2025 Horizon League women's soccer tournament

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2025 Horizon League women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Site Engelmann Stadium
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Semifinals & Final)
Broadcast ESPN+
Horizon League women's soccer tournament
«2024   2026»
2025 Horizon League women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Milwaukee  802 .9001143 .694
Northern Kentucky  712 .8001026 .722
Youngstown State  622 .7008102 .450
Wright State  415 .650775 .500
Green Bay  433 .550784 .474
Oakland  226 .500478 .421
IU Indy  352 .4004113 .306
Cleveland State  136 .400467 .441
Robert Morris  253 .350494 .353
Purdue Fort Wayne  190 .1002151 .139
Detroit Mercy  073 .1502133 .194
Conference champion
2025 Horizon League Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 3, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Horizon League

The 2025 Horizon League women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It is being held from November 2 through November 8, 2025. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Engelmann Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Milwaukee Panthers are the seven-time defending champions. [1] The tournament champions earn the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six Horizon League teams from the regular season earned berths in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as each of the top seven teams finished with a unique regular season conference record. [2]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Milwaukee 8–0–226
2 Northern Kentucky 7–1–223
3 Youngstown State 6–2–220
4 Wright State 4–1–517
5 Green Bay 4–3–315
6 Oakland 2–2–612

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. [3]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Nov. 2
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 6
Final
Saturday, Nov. 8
1 Milwaukee 3
3 Youngstown State 0 6 Oakland 0
6 Oakland (a.e.t.)1 1 Milwaukee
5 Green Bay
2 Northern Kentucky 1
4 Wright State 1 5 Green Bay 2
5 Green Bay 3

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 2, 2025#3 Youngstown State 0–1 (a.e.t.) #6 Oakland Youngstown, OH
1:00 p.m. EST Report
  • Yellow card.svg 86' Ella Shapiro
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg99' Mallory Anderson
Stadium: Farmers National Bank Field
Attendance: 532
Referee: Christopher Lauer
Assistant referees: Roy Miller
Assistant referees: Erik Blackburn
Fourth official: John Groff
November 2, 2025#4 Wright State 1–3 #5 Green Bay Dayton, OH
1:00 p.m. EST
  • Addy Canter Soccerball shade.svg39'
  • Caitlin Burger Yellow card.svg 65'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg18' Nell Smith
  • Soccerball shade.svg45' Isabella Brozek
  • Soccerball shade.svg58' Senah Hanes
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Peyton Cornejo
Stadium: Alumni Field
Attendance: 275
Referee: Braeden Frey
Assistant referees: Mykela Hawkins
Assistant referees: Laura Snyder
Fourth official: Shawn Westerfield

Semifinals

November 6, 2025 #1 Milwaukee 3–0#6 Oakland Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Kiersten White Soccerball shade.svg11'
  • Kristina Karlof Soccerball shade.svg51'
  • Emily Petring Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 77' Bella Haynes
Stadium: Engelmann Stadium
Attendance: 404
Referee: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Saki Atsas
Assistant referees: Ramy Akram-Ahmed
Fourth official: Christopher Spasovici
November 6, 2025#2 Northern Kentucky 1–2 #5 Green Bay Milwaukee, WI
4:00 p.m. CST
  • Erykah Cornett Soccerball shade.svg33'
  • Meghan Belrose Yellow card.svg 66'
Report
  • Laney Stark Soccerball shade.svg23', 54'
Stadium: Engelmann Stadium
Attendance: 414
Referee: Nick Balcer
Assistant referees: Josh Braunstein
Assistant referees: Adrian Werbicki
Fourth official: Kyle Trimble

Final

November 8, 2025 #1 Milwaukee v #5 Green Bay Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Engelmann Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Laney Stark – Green Bay

1 goal

  • Mallory Anderson – Oakland
  • Isabella Brozek – Green Bay
  • Addy Canter – Wright State
  • Erykah Cornett – Northern Kentucky
  • Senah Hanes – Green Bay
  • Kristina Karlof – Milwaukee
  • Emily Petring – Milwaukee
  • Nell Smith – Green Bay
  • Kiersten White – Milwaukee


References

  1. "2025 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. November 3, 2025. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. White, Rachel (October 29, 2025). "2025 #HLWSOC Championship Bracket Set with Milwaukee Earning No. 1 Seed". horizonleague.org. Horizon League . Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  3. "2025 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League . Retrieved November 3, 2025.