2023 Horizon League women's soccer tournament

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2023 Horizon League women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,311
Site Engelmann Field
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Semifinals & Final)
Champions Milwaukee (16th title)
Winning coachKevin Boyd (2nd title)
MVP Brooke Parnello (Milwaukee)
Broadcast ESPN+
Horizon League women's soccer tournament
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2023 Horizon League women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Milwaukee  y703 .8501235 .725
IUPUI  514 .7001135 .711
Northern Kentucky  424 .600838 .632
Robert Morris  541 .5501253 .675
Wright State  433 .550675 .472
Detroit Mercy  550 .500793 .447
Oakland  325 .550567 .472
Youngstown State  352 .400773 .500
Purdue Fort Wayne  244 .400576 .444
Cleveland State  163 .2504103 .324
Green Bay  073 .1500115 .156
Conference champion
2023 Horizon League Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: Horizon League

The 2023 Horizon League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from October 29 through November 4, 2023. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Engelmann Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Milwaukee Panthers were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title by beating the Northern Kentucky Norse 1–0 in the final. This was the sixteenth overall title for Milwaukee and second for head coach Kevin Boyd. This was also Milwaukee's sixth consecutive title. As tournament champions, Milwaukee earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. Northern Kentucky won the third-seed tiebreaker by winning the season head-to-head against Robert Morris, while Wright State did the same over Detroit Mercy to take the fifth seed. [3]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Milwaukee 7–0–324
2 Purdue Fort Wayne 5–1–419
3 Oakland 4–2–416
4 Wright State 5–4–116
5 Youngstown State 4–3–315
6 IUPUI 5–5–015

Bracket

Semifinal matchups were determined by the results of the quarterfinals. The #1 seed would play the lowest-remaining seed, while the #2 seed would play the other quarterfinal winner. [4]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 29
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2
Final
Saturday, Nov. 4
1 Milwaukee 5
4 Robert Morris 44 Robert Morris 0
5 Wright State 1 1 Milwaukee1
3 Northern Kentucky 0
2 IUPUI 1 (3)
3 Northern Kentucky 13 Northern Kentucky (pen.)1 (4)
6 Detroit Mercy 0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 29 #3 Northern Kentucky 1–0 #6 Detroit Mercy Highland Heights, KY
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Megan Molner Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 41' Megan Malek
Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 432
Referee: Heber Estrade
Assistant referees: Sean West
Assistant referees: Brian Alvarez
Fourth official: Dean Morgan
October 29 #4 Robert Morris 4–1 #5 Wright State Moon Township, PA
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Shauna Gamble Soccerball shade.svg21'
  • Haleigh Finale Soccerball shade.svg39'
  • Paloma Swankler Soccerball shade.svg50'
  • Cali Laymon Yellow card.svg 57'
  • Kaoru Hayashi Soccerball shade.svg68', Yellow card.svg 90'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg29' Kaylin Helinski
  • Yellow card.svg 87' Marcella Sizer
Stadium: North Athletic Complex
Attendance: 324
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Jeffrey Mellen
Assistant referees: Saki Atsas
Fourth official: John Safar

Semifinals

November 2 #1 Milwaukee 5–0 #4 Robert Morris Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Emma Famulak Soccerball shade.svg37'
  • Kayla Rollins Soccerball shade.svg54'
  • Brooke Parnello Soccerball shade.svg62'
  • Molly O'Regan Soccerball shade.svg77', 85'
Report Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 382
Referee: Art Arustanyan
Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi
Assistant referees: Joseluis Garcia
Fourth official: Alex Hofstetter
November 2 #2 IUPUI 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3-4 p)
#3 Northern Kentucky Milwaukee, WI
4:00 p.m. CT
  • Natalie Newman Soccerball shade.svg63'
Report
  • Sarah Henson Soccerball shade.svg87'
Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 414
Referee: Christopher Koloffan
Assistant referees: Michael Koziera
Assistant referees: Nikola Stancevic
Fourth official: Alex Hofstetter
Penalties
  • Leah Shumate Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Emily Tobin Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Carolina Kelley Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Carlie Werner Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Sam Slimak Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Lydia Self
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Lilly Yordy
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Sofia Wilmes
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kylie Anderson
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Kaya Vogt

Final

November 4 #1 Milwaukee 1–0 #3 Northern Kentucky Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Brooke Parnello Soccerball shade.svg81' (pen.)
Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 515
Referee: Eulogio Villalpando
Assistant referees: Ryan Shanklin
Assistant referees: Brian McKay
Fourth official: Joseluis Garcia

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Molly O'Regan – Milwaukee
  • Brooke Parnello – Milwaukee

1 goal

  • Emma Famulak – Milwaukee
  • Haleigh Finale – Robert Morris
  • Shauna Gamble – Robert Morris
  • Kaoru Hayashi – Robert Morris
  • Kaylin Helinski – Wright State
  • Sarah Henson – Northern Kentucky
  • Megan Malek – Detroit Mercy
  • Megan Molner – Northern Kentucky
  • Natalie Newman – IUPUI
  • Kayla Rollins – Milwaukee
  • Paloma Swank – Robert Morris

All-Tournament team

Source: [2]

PlayerTeam
Brooke Parnello Milwaukee
Clara Broecker
Kendall Edwards
Lainey Higgins
Mickayla Kowalski Northern Kentucky
Lydia Self
Kaya Vogt
Sarah Henson IUPUI
Sam Slimak
Kaoru Hayashi Robert Morris
Kristi Kania

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