2023 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Big East Conference
Gender:women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,919
Venue:Maryland SoccerPlex (Semifinals and finals)
City:Boyds, Maryland
Champions:Georgetown
Titlecount:7th
Coach:Dave Nolan
Coachcount:7th
Broadcast:FloSports (quarterfinals and semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final)
Mvp:Allie Winstanley (Offensive)
Brianne Riley (Defensive)
Mvpteam:Georgetown

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.

Seeding

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]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Xavier6–1–422
2Georgetown6–1–422
3UConn6–1–321
4Providence4–1–517
5St. John's5–4–116
6Butler2–3–511

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Cara JordanUConn
Chioma Okafor
Erika HarwoodGeorgetown
Maja Lardner
Natalie Means
Brianne Riley^
Allie Winstanley*
Kyla GallagherProvidence
Avery Snead
Natalie BainXavier
Shelby Sallee
Sonia Vargas
* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. February 7, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. December 13, 2023.
  3. Web site: Old Dominion women’s soccer team will hit road to face Georgetown in NCAAs. The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 2023. December 13, 2023.
  4. Web site: 2022 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. February 7, 2022.
  5. Web site: Bracket Finalized for the 2023 BIG EAST Women’s Soccer Championship Presented by JEEP. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 26, 2023. December 13, 2023.
  6. Web site: BE Champ 1st Rd WSOC Weekly Release. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 28, 2023. December 13, 2023.
  7. Web site: Georgetown Wins 2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 5, 2022. December 13, 2023.