2023 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

2023 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	979
Site	Premier Sports Campus Lakewood Ranch, Florida
Champions	Memphis (4th title)
Winning coach	Brooks Monaghan (4th title)
MVP	Mya Jones (Offensive) Sarah Hagg (Defensive) (Memphis)
Broadcast	ESPN+ ESPNU (Final)
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament «2022   2024»

2023 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
South Florida  ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	2		.778			10	–	6	–	2		.611
East Carolina  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	3		.611			9	–	5	–	5		.605
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2		.556			9	–	7	–	4		.550
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3		.500			8	–	7	–	5		.525
UAB  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	4		.444			6	–	7	–	5		.472
Temple  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0		.000			2	–	13	–	3		.194
West
No. 10 Memphis  ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	0	–	0		1.000			20	–	2	–	0		.909
SMU  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1		.611			11	–	6	–	1		.639
Tulsa  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	4		.556			5	–	9	–	5		.395
North Texas  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	3		.389			8	–	5	–	3		.594
UTSA  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	3		.389			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Rice  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1		.167			3	–	13	–	2		.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.

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]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Memphis	9–0–0	27
2	South Florida	6–1–2	20
3	SMU	5–3–1	16
4	East Carolina	4–2–3	15
5	Charlotte	4–3–2	14
6	Tulsa	3–2–4	13
7	Florida Atlantic	3–3–3	12
8	UAB	2–3–4	10

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

#1 Memphis v #8 UAB

October 31	#1 Memphis	2–1	#8 UAB	Lakewood Ranch, FL
11:00 a.m.	Sarah Hagg  34' Honoka Hamano  51' Anne-Valérie Seto 61' Finley Lavin  70' Saorla Miller 88'	Report	8' Jolie St. Louis	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 114 Referee: Jennifer Dumaine Assistant referees: Tony Obas Assistant referees: Albert Franklin Fourth official: Emily Gomez

#4 East Carolina v #5 Charlotte

October 31	#4 East Carolina	0–5	#5 Charlotte	Lakewood Ranch, FL
1:30 p.m.		Report	1', 54' Macey Bader 24' Braelynn Francher 25' Julia Patrum 74' Ayanna Parker	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 104 Referee: Matthew Miscannon Assistant referees: Preston Joyner Assistant referees: Will Franklin Fourth official: Albert Franklin

#3 SMU v #6 Tulsa

October 31	#3 SMU	2–1	#6 Tulsa	Lakewood Ranch, FL
4:30 p.m.	Abby Dermott  52' Nyah Rose 54', 71',  63' Maura Yumul  87'	Report	77' Jordan Frederick	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 137 Referee: Jaclyn Metz Assistant referees: John Ocampo Assistant referees: Emily Gomez Fourth official: Tony Obas

#2 South Florida v #7 Florida Atlantic

October 31	#2 South Florida	0–1	#7 Florida Atlantic	Lakewood Ranch, FL
7:00 p.m.	Vivianne Bessette  42' Serita Thurton  47' Team  48'	Report	45' Drew Dempsey 64' Molly Setsma  67' Olivia Bori	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Referee: Melinda Sopka Assistant referees: Albert Excovar Assistant referees: Joseph Radzialowski Fourth official: Will Franklin

Semifinals

#1 Memphis v #5 Charlotte

November 2	#1 Memphis	2–0	#5 Charlotte	Lakewood Ranch, FL
4:00 p.m.	Anna Hauer 32' Team  65' Momo Nakao  66' Delaney Tellex  73' Mya Jones 80' (pen.)	Report	87' Julia Patrum  88' Ayanna Parker	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 117 Referee: Meghan Mullen Assistant referees: Tony Obas Assistant referees: Will Franklin Fourth official: Jennifer Dumaine

#3 SMU v #7 Florida Atlantic

November 2	#3 SMU	3–0	#7 Florida Atlantic	Lakewood Ranch, FL
7:00 p.m.	Wayny Balata 3', 9' Eliana Salama 81'	Report	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

#1 Memphis v #3 SMU

November 5	#1 Memphis	2–1	#3 SMU	Lakewood Ranch, FL
2:00 p.m.	Finley Lavin  29' Ashley Henderson 40' Delaney Tellex 72',  79'	Report	79' 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-Valérie Seto – Memphis
• Delaney Tellex – Memphis
• Truth Byars – SMU
• Eliana Salama – SMU
• Jordan Frederick – Tulsa
• Jolie St. Louis – UAB

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[8]

Player	Team
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

References

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4. "American Athletic Conference 2023 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
5. Hilliard, Caleb (November 5, 2023). "No. 8 Tigers win third straight American Athletic Conference women's soccer championship". WATN-TV . Retrieved December 7, 2023.
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