2023 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

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2023 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance4,504
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Campus Sites
Semifinals site Lower.com Field
Columbus, Ohio
Finals siteLower.com Field
Columbus, Ohio
Champions Iowa (2nd title)
Winning coachDave DiIanni (2nd title)
MVP Emma Jaskaniec (Offensive)
Samantha Cary (Defensive) (Wisconsin
Iowa)
Broadcast BTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament
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2023 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 7 Nebraska  y712 .8001433 .775
No. 12 Michigan State  y712 .8001443 .738
No. 19 Wisconsin  y721 .7501444 .727
No. 5 Penn State  y613 .7501424 .800
Indiana  y622 .7001244 .700
Rutgers  y541 .550974 .550
Ohio State  y541 .550983 .525
No. 24 Iowa  y343 .4501344 .714
Northwestern  352 .400954 .611
Minnesota  352 .400764 .529
Michigan  y352 .400774 .500
Illinois  262 .300683 .441
Purdue  082 .1003132 .222
Maryland  091 .0503105 .306
Conference champion
2023 Big Ten Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: Big Ten

The 2023 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. The tournament was hosted by the higher seeded team for the Quarterfinals and then at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio for the Semifinals and Final. [1] The eight team-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. Penn State were the defending champions, [2] and they were unable to defend their crown, as they lost in the Semifinals to Iowa. Iowa went on to win the tournament with a 1–0 victory over Wisconsin in the Final. [3] [4] The conference tournament title was the second for the Iowa women's soccer program, both of which have come under head coach Dave DiIanni. [5] As tournament champions, Iowa earned the Big Ten'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. Tiebreakers were required to determine the first and second seeds and the sixth and seventh seeds for the tournament. Michigan State and Nebraska tied for first place with 7–1–2 records during regular season conference play. The teams did not play during the regular season and both had seven wins in conference games so the third tiebreaker of best record versus mutually played conference teams was used. Michigan State earned the first seed and Nebraska earned the second seed. Rutgers and Ohio State tied for sixth as both finished with 5–4–1 conference records. Rutgers earned the sixth seed by virtue of their 1–0 win over Ohio State on October 19. [6] [7]

SeedSchoolConferencePoints
1 Michigan State 7–1–223
2 Nebraska 7–1–223
3 Wisconsin 7–2–122
4 Penn State 6–1–321
5 Indiana 6–2–220
6 Rutgers 5–4–116
7 Ohio State 5–4–116
8 Iowa 3–4–312

Bracket

Source: [8]

Quarterfinals
October 29
Semifinals
November 2
Championship
November 5
         
1 Michigan State 1
8 Iowa 2
8 Iowa (a.e.t.)1
4 Penn State 0
4 Penn State 3
5 Indiana 0
8 Iowa 1
3 Wisconsin 0
3 Wisconsin (pen.)0 (4)
6 Rutgers 0 (1)
3 Wisconsin 3
2 Nebraska 1
2 Nebraska 3
7 Ohio State 2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 29 #1 Michigan State 1–2 #8 Iowa East Lansing, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Emerson Sargeant Soccerball shade.svg42'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 24' Eva Pattison
  • Soccerball shade.svg50', Yellow card.svg 89' Kelli McGroarty
  • Soccerball shade.svg55' Sofia Bush
  • Yellow card.svg 73' Addoe Bundy
Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,851
Referee: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Jake Brochu
Assistant referees: Steve Seward
Fourth official: Joshua Abts
October 29 #4 Penn State 3–0 #5 Indiana State College, PA
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Eva Alonso Soccerball shade.svg21'
  • Amelia White Soccerball shade.svg25'
  • Kaitlyn MacBean Soccerball shade.svg52'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 70' Camille Hamm
  • Yellow card.svg 72' Olivia Rush
Stadium: Jeffrey Field
Attendance: 532
Referee: Sergio Gonzalez
Assistant referees: Max Campbell
Assistant referees: Terrence Mull
Fourth official: Cody Hack
October 29 #2 Nebraska 3–2 #7 Ohio State Lincoln, NE
2:00 p.m. ET
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg35' Amanda Schlueter
  • Soccerball shade.svg55' Ava Bramblett
Stadium: Barbara Hibner Field
Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: Brittney Hageman
Assistant referees: Bes Miloshi
Fourth official: TJ Bartels
October 29 #3 Wisconsin 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)
#6 Rutgers Madison, WI
3:30 p.m. ET Report
  • Yellow card.svg 101' Kylie Daigle
Stadium: McClimon Field
Attendance: 894
Penalties
  • Aryssa Mahrt Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Emma Jaskaniec Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Hailey Baumann Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Ashley Martinez Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Sam Kroeger
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Kylie Diagle
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Allison Lowrey

Semifinals

November 2 #2 Nebraska 1–3 #3 Wisconsin Columbus, OH
5:00 p.m. ET
  • Sara Weber Soccerball shade.svg27'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg16' Aryssa Mahrt
  • Soccerball shade.svg52' Emma Jaskaniec
  • Soccerball shade.svg83' Mia Richters
Stadium: Lower.com Field
November 2 #4 Penn State 0–1 (a.e.t.) #8 Iowa Columbus, OH
7:30 p.m. ET
  • Elle Kershner Yellow card.svg 86'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 13' Maggie Johnston
  • Soccerball shade.svg95' Kelli McGroarty
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Referee: Herbert Estrada
Assistant referees: Jacob Little
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Fourth official: Kevin Fikar

Final

November 5 #3 Wisconsin 0–1 #8 Iowa Columbus, OH
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Ashley Martinez Yellow card.svg 71'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg18' (pen.) Josie Durr
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Referee: Ceasar Ibarra
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Lafayeh Malkawi
Assistant referees: Courtney Hayworth
Fourth official: Saki Atsas

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Kelli McGroaty – Iowa
  • Eleanor Dale – Nebraska
  • Sarah Weber – Nebraska

1 goal

  • Sofia Bush – Iowa
  • Josie Durr – Iowa
  • Emerson Sargeant – Michigan State
  • Ava Bramblett – Ohio State
  • Amanda Schlueter – Ohio State
  • Eva Alonso – Penn State
  • Kaitlyn MacBean – Penn State
  • Amelia White – Penn State
  • Emma Jaskaniec – Wisconsin
  • Aryssa Mahrt – Wisconsin
  • Mia Richters – Wisconsin

All-Tournament team

PlayerTeam [9]
Piper Coffield Indiana
Samantha Cary^ Iowa
Macy Enneking
Kelli McGroarty
Sarah Weber Nebraska
Peyton McNamara Ohio State
Kate Wiesner Penn State
Riley Tiernan Rutgers
Emma Jaskaniec* Wisconsin
Aryssa Mahrt

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

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