2025 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament

2025 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	749
Site	Foley Sports Complex Foley, Alabama
Champions	Texas State (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Holeman (1st title)
MVP	Victoria Meza (Texas State)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament «2024   2026»

2025 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Old Dominion  ‍†‍‍	6	–	1	–	3		.750			11	–	3	–	4		.722
James Madison  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			9	–	4	–	6		.632
Marshall  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	4		.600			8	–	5	–	4		.588
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			9	–	8	–	2		.526
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			7	–	7	–	3		.500
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	2	–	8		.400			3	–	5	–	8		.438
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	0	–	5	–	5		.250			2	–	10	–	6		.278
West
UL Monroe  ‍‍‍	6	–	0	–	4		.800			13	–	3	–	4		.750
South Alabama  ‍†‍‍	6	–	1	–	3		.750			10	–	4	–	4		.667
Texas State  ‍‍‡‍y	5	–	1	–	4		.700			10	–	4	–	7		.643
Louisiana  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3		.550			7	–	6	–	5		.528
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			4	–	7	–	4		.400
Troy  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	3		.150			5	–	9	–	3		.382
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			2	–	14	–	1		.147
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 Sun Belt Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Sun Belt

The 2025 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from November 3 to November 8, 2025. The seven-match tournament took place at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the James Madison Dukes. ^{[1] [2]} James Madison was the fifth seed in the tournament and were unsuccessful at defending their title. They were defeated in a penalty shoot-out by Texas State in the Quarterfinals. Texas State would go on to win the Final 1–0 over ULM. ^{[3] [4]} This was the first Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for the Texas State women's soccer program, and first for head coach Steve Holeman. It is Texas States's fifth overall women's soccer title as they won four titles in the Southland before moving to the Sun Belt Conference. ^{[5] [6]} As tournament champions, Texas State earned the Sun Belt's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight of the fourteen Sun Belt Conference teams from the regular season qualified for the 2025 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season records of each team. The two division winners were awarded the top two seeds in the tournament. Old Dominion won the East Division with 12 division points. South Alabama and ULM finished tied for first place in the West Division with fourteen points each. ULM and South Alabama tied their regular season match-up on October 2. The second tiebreaker was goal difference against common division opponents. This was won by South Alabama and they were the West Division Champions. This left ULM, who had the most regular season conference points, 22, to be the third seed. Old Dominion and South Alabama both finished with 21 regular season conference points and needed at tiebreaker to determine the first and second seeds. The two teams did not play during regular season conference play. In determining overall seed, goal difference from conference matches versus common opponents was the tiebreaker. South Alabama prevailed and earned the first seed, while Old Dominion was the second. Georgia State and Marshall both finished with sixteen conference regular season points, and a tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and seventh seeds. Georgia State defeated Marshall in West Virginia on September 21 during the regular season 3–2. Therefore, Georgia State was the sixth seed and Marshall was the seventh. ^{[7] [8]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	South Alabama*	6–1–3	21*
2	Old Dominion*
3	ULM	6–0–4	22
4	Texas State	5–1–4	19
5	James Madison	5–2–3	18
6	Marshall	4–2–4	16
7	Georgia State	5–4–1
8	Louisiana	4–3–3	15

(*: division winners are automatically given the top two seeds).

Bracket

Source: ^[9]

	Quarterfinals Monday, November 3					Semifinals Wednesday, November 5					Championship Saturday, November 8
	1	South Alabama (pen.)	0 (4)
	8	Louisiana	0 (3)
						1	South Alabama	0
						4	Texas State	1
	4	Texas State (pen.)	1 (5)
	5	James Madison	1 (4)
											4	Texas State	1
											3	ULM	0
	3	ULM	1
	6	Marshall	0
						2	Old Dominion	2
						3	ULM	3
	2	Old Dominion	4
	7	Georgia State	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

(3) ULM v (6) Marshall

November 3	(3) ULM	1–0	(6) Marshall	Foley, AL
11:00 a.m. CST	Ava Goodman  15', 23' Janne Van Brummelen  66' Ines De Lope Casanova  84'	Report	59' Fernanda Dantas  90' Team	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Lila Remache Assistant referees: Josh Hinkle Assistant referees: Ethan Wilson Fourth official: Celeste Roberts

