2019 Summit League women's soccer tournament

The 2019 Summit League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 7 and 9, 2019. The three-match tournament took place at Fishback Soccer Park in Brookings, South Dakota. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Denver Pioneers were the defending champions, and were unable to defend their title losing to South Dakota State on penalties in the final. The win earned South Dakota State the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1][2] The tournament win was Denver's fifth as a member of the conference, and the first for coach Brock Thompson.[3]

2019 Summit League women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance380
SiteFishback Soccer Park
Brookings, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (5th title)
Winning coachBrock Thompson (1st title)
MVPMaggie Smither (South Dakota State)
BroadcastOnline (TheSummitLeague.org)
Summit League women's soccer tournament
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2019 Summit League women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Denver  ‍‍‍ 7 0 1   .938 12 4 4   .700
South Dakota St  ‍‍y 6 1 1   .813 15 5 2   .727
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍ 3 2 3   .563 6 9 4   .421
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 10 8 1   .553
North Dakota St  ‍‍‍ 3 3 2   .500 8 7 3   .528
South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 3 3 2   .500 8 9 2   .474
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 2 5 1   .313 5 11 2   .333
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 2 6 0   .250 6 11 1   .361
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 0 6 2   .125 4 10 4   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 Summit League Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 9, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Summit League

Bracket

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Source:[4]

Semifinals
Thursday, November 7
Final
Saturday, November 9
      
1 Denver 3
4 North Dakota 0
1 Denver 1 (2)
2 South Dakota State 1 (4)
2 South Dakota State 1
3 Oral Roberts 0

Schedule

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Semifinals

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November 7, 2019 #1 Denver 3–0 #4 North Dakota Brookings, South Dakota
3:00 p.m.
  • Sami Feller   47', 69'
  • North Dakota Own Goal   85' (o.g.)
Report
  •   71' Team
Stadium: Fishback Soccer Park
Attendance: 145
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: Artem Sher
Assistant referees: Matthew Tiano
Fourth official: Sean Mallett
November 7, 2019 #2 South Dakota State 1–0 #3 Oral Roberts Brookings, South Dakota
6:00 p.m.
  • Cecilia Limongi   69'
Report Stadium: Fishback Soccer Park
Attendance: 235
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
Assistant referees: Tyler Dalsin
Assistant referees: Okey Abara

Final

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November 9, 2019 #1 Denver 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
#2 South Dakota State Brookings, South Dakota
12:00 p.m.
  • Hannah Adler   35',   58'
  • Sami Feller   62'
Report
  •   57' Leah Manuleleua
  •   67' Gabby Vivier-Hannay
Stadium: Fishback Soccer Park
Referee: Christopher Ruska
Assistant referees: Jeremy Kieso
Assistant referees: Matt Von Pinnon
Penalties
  •   Maggie Smither
  •   Gabby Vivier-Hannay
  •   Karlee Manding
  •   Leah Manulelua
  •   Eden Brooker

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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2 Goals
  • Sami Feller (Denver)
1 Goal
  • Hannah Adler (Denver)
  • Cecilia Limongi (South Dakota State)
  • Leah Manuleleua (South Dakota State)
Own Goals
  • North Dakota vs. Denver

All-Tournament team

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Source:[5]

Player Team
Brooklyn Eardley Oral Roberts
Anna Gornell
Karleen Yapello North Dakota
Olivia Knox
Sami Feller Denver
Cheyenne Shorts
Brittney Lewis
Carina McLennan South Dakota State
Maggie Smither
Shayna Stubbs
Darien Poelstra

MVP in bold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Summit League. "2019 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship". Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Summit League. "2018 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship". Archived from the original on December 28, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Summit League Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Jackrabbits Claim #SummitWSOC Championship in Penalty Kicks". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. November 9, 2019. Archived from the original on November 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2020.