2022 Conference USA women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Conference USA
Gender:women's
Teams:8
Matches:7
Attendance:864
Venue:Transamerica Field
City:Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions:UTSA
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Derek Pittman
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Anna Sutter (Offensive)
Kendall Kloza (Defensive)
Mvpteam:UTSA

The 2022 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from November 2 through November 6, 2022. The seven-match tournament took place at Transamerica Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Old Dominion Monarchs.[1] Old Dominion was unable to defended their title as they moved to the Sun Belt Conference in 2022. The UTSA Roadrunners won the title by defeating Florida Atlantic 3–2 in overtime the final.[2] The conference championship was the first for the UTSA women's soccer program and first for head coach Derek Pittman.[3] As tournament champions, UTSA earned C-USA's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Eight Conference USA schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique conference regular season record.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Rice9–0–128
2North Texas7–2–122
3UAB6–1–321
4Louisiana Tech5–3–217
5Florida Atlantic5–3–116
6UTSA4–3–315
7Western Kentucky4–5–113
8Charlotte2–6–28

Bracket

Source:[5]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player Team
Anna Sutter*UTSA
Kendall Kloza^
Marlee Fray
Mia Krusinski
Gi KrstecFlorida Atlantic
Hailey Landrus
Thelma Hermannsdottir
Macey BaderCharlotte
Haley Shand
Madi DrenowatzNorth Texas
Jenna Sheely
* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Women's Soccer Championship. December 15, 2021. Conference USA.
  2. Web site: 2022 Women's Soccer Championship. February 15, 2023. Conference USA.
  3. Web site: Conference USA Women's Soccer Record Book. Conference USA. February 15, 2023.
  4. Web site: WSOC: Conference USA Tournament Bracket Set. conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. October 29, 2022. February 15, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2022 Conference USA Women’s Soccer Championship Bracket. conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 6, 2022. February 15, 2023.
  6. Web site: WSOC: UTSA Claims C-USA Tournament Title in Overtime Thriller. conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 6, 2022. February 15, 2023.