAB 6–1–321
4 Louisiana Tech 5–3–217
5 Florida Atlantic 5–3–116
6 UTSA 4–3–315
7 Western Kentucky 4–5–113
8 Charlotte 2–6–28

Bracket

Source: [5]

Quarterfinals
November 2
Semifinals
November 4
Championship
November 6
         
2 North Texas 5
7 Western Kentucky 1
2 North Texas 1
6 UTSA 2
3 UAB 0
6 UTSA (a.e.t.)1
6 UTSA (a.e.t.)3
5 Florida Atlantic 2
4 Louisiana Tech 1
5 Florida Atlantic 4
5 Florida Atlantic 2
8 Charlotte 1
1 Rice 1
8 Charlotte 4

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 2 #2 North Texas 5–1 #7 Western Kentucky Charlotte, NC
11:00 a.m. ET
  • Jenna Sheely Soccerball shade.svg15', 30'
  • Olivia Klein Soccerball shade.svg21'
  • Madison Drenowatz Soccerball shade.svg47'
  • Avery Barron Yellow card.svg 78'
  • Summer Brown Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg54' Kayla Meyer
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Kendall King
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Referee: Jaime Herrera
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa
Assistant referees: Gabriel Rivera
Fourth official: Elvis Osmanovic
November 2 #3 UAB 0–1 (a.e.t.) #6 UTSA Charlotte, NC
1:30 p.m. ET
  • Canby Biddle Yellow card.svg 53'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Sasjah Dade
  • Soccerball shade.svg108' Anna Sutter
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner
Assistant referees: Gabriel Rivera
Fourth official: Brian Miller
November 2 #4 Louisiana Tech 1–4 #5 Florida Atlantic Charlotte, NC
4:30 p.m. ET
  • Kalli Matlock Soccerball shade.svg31'
  • Maci Geltmeier Yellow card.svg 64'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg10', 10' Gi Krstec
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Mia Sennes
  • Soccerball shade.svg62' (pen.) Hailey Landrus
  • Soccerball shade.svg67' Bri Austin
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Referee: Brian Miller
Assistant referees: Wilmer Soriano
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa
Fourth official: Mark Kadlecik
November 2 #1 Rice 1–4 #8 Charlotte Charlotte, NC
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Grace Collins Soccerball shade.svg13'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg23', 68' Macey Bader
  • Soccerball shade.svg62' Rice Own Goal
  • Soccerball shade.svg86' Haley Shand
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 336
Referee: Jorge Ramirez
Assistant referees: Skye Arthur-Banning
Assistant referees: Eric Usher
Fourth official: Wilmer Soriano

Semifinals

November 4 #2 North Texas 1–2 #6 UTSA Charlotte, NC
4:30 p.m. ET
  • Madison Drenowatz Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 69'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg9' Jordan Walker
  • Soccerball shade.svg31' Kendall Kloza
  • Yellow card.svg 63' Sasjah Dade
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner
Assistant referees: Eric Usher
Fourth official: Marc Lawrence
November 4 #5 Florida Atlantic 2–1 #8 Charlotte Charlotte, NC
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Thelma Hermannsdottir Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Bri Austin Soccerball shade.svg62'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg13' Haley Shand
  • Yellow card.svg 22' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Julia Patrum
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 439
Referee: Alexandra Billeter
Assistant referees: Wilmer Soriano
Assistant referees: Gabriel Rivera
Fourth official: Jorge Ramirez

Final

November 6 #5 Florida Atlantic 2–3 (a.e.t.) #6 UTSA Charlotte, NC
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Morgan McDonald Soccerball shade.svg55'
  • Elin Simonardottir Soccerball shade.svg68'
  • Mia Sennes Yellow card.svg 79'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 19' Sabrina Hillyer
  • Soccerball shade.svg32', 92' Marlee Fray
  • Soccerball shade.svg36' Kiran Singh
  • Yellow card.svg 77' Sasjah Dade
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 89
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky
Assistant referees: Jordan Davis
Fourth official: Gabriel Rivera

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

2 goals

  • Macey Bader – Charlotte
  • Haley Shand – Charlotte
  • Bri Austin – Florida Atlantic
  • Gi Krstec – Florida Atlantic
  • Madison Drenowatz – North Texas
  • Jenna Sheely – North Texas
  • Marlee Fray – UTSA

1 goal

  • Thelma Hermannsdottir – Florida Atlantic
  • Hailey Landrus – Florida Atlantic
  • Morgan McDonald – Florida Atlantic
  • Elin Simonardottir – Florida Atlantic
  • Kalli Matlock – Louisiana Tech
  • Summer Brown – North Texas
  • Olivia Klein – North Texas
  • Grace Collins – Rice
  • Kendal Kloza – UTSA
  • Kiran Singh – UTSA
  • Anna Sutter – UTSA
  • Jordan Walker – UTSA
  • Kayla Meyer – Western Kentucky

1 own goal

  • Rice (vs. Charlotte)

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Anna Sutter* UTSA
Kendall Kloza^
Marlee Fray
Mia Krusinski
Gi Krstec Florida Atlantic
Hailey Landrus
Thelma Hermannsdottir
Macey Bader Charlotte
Haley Shand
Madi Drenowatz North Texas
Jenna Sheely

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

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