2024 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,887
Site	WMU Soccer Complex (Semifinals and Final) Kalamazoo, Michigan
Champions	Western Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach	Lewis Robinson (1st title)
MVP	Abby Werthman (Western Michigan)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Mid-American Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Western Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y	8	–	0	–	3		.864			13	–	2	–	6		.762
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	5	–	1	–	5		.682			11	–	2	–	7		.725
Ohio  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	3		.591			11	–	5	–	4		.650
Kent State  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	2		.545			9	–	7	–	3		.553
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	4		.545			8	–	5	–	6		.579
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	3		.500			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	5		.500			7	–	6	–	5		.528
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	4		.455			9	–	5	–	5		.605
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	4		.455			5	–	8	–	5		.417
Toledo  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	4		.455			6	–	7	–	5		.472
Ball State  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	3		.318			7	–	8	–	3		.472
Akron  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	2		.091			5	–	9	–	4		.389
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 MAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Mid-American Conference

The 2024 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2024. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at WMU Soccer Complex in Kalamazoo, Michigan, home of Western Michigan, the regular season conference champions. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Ohio Bobcats were the defending champions, ^{[1] [2]} as they fell in the semifinals to Buffalo. Western Michigan defeated Ohio in the final, 5–0. ^{[3] [4]} The title was the fourth in program history for the Western Michigan women's soccer program and first for head coach John Deal. ^[5] As tournament champions, Western Michigan earned the Mid-American's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six Mid-American Conference teams from the regular season earned berths in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as all of the top seven teams finished with unique regular season records. ^{[6] [7]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Western Michigan	8–0–3	27
2	Buffalo	5–1–5	20
3	Ohio	5–3–3	18
4	Kent State	5–4–2	17
5	Miami (OH)	4–3–4	16
6	Bowling Green	4–4–3	15

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
						1	Western Michigan	4
	4	Kent State (a.e.t.)	2			4	Kent State	1
	5	Miami (OH)	1								1	Western Michigan	5
											2	Buffalo	0
						2	Buffalo	1
	3	Ohio	1			3	Ohio	1
	6	Bowling Green	0

Schedule

First Round

#3 Ohio v #6 Bowling Green

November 3, 2024	#3 Ohio	1–0	#6 Bowling Green	Athens, OH
1:00 p.m. EST	Ella Deevers 15' Eve Berish  66'	Report	90' Isabelle Gilmore	Stadium: Chessa Field Attendance: 487 Referee: Kevin Fikar Assistant referees: Jake Brochu Assistant referees: Dylan Beck Fourth official: Alex Ryan

#4 Kent State v #5 Miami (OH)

November 3, 2024	#4 Kent State	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#5 Miami (OH)	Kent, OH
1:00 p.m. EST	Alisa Arthur 3' Siena Stambolich 100'	Report	45' Makenna Morrison  57' Sydney Thompson  58' Team  58' Team	Stadium: Dix Stadium Attendance: 316 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Roy Miller Assistant referees: Salvatore Saia Fourth official: Robert Johnson

Semifinals

#2 Buffalo v #3 Ohio

November 2, 2024	#2 Buffalo	2–1	#3 Ohio	Kalamazoo, MI
11:00 a.m. EST	Jasmine Guerber 13' Kelly Severini 82'	Report	35' (pen.) Lillian Weller  61' Jaimason Brooker  62' Norah Roush	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Christopher Koloffon Assistant referees: Jacob Little Assistant referees: Christian Little Fourth official: Jordan Howard

#1 Western Michigan v #4 Kent State

November 7, 2024	#1 Western Michigan	4–1	#4 Kent State	Kalamazoo, MI
2:30 p.m. EST	Jenna Blackburn 13' Jen Blitchok 38' (pen.) Jaden Peck 40' Brielle Gomez  42' Ava Beckett  51' Abby Werthman 64' (pen.)	Report	7' Allison Collins 20' (pen.) Alisa Arthur  64' Team	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 334 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi Assistant referees: Adam Herges Fourth official: Justin Bell

Final

#1 Western Michigan v #2 Buffalo

November 10, 2024	#1 Western Michigan	5–0	#2 Buffalo	Kalamazoo, MI
2:00 p.m. EST	Abby Werthman 38', 57', 82' Jaden Peck 55' Jen Blitchok 87'	Report	87' Frederique St.-Jean	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 650 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Rachel Smith Assistant referees: Erin Patterson Fourth official: Grace Barrett

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

4 goals

• Abby Werthman – Western Michigan

2 goals

• Alisa Arthur – Kent State
• Jen Blitchok – Western Michigan
• Jaden Peck – Western Michigan

1 goal

• Jenna Blackburn – Western Michigan
• Ella Deevers – Ohio
• Jasmine Guerber – Buffalo
• Makenna Morrison – Miami (OH)
• Kelly Severini – Buffalo
• Siena Stambolich – Kent State
• Lillian Weller – Ohio

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[8]

Player	Team
Kaylin Ricci	Buffalo
Kaya Schultz
Frederique St.-Jean
Alisa Arthur	Kent State
Siena Stambolich
Norah Roush	Ohio
Lillian Weller
Jen Blitchok	Western Michigan
Brielle Gomez
Jaden Peck
Abby Werthman

MVP in bold

References

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2. "Ohio soccer wins first MAC championship in program history". The Athens Messenger . November 5, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
3. "2024 Women's Soccer Championship". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference . Retrieved January 3, 2025.
4. Ledyard, Adam (November 14, 2024). "WMU Wins MAC Women's Soccer Tournament". michigannewsscource.com. Michigan News Source. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
5. "2024 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Mid-American Conference . Retrieved January 3, 2025.
6. "Kent State, Miami and Bowling Green Clinch Championship Berths; Tournament Field Finalized". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. October 31, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
7. "Tie-Breaker Procedures". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference . Retrieved January 3, 2025.
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