2024 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament

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2024 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance1,326
SiteDr. Jack Dugan Soccer & Track Stadium
Corpus Christi, Texas
Champions Stephen F. Austin (4th title)
Winning coachBen Williams (1st title)
MVP Jayme Bailey (Stephen F. Austin)
Broadcast ESPN+
Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
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2024 Southland Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Stephen F. Austin  y820 .8001432 .789
Texas A&M–CC  622 .7001055 .625
Texas A&M–Commerce  631 .6509103 .477
Northwestern St  631 .6501182 .571
SE Louisiana  541 .550692 .412
Incarnate Word  541 .550883 .500
Lamar  334 .500586 .421
UT Rio Grande Valley  334 .500775 .500
Houston Christian  343 .450595 .395
McNeese  181 .1504141 .237
Nicholls  0100 .0002131 .156
Conference champion
2024 Southland Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Southland Conference

The 2024 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was held from November 5 to November 10, 2024. The seven-match tournament took place at the Dr. Jack Dugan Soccer & Track Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Lamar Lady Cardinals, but they were unable to defend their title falling in the first round to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2–1. The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks won the tournament, defeating East Texas A&M 2–0 in the final. [1]

Contents

Media and TV

All matches were broadcast on ESPN+.

Bracket

Source: [2]

Quarterfinals
Tuesday,November 5
ESPN+
Semifinals
Thursday, November 7
ESPN+
Final
Sunday, November 10
ESPN+
         
1 Stephen F. Austin 3
8 UT Rio Grande Valley 1
1 Stephen F. Austin1 (1)
4 Northwestern State 0 (0)
4 Northwestern State 2 (1)
5 Southeastern 1 (0)
1 Stephen F. Austin2
3 East Texas A&M 0
3 East Texas A&M 2
6 Incarnate Word 1
2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 1
3 East Texas A&M2
2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2
7 Lamar 1

All-Tournament team

Source: [3]

PlayerTeam
Jayme BaileyStephen F. Austin
Ella Morgan
Erin Morgan
Maddie Bowers
Brielle Buchanan
Ava Shannon
Nia ChaconEast Texas A&M
Savannah Powell
Kaydence Ramirez
Libe Banuelos, Northwestern StateNorthwestern State
Storm HarrisTexas A&M–Corpus Christi

MVP in bold

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