2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament

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2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,328
Site UB Stadium (Semifinals and Final)
Buffalo, New York
Champions Buffalo (2nd title)
Winning coachShawn Burke (2nd title)
MVP Hannah Callaghan (Buffalo)
Broadcast ESPN+
Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
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2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Buffalo  y704 .8181524 .810
Ball State  614 .727758 .550
Bowling Green  623 .682955 .605
Ohio  641 .5911072 .579
Miami (OH)  425 .591956 .600
Kent State  425 .591477 .417
Western Michigan  542 .545595 .395
Northern Illinois  362 .364674 .471
Akron  272 .273394 .313
Eastern Michigan  272 .2733114 .278
Toledo  164 .2732106 .278
Central Michigan  164 .2732115 .250
Conference champion
2022 MAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Mid-American Conference

The 2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from October 30 through November 6, 2022. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at UB Stadium in Buffalo, New York, home of the Buffalo Bulls, the regular season conference champions. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Bowling Green Falcons were the defending champions, [1] and they were unsuccessful in defending their title as they lost to Ball State on penalties in the Semifinals. Ball State would go on to lose to Buffalo in the Final 2–0. [2] The title was the second for the Buffalo women's soccer program both of which have come under head coach Shawn Burke. [3] As tournament champions, Buffalo earned the Mid-American's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Six Mid-American Conference schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds and which team would not qualify for the tournament as Miami (OH), Western Michigan, and Kent State all finished with seventeen points in regular season conference play. During the regular season Miami (OH) defeated Western Michigan and tied with Kent State. Western Michigan defeated Kent State and lost to Miami (OH). Kent State tied with Miami (OH) and lost to Western Michigan. Therefore, using the same point system that was used for the regular season standings, Miami (OH) had four points and earned the fifth seed, Western Michigan had three points and earned the sixth seed, while Kent State and one point and did not qualify for the tournament. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Buffalo 7–0–425
2 Ball State 6–1–422
3 Bowling Green 6–2–321
4 Ohio 6–4–119
5 Miami (OH) 4–2–517
6 Western Michigan 5–4–217

Bracket

Source: [5]

Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 30
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 3
Final
Saturday, Nov. 6
1 Buffalo 1
4 Ohio 0 5 Miami (OH) 0
5 Miami (OH) 11 Buffalo 2
2 Ball State 0
2 Ball State (pen.)1 (4)
3 Bowling Green 23 Bowling Green 1 (2)
6 Western Michigan 0

Schedule

First Round

October 30 #3 Bowling Green 2–0 #6 Western Michigan Bowling Green, OH
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Lexi Czerwien Yellow card.svg 28'
  • Alaina Uncapher Soccerball shade.svg42'
  • Maya Dean Soccerball shade.svg69'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 65' Emily Pagett
Stadium: Chocrane Stadium
Attendance: 466
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: Kurt Wuebbels
Assistant referees: Ryan Slack
Fourth official: Jason Cross
October 30 #4 Ohio 0–1 #5 Miami (OH) Athens, OH
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Haley Miller Yellow card.svg 81'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg74' Taylor Hamlett
Stadium: Chessa Field
Attendance: 372
Referee: Michael Allie
Assistant referees: Jacob Little
Assistant referees: Christian Vorovenci
Fourth official: Kendra Dalton

Semifinals

November 3 #1 Buffalo 1–0 #5 Miami (OH) Buffalo, NY
5:00 p.m. ET
  • Olivia Bizzoni Yellow card.svg 12'
  • Hannah Callaghan Soccerball shade.svg77'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 31' Kylee Beinecke
  • Yellow card.svg 49' Emily Sexton
  • Yellow card.svg 62' Caroline Palmer
Stadium: UB Stadium
Attendance: 672
Referee: Eulogio Villalpando
Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak
Assistant referees: Stephanie Serrano
Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
November 3 #2 Ball State 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
#3 Bowling Green Buffalo, NY
7:30 p.m. ET
  • Sammi Corcoran Soccerball shade.svg19'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg57' Brynn Gardner
Stadium: UB Stadium
Attendance: 91
Referee: Art Arustamyan
Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi
Assistant referees: Tim Dicken
Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
Penalties
  • Sammi Corcoran Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Tiffani Torres Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Avery Fenchel Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Jenna Dombrowski Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kennedy White
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Katie Cox
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Maya Dean

Final

November 6 #1 Buffalo 2–0 #2 Ball State Buffalo, NY
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Leah Wengender Soccerball shade.svg18'
  • Arianna Zumpano Soccerball shade.svg74'
  • Jasmine Guerber Yellow card.svg 86'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 28' Grace Alsop
  • Yellow card.svg 85' Sammi Corcoran
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Avery Fenchel
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Emily Roper
Stadium: UB Stadium
Attendance: 727
Referee: Calin Radosav
Assistant referees: Courtney Hayworth
Assistant referees: Ashley Cedro
Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

1 goal

  • Sammi Corcoran – Ball State
  • Maya Dean – Bowling Green
  • Brynn Gardner – Bowling Green
  • Alaina Uncapher – Bowling Green
  • Hannah Callaghan – Buffalo
  • Leah Wengender – Buffalo
  • Arianna Zumpano – Buffalo
  • Taylor Hamlett – Miami (OH)

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Maya Dean Bowling Green
Isabelle Gilmore
Emily Sexton Miami (OH)
Maddie Schlecht
Sammi Corcoran Ball State
Jenna Dombrowski
Bethany Moser
Emily Kelly Buffalo
Leah Wengender
Tess Ford
Hannah Callaghan

MVP in bold

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