2023 ASUN women's soccer tournament

2023 ASUN women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	1,905
Site	Campus Sites, higher seed
Champions	Florida Gulf Coast (8th title)
Winning coach	Jim Blankenship (8th title)
MVP	Erika Zschuppe (Florida Gulf Coast)
Broadcast	ESPN+
ASUN women's soccer tournament «2022   2024»

2023 ASUN Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Lipscomb  ‍†‍‍	10	–	0	–	1		.955			14	–	5	–	1		.725
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	1	–	3		.773			8	–	7	–	5		.525
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‡‍y	7	–	1	–	3		.773			12	–	5	–	5		.659
North Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	3		.591			11	–	5	–	6		.636
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	4		.545			5	–	8	–	6		.421
Queens  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	6		.455			4	–	7	–	8		.421
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	3		.409			5	–	11	–	5		.357
Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	3		.409			4	–	8	–	7		.395
Stetson  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			3	–	12	–	3		.250
North Florida  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	3		.318			4	–	9	–	5		.361
Bellarmine  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	3		.227			4	–	9	–	5		.361
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	2		.182			3	–	11	–	4		.278
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 ASUN Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 5, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: Atlantic Sun Conference

The 2023 ASUN women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from October 26 through November 5, 2023. The tournament was hosted at campus sites, with the #3 and #6 seed hosting the First Round and Quarterfinals while the #1 seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles were the defending tournament champions. ^[1] The Eagles successfully defended their tile, defeating North Alabama in a penalty-shoot out in the Final. ^{[2] [3]} It was Florida Gulf Coast's eighth overall title. All of the Eagle's titles have come under coach Jim Blankenship. ^[4] As tournament champions, Florida Gulf Coast earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. The top seed earned the right to host the Final and Semifinals. The #3 seed and #4 seed hosted a First Round game and a Quarterfinal each. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds for the tournament as Central Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast both finished with a 7–1–3 record and 24 conference points. Central Arkansas was awarded the second seed by virtue of their 2–1 regular season victory over Florida Gulf Coast on September 21. There was a three-way tie for the sixth, seventh, and eight seeds between Kennesaw State, Austin Peay and Queens as all teams finished with 12 conference points. Kennesaw State earned the sixth seed by defeating Queens and drawing with Austin Peay during the regular season. Austin Peay was the seventh seed after drawing with both Queens and Kennesaw State. Queens was the eighth and final seed after losing to Kennessaw State and drawing with Austin Peay during the regular season. ^{[5] [6]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Lipscomb	10–0–1	31
2	Central Arkansas	7–1–3	24
3	Florida Gulf Coast	7–1–3	24
4	North Alabama	5–3–3	18
5	Eastern Kentucky	4–3–4	16
6	Kennesaw State	3–5–3	12
7	Austin Peay	3–5–3	12
8	Queens	2–3–6	12

Bracket

Source: ^[7]

	First Round Thursday, October 26					Quarterfinals Sunday, October 29					Semifinals Thursday, November 2					Final Sunday, November 5
											1	Lipscomb	0
						4	North Alabama	1			4	North Alabama	1
	5	Eastern Kentucky	0 (2)			8	Queens	0								4	North Alabama	3 (2)
	8	Queens (pen.)	0 (4)													3	Florida Gulf Coast (pen.)	3 (3)
											2	Central Arkansas	0
						3	Florida Gulf Coast	3			3	Florida Gulf Coast	2
	6	Kennesaw State (pen.)	1 (3)			6	Kennesaw State	2
	7	Austin Peay	1 (2)

Schedule

First Round

#6 Kennesaw State v #7 Austin Peay

October 26	#6 Kennesaw State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	#7 Austin Peay	Fort Myers, FL
5:00 p.m.	Tianna Rivera 79'	Report	80' Ellie Dreas	Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 77
	Penalties
	Maddy Baucom Tianna Rivera Aila Swinton Stella Allen Jade Barkett Mackenzie Anuska		Alec Baumgardt Katie Bahn Hannah Zahn Tori Case Maddy Bellisari Alexis Shuster

