2022 Summit League women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Summit League
Gender:Women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:1,686
Venue:Campus Sites
Champions:Omaha
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Tim Walters
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:Online (TheSummitLeague.org)
Mvp:Emma Konsmo
Mvpteam:Omaha
Different Next:2023

The 2022 Summit League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on October 28–30 and November 5, 2022. The five match tournament took place at various campus sites. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits were the defending champions, but was unable to defend their title after losing to eventual champion Omaha in the semifinal match. This was Omaha's first ever Summit League women's soccer tournament title, and they earned the Summit League's automatic berth to the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

The top six of the ten teams competing during the regular season qualified for the 2022 tournament. Seeding is based on regular season conference records. Tiebreakers were used as needed. Oral Roberts was seeded higher than North Dakota State due to head-to-head tiebreaker. North Dakota received the sixth seed due to a head-to-head tiebreaker with South Dakota.[1] [2]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Denver8–0–125
2 South Dakota State7–0–223
3Omaha4–2–315
4 Oral Roberts4–5–012
5North Dakota State4–5–012
6North Dakota3–4–211

Bracket

Source:[3]

Schedule

Schedule will include the quarterfinals and semifinals being played October 28–30 and the finals being played on November 5. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be hosted by the top two seeds, the championship game will be hosted by the highest seed remaining.[4]

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament Team

Player Team
Emma KonsmoOmaha
Emilie Erland
Sophia Green
Grace Ostergaard
Gabrielle AbbeyOral Roberts
Louisa Ramsauer
Samantha See
Katherine JonesSouth Dakota State
Hayley Lindaman
Ella FrostDenver
Hannah Gallegos
Kaitlyn HansonNorth Dakota State
Amy LoefflerNorth Dakota
Source:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Women's Soccer Standings. The Summit League. October 22, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 #SummitWSOC Championship Bracket set. The Summit League. October 23, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2022 #SummitWSOC Championship Bracket. The Summit League. October 23, 2022.
  4. Web site: Denver picked to defend Summit League women's soccer title. The Summit League. October 22, 2022.
  5. Web site: Omaha Claims First #SummitWSOC Championship Title. The Summit League. November 5, 2022.