2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

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2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance1,930
Site Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final)
Springfield, Missouri
Champions Missouri State (4th title)
Winning coachKirk Nelson (2nd title)
MVP Grace O'Keefe (Missouri State)
Broadcast ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
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2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Missouri State  y901 .9501353 .690
Drake  622 .700876 .524
UIC  622 .7008102 .450
Belmont  541 .5509102 .476
Indiana State  433 .5501065 .595
UNI  433 .550964 .579
Illinois State  343 .450694 .421
Southern Illinois  253 .350685 .447
Evansville  145 .350277 .344
Murray State  154 .300585 .417
Valparaiso  091 .0504131 .250
Conference champion
2024 Missouri Valley Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Missouri Valley Conference

The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from October 31 through November 10, 2024. The Opening round and Second round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Valparaiso Beacons, who were unsuccessful in defending their crown as they did not qualify for the tournament after finishing last in conference play. [1] [2] The top-seeded Missouri State Bears would go on to win the title, defeating second seed Drake 4–0 in the final. [3] [4] The conference tournament title was the fourth for the Missouri State women's soccer program, and second for head coach Kirk Nelson. [5] As tournament champions, Missouri State earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top eight of the eleven Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seed in the tournament as Drake and UIC finished with identical 6–2–2 regular season records. The teams faced off on October 17 and Drake won 2–0, therefore earning the second seed. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Indiana State and Northern Iowa finished the regular season with identical 4–3–3 records. The two teams tied their regular season match 0–0. The second tiebreaker was record against teams above them in the standings. Indiana State won this tiebreaker and earned the fifth seed. [6] [7]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Missouri State 9–0–128
2 Drake 6–2–220
3 UIC 6–2–220
4 Belmont 5–4–116
5 Indiana State 4–3–315
6 UNI 4–3–315
7 Illinois State 3–4–312
8 Southern Illinois 2–5–29

Bracket

Source: [8]

Opening Round
Thursday, Oct. 31
Second Round
Sunday, Nov. 3
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 7
Final
Sunday, Nov. 10
1 Missouri State 2
4 Belmont 14Belmont0
5 Indiana State 25Indiana State01Missouri State4
8 Southern Illinois 12Drake0
2 Drake 1
3 UIC 43UIC0
6 UNI 07Illinois State2
7 Illinois State 1

Schedule

Opening Round

October 31, 2024#6 UNI 0–1 #7 Illinois State Chicago, IL
2:00 p.m. CDT Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg60' Kerika Wells
Stadium: Flames Field
Attendance: 105
Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Malkaw
Assistant referees: Vasilios Vouris
Assistant referees: John Kennedy
Fourth official: Irineo Cortes Gallardo
October 31, 2024 #5 Indiana State 2–1#8 Southern Illinois Nashville, TN
5:30 p.m. CDT
  • Mackenzie Kent Soccerball shade.svg1', 26'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg16' Maycie Massingill
Stadium: E. S. Rose Park
Attendance: 208
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: Matthew Rodman
Assistant referees: Lucas Cross
Fourth official: Alex Cooper

Second Round

November 3, 2024 #4 Belmont 1–0#5 Indiana State Nashville, TN
2:00 p.m. CST
  • Team Yellow card.svg 52'
  • Kaityln Elliott Soccerball shade.svg64'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 45' Brooklyn Woods
Stadium: E. S. Rose Park
Attendance: 152
Referee: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Gustavo Turmero
Assistant referees: Tarik Velador
Fourth official: Greg Forrest
November 3, 2024 #3 UIC 4–2#7 Illinois State Chicago, IL
4:00 p.m. CST
  • Makenna Maloy Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • Kaysey Castro Soccerball shade.svg49'
  • Hannah Gryzik Soccerball shade.svg72'
  • Riley Collett Soccerball shade.svg76'
  • Madison Ferris Yellow card.svg 88'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg7' Eiley Henderson
  • Soccerball shade.svg61' Aniya Seymore
Stadium: Flames Field
Attendance: 247
Referee: Evangelos Vouris
Assistant referees: Steve Konstantinovic
Assistant referees: Simeon Petrov
Fourth official: Esad Omanovic

Semifinals

November 7, 2024 #2 Drake 1–0#3 UIC Springfield, MO
3:00 p.m. CST
  • Zoey Mahoney Red card.svg 49'
  • Madelyn Smith Yellow card.svg 52'
  • Eve Blakey Soccerball shade.svg69'
  • Layla Kelbel Yellow card.svg 86'
Report Stadium: Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 198
Referee: Andrew Ellsworth
Assistant referees: Dan Ortega
Assistant referees: Andy Wilkinson
Fourth official: Misael Cordero
November 7, 2024 #1 Missouri State 2–0#4 BelmontSpringfield, MO
6:00 p.m. CST
  • Julia Kristensen Soccerball shade.svg22'
  • Maggie O'Keefe Soccerball shade.svg36'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 6' Kate Virtel
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Kaitlyn Elliott
Stadium: Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 278
Referee: Eulogio Villalpando
Assistant referees: Tim Wagner
Assistant referees: Scottie Stiles
Fourth official: Shadd Delmez

Final

November 10, 2024 #1 Missouri State 4–0#2 Drake Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Julia Kristensen Soccerball shade.svg5'
  • Lillie Rasmussen Yellow card.svg 17'
  • Grace O'Keefe Soccerball shade.svg36', 58'
  • Kaeli Benedict Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 19' Angela Gutierrez
Stadium: Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 742
Referee: Alex Beehler
Assistant referees: Zachery Richter
Assistant referees: Anthony Sobolevsky
Fourth official: Dan Ortega

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

3 goals

  • Maggie O'Keefe – Missouri State

2 goals

  • Mackenzie Kent – Indiana State
  • Julia Kristensen – Missouri State

1 goal

  • Kaeli Benedict – Missouri State
  • Eve Blakey – Drake
  • Kaysey Castro – UIC
  • Riley Collett – UIC
  • Kaityln Elliott – Belmont
  • Hannah Gryzik – UIC
  • Eiley Henderson – Illinois State
  • Makenna Maloy – UIC
  • Maycie Massingill – Southern Illinois
  • Aniya Seymore – Illinois State
  • Kerika Wells – Illinois State

All-Tournament team

Source: [9]

PlayerTeam
Allison Brockelman Belmont
Kate Virtel
Caite Johnson Drake
Lily Overstreet
Madeline Smith
Erika Wells Illinois State
Mackenzie Kent Indiana State
Jenna Anderson Missouri State
Camielle Day
Julia Kristensen
Grace O'Keefe
Sophia Balistreri Northern Iowa
Lucy Horn Southern Illinois
Riley Collett UIC
Emmy Higgins

MVP in bold

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