#5 Eastern Kentucky v #8 Queens

October 26	#5 Eastern Kentucky	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	#8 Queens	Florence, AL
7:00 p.m.		Report	11' Laney Newnam	Stadium: Bill Jones Athletic Complex Attendance: 187 Referee: Christopher Heintzman Assistant referees: Sarah Gaddes Assistant referees: Ethan Wilson Fourth official: Nicole Steiner
	Penalties
	Carly Dean Gretta Gunn Kylie Fitzgerald Kaia Griffin		Hilda Svensson Amy Hare Maddy Leone Lucie Platt

Quarterfinals

#3 Florida Gulf Coast v #7 Austin Peay

October 29	#3 Florida Gulf Coast	3–2	#7 Austin Peay	Fort Myers, FL
1:00 p.m.	Maya Henley Buisan 66' Erika Zschuppe 71' (pen.) Ashley Labbe 72'	Report	15' Alec Baumgardt 82' Alana Owens	Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 260

#4 North Alabama v #8 Queens

October 29	#4 North Alabama	1–0	#8 Queens	Florence, AL
1:00 p.m.	Kellie Hovis 72'	Report		Stadium: Bill Jones Athletic Complex Attendance: 655 Referee: Melenda Sopka Assistant referees: Dorian Del Toro Urueta Assistant referees: Lucy Bell Fourth official: Celeste Roberts

Semifinals

#1 Lipscomb v #4 North Alabama

November 2	#1 Lipscomb	0–1	#4 North Alabama	Nashville, TN
2:00 p.m.		Report	19' Briana Eads 69' Adelyn Speight  74' Hope Lensing  74' Goose Andrews  79' Alice Bussey	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 313 Referee: Leland Grace Assistant referees: Rachel Casey Assistant referees: Amir Torkamani Fourth official: Don Eubank

#2 Central Arkansas v #3 Florida Gulf Coast

November 2	#2 Central Arkansas	0–2	#3 Florida Gulf Coast	Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m.		Report	23' Kendal Gargiula 76' Ashley Labbe	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 107 Referee: Benjamin Meyer Assistant referees: Isaac Martinez Assistant referees: Lauren Gray Fourth official: Matt Drew

Final

#3 Florida Gulf Coast v #4 North Alabama

November 5	#3 Florida Gulf Coast	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	#4 North Alabama	Nashville, TN
1:00 p.m.	Erika Zschuppe 65', 67', 79' Grace Paradis  83'	Report	30' Izzi Gurney-Harper 31' Juila Murdoch 40' Kellie Hovis  109' Montana Merkle	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 306 Referee: Lila Remache Assistant referees: Sarah Gaddes Assistant referees: Maggie Burkett Fourth official: Ariel Mays
	Penalties
	Erika Zschuppe Ashley Labbe Courtney Corcoran Katelyn Kauffman		Alice Bussey Goose Andrews Hannah Guthrie Briana Eads Izzi Gurney-Harper

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match (as of November 5, 2022).

4 goals

• Erika Zschuppe – Florida Gulf Coast

2 goals

• Ashley Labbe – Florida Gulf Coast
• Kellie Hovis – North Alabama

1 goal

• Alec Baumgardt – Austin Peay
• Ellie Dreas – Austin Peay
• Alana Owens – Austin Peay
• Maya Henley Buisan – Florida Gulf Coast
• Kendal Gargiula – Florida Gulf Coast
• Tianna Rivera – Kennesaw State
• Izzi Gurney-Harper – North Alabama
• Juila Murdoch – North Alabama
• Adelyn Speight – North Alabama

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[8]

Player	Team
Erika Zschuppe	Florida Gulf Coast
Kendal Gargiula
Ashley Labbe
Olivia Molina
Briana Eads	North Alabama
Molly Parham
Adriana Wright
Kelli Beiler	Lipscomb
Shelby Craft
Sydney Brough	Central Arkansas
Emily Wissel-Littmann

MVP in bold

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