2023 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

2023 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	4,504
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds Campus Sites
Semifinals site	Lower.com Field Columbus, Ohio
Finals site	Lower.com Field Columbus, Ohio
Champions	Iowa (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dave DiIanni (2nd title)
MVP	Emma Jaskaniec (Offensive) Samantha Cary (Defensive) (Wisconsin Iowa)
Broadcast	BTN
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2023 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Nebraska  ‍†‍‍y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			14	–	3	–	3		.775
No. 12 Michigan State  ‍†‍‍y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			14	–	4	–	3		.738
No. 19 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			14	–	4	–	4		.727
No. 5 Penn State  ‍‍‍y	6	–	1	–	3		.750			14	–	2	–	4		.800
Indiana  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			12	–	4	–	4		.700
Rutgers  ‍‍‍y	5	–	4	–	1		.550			9	–	7	–	4		.550
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y	5	–	4	–	1		.550			9	–	8	–	3		.525
No. 24 Iowa  ‍‍‡‍y	3	–	4	–	3		.450			13	–	4	–	4		.714
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			9	–	5	–	4		.611
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			7	–	6	–	4		.529
Michigan  ‍‍‍y	3	–	5	–	2		.400			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Illinois  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			6	–	8	–	3		.441
Purdue  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	2		.100			3	–	13	–	2		.222
Maryland  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			3	–	10	–	5		.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.

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]}

Seed	School	Conference	Points
1	Michigan State	7–1–2	23
2	Nebraska	7–1–2	23
3	Wisconsin	7–2–1	22
4	Penn State	6–1–3	21
5	Indiana	6–2–2	20
6	Rutgers	5–4–1	16
7	Ohio State	5–4–1	16
8	Iowa	3–4–3	12

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

#1 Michigan State v #8 Iowa

October 29	#1 Michigan State	1–2	#8 Iowa	East Lansing, MI
1:00 p.m. ET	Emerson Sargeant 42'	Report	24' Eva Pattison 50',  89' Kelli McGroarty 55' Sofia Bush  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

#4 Penn State v #5 Indiana

October 29	#4 Penn State	3–0	#5 Indiana	State College, PA
1:00 p.m. ET	Eva Alonso 21' Amelia White 25' Kaitlyn MacBean 52'	Report	70' Camille Hamm  72' Olivia Rush	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 532 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Max Campbell Assistant referees: Terrence Mull Fourth official: Cody Hack

#2 Nebraska v #7 Ohio State

October 29	#2 Nebraska	3–2	#7 Ohio State	Lincoln, NE
2:00 p.m. ET	Eleanor Dale 33', 64' Sarah Weber 36'	Report	35' Amanda Schlueter 55' Ava Bramblett	Stadium: Barbara Hibner Field Attendance: 1,227 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Brittney Hageman Assistant referees: Bes Miloshi Fourth official: TJ Bartels

#3 Wisconsin v #6 Rutgers

October 29	#3 Wisconsin	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	#6 Rutgers	Madison, WI
3:30 p.m. ET		Report	101' Kylie Daigle	Stadium: McClimon Field Attendance: 894
	Penalties
	Aryssa Mahrt Emma Jaskaniec Hailey Baumann Ashley Martinez		Sam Kroeger Kylie Diagle Allison Lowrey

Semifinals

#2 Nebraska v #3 Wisconsin

November 2	#2 Nebraska	1–3	#3 Wisconsin	Columbus, OH
5:00 p.m. ET	Sarah Weber 27'	Report	16' Aryssa Mahrt 52' Emma Jaskaniec 83' Mia Richters	Stadium: Lower.com Field

#4 Penn State v #8 Iowa

November 2	#4 Penn State	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#8 Iowa	Columbus, OH
7:30 p.m. ET	Elle Kershner  86'	Report	13' Maggie Johnston 95' Kelli McGroarty	Stadium: Lower.com Field Referee: Herbert Estrada Assistant referees: Jacob Little Assistant referees: Christian Little Fourth official: Kevin Fikar

Final

#3 Wisconsin v #8 Iowa

November 5	#3 Wisconsin	0–1	#8 Iowa	Columbus, OH
2:00 p.m. ET	Ashley Martinez  71'	Report	18' (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

Player	Team [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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