2022 Horizon League women's soccer tournament

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2022 Horizon League women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,524
Site Engelmann Field
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Semifinals & Final)
Champions Milwaukee (15th title)
Winning coachKevin Boyd (1st title)
MVP Haley Johnson (Milwaukee)
Broadcast ESPN+
Horizon League women's soccer tournament
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2022 Horizon League women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Milwaukee  y712 .8001243 .711
Purdue Fort Wayne  514 .700946 .632
Oakland  523 .650847 .605
Wright State  523 .650873 .528
Youngstown State  532 .600883 .500
IUPUI  433 .550946 .632
Cleveland State  442 .500764 .529
Detroit Mercy  460 .4006101 .382
Northern Kentucky  271 .2502112 .200
Robert Morris  172 .200774 .500
Green Bay  172 .2003112 .250
Conference champion
2022 Horizon League Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Horizon League

The 2022 Horizon League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from October 30 through November 5, 2022. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Engelmann Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Milwaukee Panthers were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title by beating the Youngstown State Penguins 1–0 in the final. [1] [2] This was the fifteenth overall title for Milwaukee and first for head coach Kevin Boyd. This was also Milwaukee's fifth consecutive title. [3] As tournament champions, Milwaukee earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

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Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Oakland and Wright State both finished with a 5–2–3 regular season conference record. Oakland was awarded the third seed due to their 3–1 regular season victory over Wright State on October 16. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Milwaukee 7–1–223
2 Purdue Fort Wayne 5–1–419
3 Oakland 5–2–318
4 Wright State 5–2–318
5 Youngstown State 5–3–217
6 IUPUI 4–3–315

Bracket

Semifinal matchups were determined by the results of the quarterfinals. The #1 seed would play the lowest-remaining seed, while the #2 seed would play the other quarterfinal winner. [5]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 30
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 3
Final
Saturday, Nov. 5
1 Milwaukee 3
4 Wright State 1 6 IUPUI 1
5 Youngstown State 21 Milwaukee 1
5 Youngstown State 0
2 Purdue Fort Wayne 0
3 Oakland 0 5 Youngstown State 1
6 IUPUI 2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 30 #3 Oakland 0–2 #6 IUPUI Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Sami Lopez Yellow card.svg 56'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg12' Sarah Henson
  • Soccerball shade.svg51' Emma Antoine
  • Yellow card.svg 62' Abbie Schad
  • Yellow card.svg 67' Maya Turner
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 102
Referee: Kevin Fikar
Assistant referees: Courtney Hayworth
Assistant referees: Maggie Short
Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
October 30 #4 Wright State 1–2 #5 Youngstown State Dayton, OH
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Olivia Mace Yellow card.svg 65'
  • Michelle Rings Yellow card.svg 66', Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.)
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg35' (pen.), 86' Taylor Berry
  • Yellow card.svg 67' Emma Rignone
Stadium: Alumni Field
Attendance: 514

Semifinals

November 3 #1 Milwaukee 3–1 #6 IUPUI Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Haley Johnson Soccerball shade.svg54', 86'
  • Kayla Rollins Yellow card.svg 58'
  • Senya Meurer Soccerball shade.svg59'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg12' Milwaukee Own Goal
  • Yellow card.svg 65' Sophia White
Stadium: Engelmann Field
Referee: Brian Miller
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al Latayfeh
Assistant referees: John Safar
Fourth official: Alex Hofstetter
November 3 #2 Purdue Fort Wayne 0–1 #5 Youngstown State Milwaukee, WI
4:00 p.m. CT
  • Abby Klimkowski Yellow card.svg 76'
Report
  • Abriana Rondin Soccerball shade.svg51'
  • Regan LaVigna Yellow card.svg 58'
  • Maddie Angelo Yellow card.svg 83'
Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 573
Referee: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Brian McKay
Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen
Fourth official: Alex Hofstetter

Final

November 5 #1 Milwaukee 1–0 #5 Youngstown State Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Haley Johnson Soccerball shade.svg24'
Report Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 335
Referee: Nicholas Balcer
Assistant referees: Jason White
Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak
Fourth official: Alex Hofstetter

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match (as of November 5, 2022).

3 goals

  • Haley Johnson – Milwaukee

2 goals

  • Taylor Berry – Youngstown State

1 goal

  • Emma Antoine – IUPUI
  • Sarah Henson – IUPUI
  • Senya Meurer – Milwaukee
  • Michelle Rings – Wright State
  • Abriana Rondin – Youngstown State

1 own goal

  • Milwaukee (vs IUPUI)

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Kendall Edwards Milwaukee
Lainey Higgins
Senya Meurer
Haley Johnson
Taylor Berry Youngstown State
Brooklynn Kirkpatrick
Abriana Rondin
Ashton Kudlo IUPUI
Maya Turner
Gabrielle Fanning Purdue Fort Wayne
Isabelle Wissel

MVP in bold

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