2019 ASUN women's soccer tournament

2019 ASUN women's soccer tournament
2019 ASUN women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,221
Site	Campus Sites, higher seed
Champions	Lipscomb (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kevin O'Brien (2nd title)
MVP	Melissa Gray (Lipscomb)
Broadcast	ESPN+
ASUN women's soccer tournament
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The 2019 ASUN women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from November 1 through November 9, 2019. The first round of the tournament was hosted at the first and second seed's home stadium. Then the remaining rounds of the tournament were hosted by the higher seed. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Lipscomb Bison were the defending tournament champions, and successfully defended their crown, defeating Florida Gulf Coast in the final.^[1]^[2] It was the second consecutive title, and second title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Kevin O'Brien.^[3]

2019 Atlantic Sun Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
FL Gulf Coast ‍†‍‍	6	–	1	–	1	.813	11	–	4	–	2	.706
Lipscomb ‍†‍‡‍^y	6	–	1	–	1	.813	13	–	6	–	2	.667
Liberty ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	0	.750	10	–	7	–	2	.579
North Florida ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	1	.688	11	–	6	–	2	.632
Kennesaw St. ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0	.625	11	–	7	–	2	.600
NJIT ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	7	–	8	–	3	.472
North Alabama ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	0	.250	6	–	11	–	0	.353
Stetson ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	1	.063	2	–	13	–	2	.176
Jacksonville ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	1	.063	0	–	13	–	3	.094


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 ASUN Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 9, 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Atlantic Sun Conference

Bracket

Source:^[4]

First round November 1			Semifinals November 3			Final November 9

			1	FL Gulf Coast	2 (1)
4	North Florida	1	5	Kennesaw St.	2 (2)
5	Kennesaw St.	3				5	Kennesaw St.	1 (3)
						2	Lipscomb	1 (4)
			2	Lipscomb	1
3	Liberty	1	6	NJIT	0
6	NJIT	2

Schedule

First Round

November 1, 2019	#4 North Florida	1–3	#5 Kennesaw St.	Fort Myers, FL
5:00 p.m. EST	Thais Reiss 74'	Report	7' Erin Harris 20', 82' Isabella Contreras 25' Morgan Harrison	Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Referee: Esteban Rosano Assistant referees: Lyubomir Sapundzhiev Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa Fourth official: Jorge Taborda

November 1, 2019	#3 Liberty	1–2	#6 NJIT	Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m. CT	Avery Belk 71'	Report	78' Lauren Chamberlain 80' Fiona Wright	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 350

Semifinals

November 3, 2019	#1 FL Gulf Coast	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p)	#5 Kennesaw St.	Fort Myers, FL
1:00 p.m. EST	Kara Kyramarios 9' Cassidy Morgan 26' Evdokia Popadinova 43' Syniah Clark 47'	Report	9' 58' Carly Pressgrove 48' Team 52', 98' Becky Contreras 82' Sydney Sauer 109' Erin Harris	Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 271 Referee: Jonathan Weiner Assistant referees: Matthew Schwartz Assistant referees: Cyril Madukanya Fourth official: Amiel Aleman
	Penalties
	Evdokia Popadinova Lindsey Patton Alyssa Abbondandolo Kara Kyramarios Marjorie Boilesen		Jenna Vollrath Isabella Contreras Becky Contreras Kendall Hart

November 3, 2019	#2 Lipscomb	1–0	#6 NJIT	Nashville, TN
1:00 p.m. CT	Danielle Van Liere 86'	Report		Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 200

Final

November 9, 2019	#2 Lipscomb	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#5 Kennesaw St.	Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m. CT	Olivia Doak 14' Emily Patti 102'	Report	68' Erin Harris 93' Kendall Hart	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 400
	Penalties
	Leah Cernicky Maycie McKay Macy Douglas Hailey Eck Audrey Ann Beck Emily Patti		Sydney Crowley Carly Pressgrove Emely Sosa Becky Contreras Isabella Contreras Sydney Sauer

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

Erin Harris (Kennesaw State)

1 Goal

Avery Belk (Liberty)
Lauren Chamberlain (NJIT)
Becky Contreras (Kennesaw State)
Isabella Contreras (Kennesaw State)
Olivia Doak (Lipscomb)
Morgan Harrison (Kennesaw State)
Kara Kyramarios (Florida Gulf Coast)
Evdokia Popadinova (Florida Gulf Coast)
Carly Pressgrove (Kennesaw State)
Thais Reiss (North Florida)
Danielle Van Liere (Lipscomb)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Melissa Gray	Lipscomb
Olivia Doak
Dominique Diller
Hailey Eck
Lindsey Patton	Florida Gulf Coast
Evdokia Popadinova	Florida Gulf Coast
Molly Saylor	NJIT
Nicole Loehle	NJIT
Becky Contreras	Kennesaw State
Carly Pressgrove
Tiffany Sornpao

MVP in bold

References

^ "2018 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ "2019 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
^ "ASUN Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
^ "2019 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
^ "Lipscomb Captures Second Consecutive Women's @ASUNSoccer Championship in Shootout over Kennesaw State". asunsports.com. The Atlantic Sun Conference. November 9, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

[1] "2018 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[2] "2019 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

[3] "ASUN Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

[4] "2019 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

[5] "Lipscomb Captures Second Consecutive Women's @ASUNSoccer Championship in Shootout over Kennesaw State". asunsports.com. The Atlantic Sun Conference. November 9, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

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