2023 Big South Conference women's soccer tournament

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2023 Big South Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance6
Site Sportsplex at Matthews
Matthews, North Carolina
Champions Radford (9th title)
Winning coachBen Sohrabi (9th title)
MVP Lilly Short (Radford)
Broadcast ESPN+
Big South Conference women's soccer tournament
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2023 Big South Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Radford  y611 .8131262 .650
USC Upstate  620 .7501144 .684
High Point  413 .688657 .528
Charleston Southern  422 .625954 .611
Longwood  323 .563575 .441
Presbyterian  242 .3753103 .281
UNC Asheville  251 .313764 .529
Winthrop  161 .188482 .357
Gardner–Webb  161 .1884122 .278
Conference champion
2023 Big South Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: Big South Conference

The 2023 Big South Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from November 2 through November 5, 2023. The tournament was hosted by the Sportsplex at Matthews in Matthews, North Carolina. The four team-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. Radford were the defending champions, [1] and they were the first seed in the 2023 tournament. They successfully defended their title by again defeating USC Upstate in the Final. The 2022 final was also contested between Radford and USC Upstate. [2] [3] The conference tournament title was the ninth for the Radford women's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Ben Sohrabi. The title was also Radford's fourth in six years. [4] As tournament champions, Radford earned the Big South's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top four teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. No tiebreakers were required as each of the top four teams finished with a unique point total in conference play. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Radford 6–1–119
2 USC Upstate 6–2–018
3 High Point 4–1–315
4 Charleston Southern 4–2–214

Bracket

Source: [6]

Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
      
1 Radford 2
4 Charleston Southern 1
1 Radford 2
2 USC Upstate 1
2 USC Upstate 2
3 High Point 0

Schedule

Semifinals

November 2 #1 Radford 2–1 #4 Charleston Southern Matthews, NC
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Lilly Short Soccerball shade.svg26'
  • Ashley Loundermon Soccerball shade.svg71'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg35' Abby Angelucci
Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
Assistant referees: Justin Howard
Assistant referees: Marcus Moss
Fourth official: William Steffen
November 2 #2 USC Upstate 2–0 #3 High Point Matthews, NC
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Ashley Finn Soccerball shade.svg6', Yellow card.svg 49'
  • Dara Russo Soccerball shade.svg77'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 50' Meg Roden
Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 2
Referee: Richard Crowgey
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Tarver Pyke
Fourth official: John Matto

Final

November 5 #1 Radford 2–1 #2 USC Upstate Matthews, NC
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Ashley Loudermon Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • Caitlyn Nottingham Yellow card.svg 45'
  • Lilly Short Soccerball shade.svg70'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 37' Rachel Stachell
  • Soccerball shade.svg79' Dara Russo
  • Yellow card.svg 85' Emily Rangel
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Team
Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 3
Referee: Otto Leon
Assistant referees: Robert Dail
Assistant referees: Aaron Hormuth
Fourth official: Shawn Meach

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Ashley Loudermon – Radford
  • Lilly Short – Radford
  • Dara Russo – USC Upstate

1 goal

  • Abby Angelucci – Charleston Southern
  • Ashley Finn – USC Upstate

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Ashley Loundermon Radford
Alexeis Kirnos
Lilly Short
Helena Wilson
Audrey Baer USC Upstate
Emily Rangel
Dara Russo
Fain Buete High Point
Alex DePerno
Abby Angelucci Charleston Southern
Jenna Moran

MVP in bold

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