2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2019. The five match tournament took place at Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Loyola Ramblers, who successfully defended their title by defeating Illinois State 2–0 in the final.[1][2] The conference tournament title was the Second for the Loyloa women's soccer program and the second for head coach Barry Bimbi.[3]

2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,124
SiteAllison South Stadium
Springfield, Missouri
ChampionsLoyola (2nd title)
Winning coachBarry Bimbi (2nd title)
MVPSienna Cruz (Loyola)
BroadcastESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
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2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Loyola–Chicago  ‍y 7 0 0   1.000 14 5 1   .725
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 6 1 0   .857 14 6 0   .700
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 4 2 1   .643 11 5 2   .667
Drake  ‍‍‍ 4 3 0   .571 8 10 1   .447
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 2 5 0   .286 2 15 1   .139
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 1 4 2   .286 2 12 3   .206
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 1 5 1   .214 3 11 2   .250
UNI  ‍‍‍ 1 6 0   .143 5 11 0   .313
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 Missouri Valley Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 9, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Missouri Valley Conference

Bracket

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Source:[4]

Opening Round
Nov. 3/4
Semifinals
Nov. 8
Final
Nov. 10
2 Illinois State 4OT
3 Missouri State 1 3 Missouri State 3
6 Evansville 0 2 Illinois State 0
1 Loyola–Chicago 2
1 Loyola–Chicago 1
4 Drake 1 4 Drake 0
5 Valparaiso 0

Schedule

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Opening Round

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November 3, 2019 #3 Missouri State 1–0 #6 Evansville Springfield, Missouri
4:00 p.m.
  • Kayleigh Putnam   11'
Report Stadium: Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 380
Referee: Shane Kennard
Assistant referees: Andy Ellsworth
Assistant referees: Shane Cowger
November 4, 2019 #4 Drake 1–0 #5 Valparaiso Des Moines, Iowa
7:00 p.m.
  • Cassie Rohan   15'
  • Rebecka Musungu   74'
Report Stadium: Tiger Field
Attendance: 537
Referee: Art Arustamayan
Assistant referees: Beznik Rexexpi
Assistant referees: Vitale Hantsevich
Fourth official: Justin Mack

Semifinals

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November 8, 2019 #2 Illinois State 4–3 (a.e.t.) #3 Missouri State Springfield, Missouri
3:00 p.m.
  • Kate Del Fava   18', 67' (pen.)
  • Natalie Vaughn-Low   25',   95'
  • Kaitlin Maxwell   67'
Report
  •   30' Kennady Orlick
  •   71' Olina Einarsdottir
  •   79' Unnur Bergsdottir
Stadium: Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 367
Referee: Cesar Ibarra
Assistant referees: Jared Palmer
Assistant referees: Shane Cowger
November 8, 2019 #1 Loyola–Chicago 1–0 #4 Drake Springfield, Missouri
6:00 p.m.
  • Sienna Cruz   15'
Report
  •   78' Delane Goertzen
Stadium: Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 253

Final

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November 10, 2019 #1 Loyola–Chicago 2–0 #2 Illinois State Springfield, Missouri
1:00 p.m.
  •   39' Sienna Cruz
  •   54' Lindsey Hardiman
Report
  • Haley Smith   32'
Stadium: Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 587
Referee: Herber Estrada
Assistant referees: Shane Kennard
Assistant referees: Daniel Ortega

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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2 Goals
  • Sienna Cruz (Loyola-Chicago)
  • Katie Del Fava (Illinois State)
  • Natalie Vaughn-Low (Illinois State)
1 Goal
  • Unnur Bergsdottir (Missouri State)
  • Olina Einarsdottir (Missouri State)
  • Lindsey Hardiman (Loyola-Chicago)
  • Kennady Orlick (Missouri State)
  • Kayleigh Putnam (Missouri State)
  • Cassie Rohan (Drake)

All-Tournament team

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Source:[2]

Player Team
Sienna Cruz Loyola-Chicago
Lindsey Hardiman
Madison Laudeman
Abby Swanson
Natalie Vaughn-Low Illinois State
Kate Del Fava
Haley Smith
Abby Stephenson Drake
Cassie Rohan
Brooke Zenner Missouri State
Kayleigh Putnam
Alizabeth Quillen Valparaiso
Mikayla Harvey Evansville

MVP in bold

References

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  1. ^ "2018 MVC Women's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference.
  2. ^ a b "2019 MVC Women's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference.
  3. ^ "2019 Missouri Valley Conference Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 Championship Bracket" (PDF). mvc.com. Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved January 16, 2020.