2022 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Gender:women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:1,307
Venue:UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
City:Orlando, Florida
Champions:Memphis
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Brooks Monaghan
Coachcount:3rd
Broadcast:ESPN+
ESPNNews (Final)
Mvp:Shae Taylor (Offensive)
Claire Wyville (Defensive)
Mvpteam:Memphis

The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 30 to November 6, 2022. The first round was hosted by the higher seed, and the Semifinals and Final took place at the home field of the regular season champion UCF.[1] The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Memphis Tigers are the defending tournament champions.[2] Memphis successfully defended its title, defeating East Carolina in the First Round, first-seed UCF in the Semifinals and SMU in the Final.[3] Memphis' win was the program's third and also the third for coach Brooks Monaghan.[4] As tournament champions, Memphis earned the American's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds for the tournament as East Carolina and SMU both finished the regular season with identical 3–3–2 records. East Carolina earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 2–1 regular season win at SMU on September 15, 2022.[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1UCF7–0–122
2South Florida5–3–015
3Cincinnati3–1–413
4Memphis3–2–312
5East Carolina3–3–211
6SMU3–3–211

Bracket

Source:[6]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Anna HendersonUCF
Kristen Scott
Wayny BalataSMU
Payton Doiron
Sammy Nieves
Courtney Sebazco
Lilly HuberMemphis
Haylee Spray
Grace Stordy
Shae Taylor*
Claire Wyville^
 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Field Set for 2022 American Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Championship. The American Athletic Conference. October 27, 2022. February 1, 2023.
  2. Web site: Memphis Wins American Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Championship on Penalties. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 7, 2021. November 18, 2021.
  3. Web site: 2022 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship. The American Athletic Conference. February 1, 2023.
  4. Web site: American Athletic Conference 2022 Women's Soccer Record Book. The American Athletic Conference. theamerican.org. February 1, 2023.
  5. Web site: Pirates Take Down No. 19 SMU in Dallas. ecupirates.com. East Carolina Pirates Athletics. September 15, 2022. February 1, 2023.
  6. Web site: 2022 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship Bracket. The American Athletic Conference. theamerican.org. February 1, 2023.
  7. Web site: Memphis Wins Women’s Soccer Championship with 1-0 Overtime Win over SMU. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 6, 2022. February 1, 2023.