2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was held from November 2 to November 6, 2022.[2][3] The six-match tournament took place at the Lady Demon Soccer Complex in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[3] The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Northwestern State Lady Demons. Northwestern State was defeated in the semifinal round by Texas A&M-Commerce Lions 2–3. Lamar Lady Cardinals won the championship by defeating the Houston Christian Huskies 1–0 in the semifinal round and Texas A&M-Commerce 4–1 in the championship final match. The Lady Cardinals qualified for the Southland Conference's autobid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.[4] The championship win was Lamar's third in the conference.

2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams7
Matches6
Attendance717
SiteLady Demon Soccer Complex
Natchitoches, Louisiana
ChampionsLamar (3 title)
Winning coachNathan Kogut (1 title)
MVPChristine Kitaru (Lamar)
BroadcastESPN+
Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
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2022 Southland Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Lamar  ‍y 10 1 1   .875 15 2 2   .842
Northwestern St  ‍‍‍ 8 2 2   .750 12 4 3   .711
Texas A&M-Commerce*  ‍‍‍ 7 4 1   .625 9 9 2   .500
Houston Christian  ‍‍‍ 6 5 1   .542 7 10 3   .425
SE Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 5 4 3   .542 7 7 3   .500
Texas A&M-CC  ‍‍‍ 5 6 1   .458 8 9 1   .472
McNeese  ‍‍‍ 3 5 4   .417 5 9 4   .389
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍ 2 7 3   .292 3 10 3   .281
Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 0 11 0   .000 2 15 1   .139
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 Southland Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

Seeding

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Seven Southland Conference teams participated in the 2022 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference records.

Source:[5]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Lamar 10–1–1 31
2 Northwestern State 8–2–2 26
3 Texas A&M–Commerce 7–4–1 22
4 Houston Christian 6–5–1 19
5 Southeastern 5–4–3 18
6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5–6–1 16
7 McNeese 3–5–4 13

Bracket

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Source:[6]

First Round
Wednesday, November 2
Semifinals
Friday, November 4
Final
Sunday, November 6
         
1 Lamar 1
4 Houston Christian 0
4 Houston Christian (a.e.t.) 1
5 Southeastern 0
1 Lamar 4
3 Texas A&M–Commerce 1
3 Texas A&M–Commerce 2
6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 1
3 Texas A&M–Commerce (a.e.t.) 3
2 Northwestern State 2
2 Northwestern State 5
7 McNeese 0

Schedule

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First Round

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November 2, 2022 #4 Houston Christian 1–0 (a.e.t.) #5 Southeastern Natchitoches, LA
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Alexa Huerta   103'
[1] Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 84
Referee: Fevzi Demirhan
Assistant referees: Bernardo Van Steenberghe
Assistant referees: Christopher Luna
Fourth official: Seun (Shay) Yinka-Kehinde
November 2, 2022 #3 Texas A&M-Commerce 2–1 #6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Natchitoches, LA
4:00 p.m. CT
  • Ashley Campuzano   36'
  • Mya Mitchell   51'
[2]
  • Morgan Westbury   46'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 75
Referee: Seun Yinka-Kehnde
Assistant referees: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Arturo Ibarra
Fourth official: Alex DeRosing
November 2, 2022 #2 Northwestern State 5–0 #7 McNeese Natchitoches, LA
7:00 p.m. CT
  • Hallie Field   8'
  • Olivia Draguicevich   47'
  • Gracie Armstrong   52'   54'
  • Paige Armstrong   71'
[3] Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 178
Referee: Alex DeRostaing
Assistant referees: Fevzi Demirhan
Assistant referees: Bernardo Van Steenberghe
Fourth official: Jennifer Dymaine

Semifinals

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November 4, 2022 #1 Lamar 1–0 #4 Houston Christian Natchitoches, LA
11:00 a.m. CT
  • Laura Linares   33'
  • Christine Kitaru   26'
[4]
  • Mia Salas   62'
  • Kat Lazor   70'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Bernardo Van Steenberghe
Assistant referees: Chris Luna
Fourth official: Alex DeRostaing
November 4, 2022 #3 Texas A&M-Commerce 3–2 (a.e.t.) #2 Northwestern State Natchitoches, LA
2:00 p.m. CT
  • Gracie Armstrong   29'   78'
  • Halie Griffin   65'
[5]
  •   65' Mindy Shoffit
  •   68' Ashley Campuzano
  •   104' Lauren Shaw
  •   87' Kaitlyn Valaitis
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 150
Referee: Arturo Ibarra
Assistant referees: Fevzi Demirhan
Assistant referees: Seun Yinka-kehinde
Fourth official: Bernardo Van Steenberghe

Final

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November 6, 2022 #1 Lamar 4–1 #3 Texas A&M-Commerce Natchitoches, LA
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Christine Kitaru   31'   76'
  • Cariel Ellis   56'   87'
[6]
  •   19' Mindy Shoffit   66'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 130
Referee: Alex DeRostaing
Assistant referees: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Chris Luna
Fourth official: Shay Yinka Kehinde

All-Tournament team

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Source:[7]

Player Team
Christine Kitaru Lamar
Laura Linares
Cariel Ellis
Abbey Gemza
Nicole Panis
Ashley Campuzano Texas A&M-Commerce
Mya Mitchell
Mindy Shoffit
Jen Peters
Gracie Armstrong Northwestern State
Kat Lazor Houston Christian

MVP in bold

References

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  1. ^ "Texas A&M University-Commerce Officially Joins NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference". Texas A&M University-Commerce. July 1, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Northwestern State Voted to Top Spot in Soccer Preseason Poll". Southland Conference. August 11, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022. The 2022 season gets underway Thursday, Aug. 18, with five squads in action, and the conference slate begins Friday, Sept. 9. The 2022 Southland Conference Soccer Tournament will be played Nov. 2-6 in Natchitoches, La.
  3. ^ a b Alberto Carmago (November 6, 2022). "Tracking conference tournament schedules, auto bids for the 2022 DI women's soccer championship". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Matt Faye (November 6, 2022). "Lamar soccer wins Southland tournament, advances to NCAAs". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "2022 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SOCCER TOURNAMENT BRACKET ANNOUNCED". Southland Conference. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Southland Conference soccer tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "NO. 1 Lamar Comes Back From Early Deficit to Take Southland Women's Soccer Championship with 4-1 Win Over NO. 3 Texas A&M-Commerce". southland.org. Southland Conference. November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.