2024 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,895
Site	Maryland SoccerPlex (Semifinals and finals) Boyds, Maryland
Champions	Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach	Margaret Rodriguez (1st title)
MVP	Lucy Cappadona (Defensive) Chioma Okafor (Offensive) (Connecticut)
Broadcast	Big East Digital Network (quarterfinals and semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final)
Big East Conference women's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Big East Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Georgetown  ‍†‍‍y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			13	–	3	–	4		.750
Xavier  ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1		.750			15	–	4	–	2		.762
Butler  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			10	–	4	–	5		.658
Creighton  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			8	–	7	–	2		.529
Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y	4	–	3	–	3		.550			12	–	5	–	4		.667
DePaul  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	4		.500			5	–	8	–	7		.425
Villanova  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	5		.450			5	–	7	–	6		.444
Providence  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			6	–	9	–	3		.417
Marquette  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			6	–	11	–	3		.375
St. John's  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			6	–	7	–	5		.472
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			4	–	12	–	3		.289
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Big East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big East Conference

The 2024 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland for the semifinals and finals, while the first-round games were hosted by the higher seeded team. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas. ^{[1] [2]} They were unsuccessful in defending their title, as they fell to Connecticut in the Semifinals. Connecticut would go on to win the title by defeating Xavier 2–1, in overtime, in the Final. ^{[3] [4]} This was the third title in UConn's program history and first since 2004. It was the first title for head coach Margaret Rodriguez. ^[5] As tournament champions, Connecticut earned the Big East's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records, and the first two teams earned byes into the semifinals. Seeds three and four hosted First Round matches. No tiebreakers were required as the top seven teams all finished with unique conference records. ^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Georgetown	8–1–1	25
2	Xavier	7–2–1	22
3	Butler	5–2–3	18
4	Creighton	5–4–1	16
5	Connecticut	4–3–3	15
6	DePaul	3–3–4	13

Bracket

	First round Sunday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
						1	Georgetown	0
	4	Creighton	0			5	Connecticut	2
	5	Connecticut	2								5	Connecticut (a.e.t.)	2
											2	Xavier	1
						2	Xavier	2
	3	Butler	3 (7)			6	DePaul	0
	6	DePaul (pen.)	3 (8)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Butler v #6 DePaul

November 3, 2024	#3 Butler	3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	#6 DePaul	Indianapolis, IN
1:00 p.m. EST	Caitlin O'Malley 59' Leila Lister 68' Talia Sommer 85' Team  100',  100'	Report	35' Tessa Fagerson 49' Freya Jupp  64' Beth Smyth  69' Katelyn Jamie 71' Briley Hill	Stadium: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl Attendance: 552 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Austin Finley Assistant referees: Doug Ferguson Fourth official: Grace Barrett
	Penalties
	Talia Sommer Abigail Isger Sara Trandji Anna Schroeder Arianna Jalics Lea Larouche Daphne Murray Lucia Englund		Nahla Dominguez Beth Smyth Lea Eisenring Freya Jupp Shayna da Silva Tessa Fagerson Natalie Moore Susie Soderstrom

#4 Creighton v #5 Connecticut

November 3, 2024	#4 Creighton	0–2	#5 Connecticut	Omaha, NE
2:00 p.m. EST		Report	10' Lucy Cappadona 39',  78' Chioma Okafor	Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 872 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Jacob Urban Assistant referees: Jacob Larson Fourth official: Bobby Simetich

Semifinals

#2 Xavier v #6 DePaul

November 7, 2024	#2 Xavier	2–0	#6 DePaul	Boyds, MD
5:00 p.m. EST	Samantha Erbach 52' Elin Hansson 53' Samantha Wiehe  72'	Report	78' Katelyn Jamie	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 446 Referee: Marie Durr Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey Assistant referees: Ryan Trombetta Fourth official: Jeffrey Gontarek

#1 Georgetown v #5 Connecticut

November 7, 2024	#1 Georgetown	0–2	#5 Connecticut	Boyds, MD
7:30 p.m. EST	Team  57'	Report	27' Maddie Fried 57' Lucy Cappadona	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 504 Referee: JC Griggs Assistant referees: Ryan Meyers Assistant referees: Matthew Richardson Fourth official: Jeffrey Gontarek

Final

#2 Xavier v #5 Connecticut

November 10, 2024	#2 Xavier	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#5 Connecticut	Boyds, MD
11:00 a.m. EST	Samantha Wiehe 21' McKinley Berry  86' Regan Dancer  105'	Report	51',  80' Laci Lewis 109' Alayna Taylor	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 521 Referee: Cedric Cook Assistant referees: Sharon Gingrich Assistant referees: Alla Stepanov

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

• Lucy Cappadona – Connecticut

1 goal

• Samantha Erbach – Xavier
• Tessa Fagerson – DePaul
• Maddie Fried – Connecticut
• Elin Hansson – Xavier
• Briley Hill – DePaul
• Freya Jupp – DePaul
• Leila Lister – Butler
• Laci Lewis – Connecticut
• Chioma Okafor – Connecticut
• Caitlin O'Malley – Butler
• Talia Sommer – Butler
• Alayna Taylor – Connecticut
• Samantha Wiehe – Xavier

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[7]

Player	Team
Lucy Cappadona^	Connecticut
Maddie Fried
Anaya Johnson
Sophie McCarthy
Chioma Okafor*
Alayna Taylor
Briley Hill	DePaul
Elena Milam
Lizzie Heller	Georgetown
Lawson Renie
Natalie Baine	Xavier
Zoe van de Cloot
Samantha Wiehe

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

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