2023 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
The 2023 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland for the semifinals and finals, while the first-round games were hosted by the higher seeded team. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas.[1] They successfully defended their title by defeating Xavier in the final 2–0.[2] This was the second straight year that Georgetown defeated Xavier in the Final. This is the seventh title in program history for Georgetown and head coach Dave Nolan. All seven of their titles have come in the last eight years and Georgetown has now won four straight titles.[3][4] As tournament champions, Georgetown earned the Big East's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
| 2023 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 6 |
| Matches | 5 |
| Attendance | 2,919 |
| Site | Maryland SoccerPlex (Semifinals and finals) Boyds, Maryland |
| Champions | Georgetown (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Dave Nolan (7th title) |
| MVP | Allie Winstanley (Offensive) Brianne Riley (Defensive) (Georgetown) |
| Broadcast | FloSports (quarterfinals and semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier †y | 6 | – | 0 | – | 4 | .800 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown †‡y | 6 | – | 0 | – | 4 | .800 | 13 | – | 2 | – | 7 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | 6 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .750 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 5 | .658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence y | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 | .650 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .550 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 2 | – | 3 | – | 5 | .450 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 6 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 2 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .400 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 2 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .350 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 4 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .300 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 4 | .368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .250 | 4 | – | 9 | – | 5 | .361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 7 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 Big East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 5, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The Big East Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding edit
The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds for the tournament after Xavier and Georgetown finished the regular season with identical 6–1–4 regular season conference records. The two teams tied 0–0 in their October 6 regular season match up so a second tiebreaker was used. The second tiebreaker was points earned versus teams qualified for the Big East tournament. Xavier was awarded the first seed while Georgetown was the second seed.[5][6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xavier | 6–1–4 | 22 |
| 2 | Georgetown | 6–1–4 | 22 |
| 3 | UConn | 6–1–3 | 21 |
| 4 | Providence | 4–1–5 | 17 |
| 5 | St. John's | 5–4–1 | 16 |
| 6 | Butler | 2–3–5 | 11 |
Bracket edit
| First round Sunday, Oct. 29 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 2 | Final Sunday, Nov. 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Xavier | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 3 | 4 | Providence | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | St. John's | 1 | 1 | Xavier | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Georgetown | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgetown | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UConn | 3 | 3 | UConn | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Butler | 2 | ||||||||||||
Schedule edit
Quarterfinals edit
| October 29 | #3 UConn | 3–2 | #6 Butler | Storrs, CT |
| 1:00 p.m. |
| Report |
| Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 475 Referee: Dave Brekner Assistant referees: Adam Cook Aaron Selenica Fourth official: Jeff Ardis |
| October 29 | #4 Providence | 3–1 | #5 St. John's | Providence, RI |
| 1:00 p.m. |
| Report |
| Stadium: Chapey Field Attendance: 267 |
Semifinals edit
| November 2 | #1 Xavier | 2–0 | #4 Providence | Boyds, MD |
| 4:00 p.m. |
| Report |
| Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 527 Referee: Marie Durr Assistant referees: Sharon Gingrich Matthew Richardson Fourth official: George Vergara Jr. |
| November 2 | #2 Georgetown | 1–0 | #3 UConn | Boyds, MD |
| 6:30 p.m. |
| Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 647 Referee: Lucas Feathers Assistant referees: Ryan Trombeta Michael Kelley Fourth official: Alla Stepanov |
Final edit
| November 5 | #1 Xavier | 0–2 | #2 Georgetown | Boyds, MD |
| 1:30 p.m. | Report |
| Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Ashley Cedro Assistant referees: Max Elsasser Dustin Killick Fourth official: Nickrod Fateh |
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).
2 goals
- Gillian Kenney – Providence
- Chioma Okafor – UConn
1 goal
- Norah Jacomen – Butler
- Talia Sommer – Butler
- Maja Lardner – Georgetown
- Tatum Lenain – Georgetown
- Allie Winstanley – Georgetown
- Avery Snead – Providence
- Jessica Garziano – St. John's
- Jessica Mazo – UConn
- Shelby Sallee – Xavier
- Sonia Vargas – Xavier
All-Tournament team edit
Source:[7]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Cara Jordan | UConn |
| Chioma Okafor | |
| Erika Harwood | Georgetown |
| Maja Lardner | |
| Natalie Means | |
| Brianne Riley^ | |
| Allie Winstanley* | |
| Kyla Gallagher | Providence |
| Avery Snead | |
| Natalie Bain | Xavier |
| Shelby Sallee | |
| Sonia Vargas |
* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP
References edit
- ^ "2022 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ "2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "Old Dominion women's soccer team will hit road to face Georgetown in NCAAs". The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "2022 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Bracket Finalized for the 2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship Presented by JEEP". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 26, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "BE Champ 1st Rd WSOC Weekly Release" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 28, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "Georgetown Wins 2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 5, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2023.