2022 SEC women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:SEC
Gender:women's
Teams:10
Matches:9
Attendance:7,628
Venue:Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex
City:Pensacola, Florida
Champions:South Carolina
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Shelley Smith
Coachcount:3rd
Broadcast:SEC Network
Mvp:Heather Hinz
Mvpteam:South Carolina

The 2022 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from October 30 to November 6, 2022. The tournament was held at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex in Pensacola, Florida. The ten-team single elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Tennessee are the defending champions.[1] The Volunteers were unable to defend their crown, losing to Georgia in the Quarterfinals. South Carolina won the tournament with a 1–0 victory over Alabama in the final.[2] [3] The conference championship is the third for the South Carolina women's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Shelly Smith.[4] As tournament champions, South Carolina earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Qualification

The top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the 2022 Tournament.[5] South Carolina was awarded the second seed as East Division champions. They were awarded the East Division championship after both them and Tennessee finished 5–1–0 in division matches. However, South Carolina won the head-to-head regular season meeting with Tennessee and therefore was awarded the second seed. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as both Vanderbilt and Georgia finished with 5–3–2 regular season records. Vanderbilt was awarded the fifth seed based on points earned versus common opponents as the two teams tied their regular season meeting. Vanderbilt scored twelve points, while Georgia scored 10.[6]

SeedSchoolConference RecordConference Points
1Alabama10–0–030
2South Carolina6–3–119
3Tennessee7–2–122
4Arkansas6–2–220
5Vanderbilt5–3–217
6Georgia5–3–217
7LSU4–2–416
8Mississippi State4–4–214
9Texas A&M3–4–312
10Ole Miss3–6–110

Bracket

Source:[7]

Matches

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Player Team
Jordan BrownGeorgia
Dani Murguia
Peyton CutshallVanderbilt
Sara Wojdelko
MicKinley CroneAlabama
Sasha Pickard
Ashlynn Serepca
Catherine BarrySouth Carolina
Samantha Chang
Jyllissa Harris
Heather Hinz
MVP in bold
Source:[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEC Championships - Soccer 2021. live. 2021-10-26. www.secsports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905061811/http://www.secsports.com/article/11037811/championships-soccer . 2015-09-05 .
  2. Web site: SEC Championships - Soccer 2022. live. 2023-05-25. www.secsports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131132700/https://www.secsports.com/article/11037811/championships-soccer. 2023-01-31 .
  3. Web site: SEC champs! South Carolina women’s soccer wins tournament title. Jeremiah. Holloway. The State. November 7, 2022. May 25, 2023.
  4. Web site: 2022 Soccer Record Book. secsports.com. SEC. May 25, 2023.
  5. Web site: SEC Soccer Tournament Brings Top 10 Teams To Pensacola. 2023-05-25. pensacolasports.org. Pensacola Sports. en.
  6. Web site: WSOC Week 16. secsports.com. 3. SEC. May 25, 2023. November 27, 2022.
  7. Web site: 2022 SEC Tournament. ESPN. May 25, 2023.
  8. Web site: WSOC Week 16. secsports.com. 5. SEC. May 25, 2023. November 27, 2022.