2023 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

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2023 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance979
SitePremier Sports Campus
Lakewood Ranch, Florida
Champions Memphis (4th title)
Winning coachBrooks Monaghan (4th title)
MVP Mya Jones (Offensive)
Sarah Hagg (Defensive) (Memphis)
Broadcast ESPN+
ESPNU (Final)
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
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2023 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
South Florida  612 .7781062 .611
East Carolina  423 .611955 .605
Charlotte  432 .556974 .550
Florida Atlantic  333 .500875 .525
UAB  234 .444675 .472
Temple  090 .0002133 .194
West
No. 10 Memphis  y900 1.0002020 .909
SMU  531 .6111161 .639
Tulsa  324 .556595 .395
North Texas  243 .389853 .594
UTSA  243 .389774 .500
Rice  171 .1673132 .222
Conference champion
2023 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: American Athletic Conference

The 2023 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 31 to November 5, 2023. The tournament was hosted at the Premier Sports Campus located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. [1] The eight-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 UAB in the First Round, Charlotte in the Semifinals and SMU in the Final. [3] Memphis' win was the program's fourth and also the fourth for coach Brooks Monaghan. This title was Memphis' third in a row. [4] [5] As tournament champions, Memphis earned the American's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. No tiebreakers were required as the top eight teams in conference play finished with unique point totals. Five teams from the East Division qualified while only three teams from the West Division qualified. [6]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Memphis 9–0–027
2 South Florida 6–1–220
3 SMU 5–3–116
4 East Carolina 4–2–315
5 Charlotte 4–3–214
6 Tulsa 3–2–413
7 Florida Atlantic 3–3–312
8 UAB 2–3–410

Bracket

Source: [7]

First Round
Tuesday, Oct. 31
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
         
1 Memphis 2
8 UAB 1
1 Memphis 2
5 Charlotte 0
4 East Carolina 0
5 Charlotte 5
1 Memphis 2
3 SMU 1
3 SMU 2
6 Tulsa 1
3 SMU 3
7 Florida Atlantic 0
2 South Florida 0
7 Florida Atlantic 1

Schedule

First Round

October 31 #1 Memphis 2–1 #8 UAB Lakewood Ranch, FL
11:00 a.m.
  • Sarah Hagg Yellow card.svg 34'
  • Honoka Hamano Yellow card.svg 51'
  • Anne-Valerie Seto Soccerball shade.svg61'
  • Finley Lavin Yellow card.svg 70'
  • Saorla Miller Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg8' Jolie St. Louis
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 114
Referee: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Tony Obas
Assistant referees: Albert Franklin
Fourth official: Emily Gomez
October 31 #4 East Carolina 0–5 #5 Charlotte Lakewood Ranch, FL
1:30 p.m. Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg1', 54' Macey Bader
  • Soccerball shade.svg24' Braelynn Francher
  • Soccerball shade.svg25' Julia Patrum
  • Soccerball shade.svg74' Ayanna Parker
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 104
Referee: Matthew Miscannon
Assistant referees: Preston Joyner
Assistant referees: Will Franklin
Fourth official: Albert Franklin
October 31 #3 SMU 2–1 #6 Tulsa Lakewood Ranch, FL
4:30 p.m.
  • Abby Dermott Yellow card.svg 52'
  • Nyah Rose Soccerball shade.svg54', 71', Yellow card.svg 63'
  • Maura Yumul Yellow card.svg 87'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg77' Jordan Frederick
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 137
Referee: Jaclyn Metz
Assistant referees: John Ocampo
Assistant referees: Emily Gomez
Fourth official: Tony Obas
October 31 #2 South Florida 0–1 #7 Florida Atlantic Lakewood Ranch, FL
7:00 p.m.
  • Vivianne Bessette Yellow card.svg 42'
  • Serita Thurton Yellow card.svg 47'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 48'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 45' Drew Dempsey
  • Soccerball shade.svg64' Molly Setsma
  • Yellow card.svg 67' Olivia Bori
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Referee: Melinda Sopka
Assistant referees: Albert Excovar
Assistant referees: Joseph Radzialowski
Fourth official: Will Franklin

Semifinals

November 2 #1 Memphis 2–0 #5 Charlotte Lakewood Ranch, FL
4:00 p.m.
  • Anna Hauer Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 65'
  • Momo Nakao Yellow card.svg 66'
  • Delaney Tellex Yellow card.svg 73'
  • Mya Jones Soccerball shade.svg80' (pen.)
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 87' Julia Patrum
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Ayanna Parker
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 117
Referee: Meghan Mullen
Assistant referees: Tony Obas
Assistant referees: Will Franklin
Fourth official: Jennifer Dumaine
November 2 #3 SMU 3–0 #7 Florida Atlantic Lakewood Ranch, FL
7:00 p.m.
  • Wayny Balata Soccerball shade.svg3', 9'
  • Eliana Salama Soccerball shade.svg81'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 51' Madison Micioni
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 238
Referee: Cory Richardson
Assistant referees: Albert Franklin
Assistant referees: Emily Gomez
Fourth official: Melinda Sopka

Final

November 5 #1 Memphis 2–1 #3 SMU Lakewood Ranch, FL
2:00 p.m.
  • Finley Lavin Yellow card.svg 29'
  • Ashley Henderson Soccerball shade.svg40'
  • Delaney Tellex Soccerball shade.svg72', Yellow card.svg 79'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg79' Truth Byars
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 269
Referee: Amber O'Connor
Assistant referees: Jade Mallea
Assistant referees: Emily Gomez
Fourth official: Matthew Miscannon

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Macey Bader – Charlotte
  • Wayny Balata – SMU
  • Nyah Rose – SMU

1 goal

  • Braelynn Francher – Charlotte
  • Julia Patrum – Charlotte
  • Ayanna Parker – Charlotte
  • Molly Setsma – Florida Atlantic
  • Anna Hauer – Memphis
  • Ashley Henderson – Memphis
  • Mya Jones – Memphis
  • Saorla Miller – Memphis
  • Anne-Valerie Seto – Memphis
  • Delaney Tellex – Memphis
  • Truth Byars – SMU
  • Eliana Salama – SMU
  • Jordan Frederick – Tulsa
  • Jolie St. Louis – UAB

All-Tournament team

Source: [8]

PlayerTeam
Macey Bader Charlotte
Molly Setsma Florida Atlantic
Kaylie Bierman Memphis
Sarah Hagg^
Mya Jones*
Momo Nakao
Delaney Tellex
Peyton Annen SMU
Wayny Balata
Nyah Rose
Eliana Salama

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

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