2018 Conference USA women's soccer tournament

2018 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
2018 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	478
Site	Old Dominion Soccer Complex; Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	North Texas (3rd title)
Winning coach	John Hedlund (3rd title)
MVP	Lauryn Bruffett (Offensive) ; Carissa Sanders (Defensive) (North Texas)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Conference USA women's soccer tournament
«2017	2019»

The 2018 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from October 31 through November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament took place at Old Dominion Soccer Complex in Norfolk, Virginia. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the North Texas Mean Green, who defended their title after defeating the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the final.^[1]^[2] The conference championship was the third for the North Texas women's soccer program, all three of which have come under the direction of head coach John Hedlund.^[3]

2018 Conference USA women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North Texas ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	1	–	1	.850	15	–	3	–	3	.786
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	8	–	1	–	1	.850	12	–	8	–	1	.595
UAB ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0	.600	9	–	8	–	1	.528
Louisiana Tech ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2	.600	13	–	5	–	3	.690
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2	.600	8	–	7	–	4	.526
Southern Miss ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	13	–	6	–	1	.675
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	10	–	7	–	1	.583
Rice ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	7	–	9	–	1	.441
Charlotte ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0	.400	8	–	9	–	0	.471
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	5	–	8	–	4	.412
Marshall ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1	.350	5	–	9	–	3	.382
UTEP ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3	.350	7	–	8	–	4	.474
UTSA ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	6	–	9	–	2	.412
FIU ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1	.050	0	–	17	–	1	.028


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 C-USA Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 14, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Conference USA

Bracket

Source:^[4]

Quarterfinals Wednesday, Oct. 31			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2			Final Sunday, Nov. 4

2	Florida Atlantic	2^OT

7	Middle Tennessee	1
			2	Florida Atlantic	0

			6	Southern Miss	1
3	UAB	0

6	Southern Miss	1
						6	Southern Miss	1

						1	North Texas	2^2OT
1	North Texas	2

8	Rice	0
			1	North Texas	1 (3)

			4	Louisiana Tech	1 (2)
4	Louisiana Tech	3^OT

5	Old Dominion	2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 31, 2018	#2 Florida Atlantic	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#7 Middle Tennessee	Norfolk, Virginia
11:30 a.m. EST	Tiril Haga 59' Carolynn Wotring 66' Emma Grissom 93'	Report	Amber Hoot 40'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: N/A Referee: Timothy Debysingh Assistant referees: Jamie Willis Assistant referees: Charles Raney Fourth official: Jorge Ramirez

October 31, 2018	#3 UAB	0–1	#6 Southern Miss	Norfolk, Virginia
2:00 p.m. EST	Kassandra Daniel 53'	Report	Jessica Shepherd 54' Miah Zuazua 78'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: N/A

October 31, 2018	#1 North Texas	2–0	#8 Rice	Norfolk, Virginia
4:30 p.m. EST	Madeline Guderian 63' Carissa Sanders 73'	Report	Darcy Mickalow 63'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: N/A

October 31, 2018	#4 Louisiana Tech	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#5 Old Dominion	Norfolk, Virginia
7:00 p.m. EST	Elizabeth Doll 5' 54' Hanna Banks 85' Mylene Roy-Ouellet 93'	Report	Cristina Bashara 31' Raegan Tate 42' Amanda Nhek 47'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: 207

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#2 Florida Atlantic	0–1	#6 Southern Miss	Norfolk, Virginia
4:30 p.m. EST		Report	Monica Maldonaldo 38' Stephanie Garcia 41'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: 88 Referee: Jorge Ramirez Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Assistant referees: Jamie Willis Fourth official: JC Griggs

November 2, 2018	#1 North Texas	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	#4 Louisiana Tech	Norfolk, Virginia
7:00 p.m. EST	Olivia Klein 38' Madeline Guderian 72' Dominique James 83' Team 97'	Report	Alexandra Augustyn 54'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: 74 Referee: Daniel Thornberry Assistant referees: JC Griggs Assistant referees: William Dittmar Fourth official: Lance Jacob VanHaits
	Penalties
	Aaliyah Nolan Kelsey Brann Taylor Torres Kaity Hemperly Ansley Bunger		Jaelyn Peeples Sophia Smith Makenna Johnson Mazie Jones Stella Li

Final

November 4, 2018	#6 Southern Miss	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#1 North Texas	Norfolk, Virginia
11:00 a.m. EST	Stephanie Garcia 71' Ola Akinniyi 78'	Report	Aaliyah Nolan 15' Lauryn Bruffett 105'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: 109 Referee: Lance VanHaitsma Assistant referees: Jamie Willis Assistant referees: Danny Thornberry Fourth official: Jorge Ramirez

Statistics

Goalscorers

1 Goal

Ola Akinniyi - Southern Miss
Alexandra Augustyn - Louisiana Tech
Hanna Banks - Louisiana Tech
Lauryn Bruffett - North Texas
Elizabeth Doll - Louisiana Tech
Stephanie Garcia - Southern Miss
Emma Grissom - Florida Atlantic
Madeline Guderian - North Texas
Tiril Haga - Florida Atlantic
Amber Hoot - Middle Tennessee
Amanda Nhek - Old Dominion
Olivia Klein - North Texas
Aaliyah Nolan - North Texas
Mylene Roy-Ouellet - Louisiana Tech
Carissa Sanders - North Texas
Raegan Tate - Old Dominion
Miah Zuazua - Southern Miss

All-Tournament team

Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Lauryn Bruffett	North Texas
Carissa Sanders	North Texas
Kelsey Brann	North Texas
Madeline Guderian	North Texas
Jenny Caracheo	Southern Miss
Kendell Mindnich	Southern Miss
Miah Zuazua	Southern Miss
Jessica Monteiro	Florida Atlantic
Emma Grissom	Florida Atlantic
Jaelyn Peeples	Louisiana Tech
Elizabeth Doll	Louisiana Tech

Note: Offensive MVP shown in bold, defensive MVP shown in italics.

References

^ Conference USA. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Conference USA. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^ "C-USA Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
^ "2018 AIR FORCE RESERVE CONFERENCE USA WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^ "WSOC: North Texas Wins 2018 C-USA Championship". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

[2017_Women's_Soccer_Championship-1] Conference USA. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2018_Women's_Soccer_Championship-2] Conference USA. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 5, 2018.

[Record_Book-3] "C-USA Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved December 5, 2017.

[4] "2018 AIR FORCE RESERVE CONFERENCE USA WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

[5] "WSOC: North Texas Wins 2018 C-USA Championship". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

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