2018 SEC women's soccer tournament

The 2018 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the SEC. The Texas A&M Aggies were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2018 tournament with a 2–1 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks in the quarterfinals. The LSU Tigers won the tournament title via a penalty kick shootout win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the final.^[1][2] This was the first SEC women's soccer tournament title for LSU, and the first for coach Brian Lee.^[3]

2018 SEC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Site	Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, Alabama
Champions	LSU (1st title)
Winning coach	Brian Lee (1st title)
MVP	Caroline Brockmeier (LSU)
Broadcast	SEC Network
SEC women's soccer tournament «2017  2019»

2018 SEC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 13 Vanderbilt  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			15	–	3	–	1		.816
No. 10 Tennessee  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			14	–	2	–	1		.853
Arkansas  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			14	–	4	–	3		.738
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			12	–	7	–	1		.625
No. 18 South Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			14	–	5	–	1		.725
No. 16 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			15	–	4	–	1		.775
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	4	–	1		.550			13	–	6	–	3		.659
Florida  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			7	–	10	–	4		.429
Auburn  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	5	–	1		.450			12	–	6	–	2		.650
Missouri  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			6	–	11	–	2		.368
Alabama  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			8	–	8	–	3		.500
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍^y	2	–	6	–	2		.300			9	–	7	–	2		.556
Georgia  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			4	–	9	–	5		.361
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			5	–	14	–	0		.263
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 SEC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 13, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SEC

Qualification

The top ten teams earned a berth into the SEC Tournament. The tournament is held at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Bracket

	First round Sunday, October 28					Quarterfinals Tuesday, October 30					Semifinals Friday, November 2					Championship Sunday, November 4
						2	Tennessee	1 (6)
						7	LSU	1 (7)
	7	LSU	3^2OT
	10	Missouri	2
											7	LSU	1
											6	South Carolina	0
						3	Texas A&M	1
						6	South Carolina	2
																7	LSU	1 (4)
																4	Arkansas	1 (1)
						1	Vanderbilt	0
						8	Florida	1
	8	Florida	1 (2)
	9	Auburn	1 (1)
											8	Florida	0
											4	Arkansas	1^OT
						4	Arkansas	4
						5	Ole Miss	0

Schedule

All matches are played at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.^[4]

First Round

#7 LSU v #10 Missouri

October 12, 2018	#7 LSU	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#10 Missouri	Orange Beach, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST	Alex Thomas   3', 79',   103' Chrissy Pitre   92'	Report	Momola Adesanmi   35' Julissa Cisneros   36', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Becky Pagan Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

#8 Florida v #9 Auburn

October 28, 2018	#8 Florida	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	#9 Auburn	Orange Beach, Alabama
3:30 p.m. CST	Madison Alexander   19' (pen.) Sarah Troccoli   56'	Report	Sarah Le Beau   19' Team   19' Gessie Gerow   41' Taylor Troutman   73'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Jonathan Weeiner Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Assistant referees: Kalili Terry Fourth official: Jennifer Politz
	Penalties
	Kaylan Marckese   Georgia Eaton-Collins   Tess Sapone   Madison Alexander		Bri Folds   Treva Aycock   Angeline Daly   Gianna Montini   Rocio Sanders

Quarterfinals

#2 Tennessee v #7 LSU

October 30, 2018	#2 Tennessee	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	#7 LSU	Orange Beach, Alabama
12:00 p.m. CST	Meghan Flynn   25' Bunny Shaw   86'	Report	Shannon Cooke   51'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: Craigh Lowry Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Gus St. Silva
	Penalties
	Katie Cousins   Anna Bialczak   Bunny Shaw   Mackenzie Gouner   Maya Neal   Shae Yanez   Rylie O'Keefe   Salera Jordan   Brice McInroy		Alex Thomas   Adrienne Richardson   Marlena Cutura   Abbey Newton   Lucy Parker   Chrissy Pitre   Tinaya Alexander   Shannon Cooke   Meghan Johnson

#3 Texas A&M v #6 South Carolina

October 30, 2018	#3 Texas A&M	1–2	#6 South Carolina	Orange Beach, Alabama
2:30 p.m. CST	Emily Bates   17'	Report	Lauren Chang   18' Jyllissa Harris   26' Luciana Zullo   52'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Elvis Mahumutovic Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Kaili Terry Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

#1 Vanderbilt v #8 Florida

October 30, 2018	#1 Vanderbilt	0–1	#8 Florida	Orange Beach, Alabama
5:00 p.m. CST		Report	Madison Alexander   6'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Ceciah Valero Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: Becky Pagan

#4 Arkansas v #5 Ole Miss

October 30, 2018	#4 Arkansas	4–0	#5 Ole Miss	Orange Beach, Alabama
7:30 p.m. CST	Tori Cannata   2' Own goal   4' (o.g.) Taylor Malham   7' Channing Foster   45' Reece Christopherson   58' Mary Kate Smith   86'	Report		Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Mike Dee Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

Semifinals

#8 Florida v #4 Arkansas

November 2, 2018	#8 Florida	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#4 Arkansas	Orange Beach, Alabama
12:00 p.m. CST	Sammie Betters   74'	Report	Abbi Neece   39' Kayla McKeon   91'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

#7 LSU v #6 South Carolina

November 2, 2018	#7 LSU	1–0	#6 South Carolina	Orange Beach, Alabama
2:30 p.m. CST	Own Goal   65' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Jonathan Weiner Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

Final

#7 LSU v #4 Arkansas

November 4, 2018	#7 LSU	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	#4 Arkansas	Orange Beach, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST	Shannon Cooke   72'	Report	Taylor Malham   13' Marissa Kinsey   64' Emily Russell   65' Team   93'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Tori Penso Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Ceciah Valero
	Penalties
	Alex Thomas   Adrienne Richardson   Marlena Cutura   Abbey Newton		Stefani Doyle   Taylor Malham   Haley VanFossen

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

3 goals

• Alex Thomas – LSU

2 goals

• Taylor Malham – Arkansas
• Madison Alexander – Florida
• Shannon Cooke – LSU
• Julissa Cisneros – Missouri

1 goal

• Tori Cannata – Arkansas
• Reece Christopherson – Arkansas
• Kayla McKeon – Arkansas
• Taylor Troutman – Auburn
• Lauren Chang – South Carolina
• Luciana Zullo – South Carolina
• Bunny Shaw – Tennessee
• Emily Bates – Texas A&M

1 own goal

• South Carolina against LSU
• Ole Miss against Arkansas

All-Tournament team

MVP in bold
Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Julia Lester	Florida
Kaylan Marckese
Rebecca Koch	South Carolina
Simone Wark
Stefanie Doyle	Arkansas
Kayla McKeon
Haley VanFossen
Caroline Brockmeier	LSU
Shannon Cooke
Adrienne Richardson
Alex Thomas

See also

•  Women's association football portal
•  United States portal

• Southeastern Conference
• 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

References

1. "2017 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
2. "2018 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
3. "2018 Southeastern Conference Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
4. "Championships – Soccer". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
5. "SEC Women's Soccer Weekly Release" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. November 20, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2018.