(2) Old Dominion v (7) Georgia State

November 3	(2) Old Dominion	4–0	(7) Georgia State	Foley, AL
1:30 p.m. CST	Andrea Balcazar Algarin  11' Yuliia Khrystiuk 15' Gry Boe Thrysoe 43' Brooke Edwards 52' Riley Mullen  86' Laura Klebek 87'	Report	74' Emily Glenn	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Laadi Issaka Assistant referees: Xiana Ping-Abas Assistant referees: Esmeralda Figureoa Fourth official: Dorian DelToro Urueta

(1) South Alabama v (8) Louisiana

November 3	(1) South Alabama	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	(8) Louisiana	Foley, AL
4:30 p.m. CST	Team  90' MacKenzie Meyerer  97'	Report	53' Addison Soehn  60' Natalie Mayes  69' Salma Elhaimer	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 125 Referee: Celeste Roberts Assistant referees: Ethan Wilson Assistant referees: Hunter Kilgore Fourth official: Uwe Tittl
	Penalties
	Sofia Ferrante Ava Matherne Amelia Campanella Melina Descary Mae Hunt Andrea Iljkic		Miku Kurihara Addison Soehn Aila Swinton Salma Elhaimer Sisley Stephens Carson Glenn

(4) Texas State v (5) James Madison

November 3	(4) Texas State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	(5) James Madison	Foley, AL
7:00 p.m. CST	Victoria Meza 33' Angela Gatto  56'	Report	61' Ginny Lackey 73' Audrey Orrock	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 53 Referee: Aaron Hernandez Assistant referees: Ryan Campbell Assistant referees: Esmeralda Figueroa Fourth official: Laadi Issaka
	Penalties
	Victoria Meza Katrin Agustsdottir Jenny Ngankem Angela Gatto Constance Agyemang		Tali Rovner Roos Valk Jeanette Fieldsend Ginny Lacke Ellie Farrell

Semifinals

(2) Old Dominion v (3) ULM

November 5	(2) Old Dominion	2–3	(3) ULM	Foley, AL
4:00 p.m. CST	Hannah Morgan 70' Ashley Economopoulos 88'	Report	18', 22' Skylar Blaise 30' Old Dominion Own Goal  69' Jaden Masters  78' Janne Van Brummelen  80' Jen Handy	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 51 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Ethan Wilson Assistant referees: Esmeralda Figueroa Fourth official: Celeste Roberts

(1) South Alabama v (4) Texas State

November 5	(1) South Alabama	0–1	(4) Texas State	Foley, AL
7:00 p.m. CST		Report	60' Kennley Bradley  86' Alexis Montgomery	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 125 Referee: Mario Maric Assistant referees: Laadi Issaka Assistant referees: Xiana Pang-Abas Fourth official: Uwe Tittl

Final

(3) ULM v (4) Texas State

November 8	(3) ULM	0–1	(4) Texas State	Foley, AL
7:00 p.m. CST	Sophia Youngman  20' Giulia Franco  22' Ally Richardson  49'	Report	54' Sadie Guzman	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 220 Referee: Noah Matos Assistant referees: Celeste Roberts Assistant referees: Esmeralda Figueroa Fourth official: Uwe Tittl

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of November 8, 2025).

2 goals

• Skylar Blaise – ULM

1 goal

• Audrey Orrock – James Madison
• Ashley Economopoulos – Old Dominion
• Brooke Edwards – Old Dominion
• Yuliia Khrystiuk – Old Dominion
• Laura Klebek – Old Dominion
• Hannah Morgan – Old Dominion
• Gry Boe Thrysoe – Old Dominion
• Kennley Bradley – Texas State
• Sadie Guzman – Texas State
• Victoria Meza – Texas State
• Ava Goodman – ULM

1 own goal

• Old Dominion (vs ULM)

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[10]

Player	Team
Riley Mullen	Old Dominion
Gry Boe Thrysoe
Melina Descary	South Alabama
Bonnie Frost
Helen Alormenu	Texas State
Kennley Bradley
Chloe Jones
Victoria Meza
Maude Rouanet
Skylar Blaise	ULM
Ava Goodman
Ally Richardson

MVP in bold

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