2023 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Missouri Valley Conference
Gender:women's
Teams:8
Matches:7
Attendance:2,694
Venue:Cownie Sports Complex (Semifinals & Final)
City:Des Moines, Iowa
Champions:Valparaiso
Titlecount:1st
Coach:John Marovich
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Nikki Coryell
Mvpteam:Valparaiso

The 2023 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from October 26 through November 5, 2023. The Opening round and Second round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Cownie Sports Complex in Des Moines, Iowa. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State, who were unsuccessful in defending their crown as they fell to Valparaiso in the Semifinals.[1] Valparaiso would go on to win the tournament over top-seed Drake, 1–0 in the Final.[2] The conference tournament title was the first for the Valparaiso women's soccer program, and first for head coach John Marovich. Valparaiso has won two conference titles previously, but they were not in the Missouri Valley Conference.[3] [4] As tournament champions, Valparaiso earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

Eight of the eleven Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer programs qualified for the 2023 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with unique regular season conference records.[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Drake8–1–125
2Missouri State7–0–324
3Northern Iowa6–4–018
4UIC5–3–217
5Murray State3–2–514
6Valparaiso3–3–413
7Belmont2–3–511
8Evansville1–3–69

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player Team
Avery NowakBelmont
Maria CervellóDrake
Angela Gutierrez
Emma Nagel
Myia DanekEvansville
Abby CouchMissouri State
Maddie Schneiderhahn
Hannah CarterMurray State
Ashley HarringtonNorthern Iowa
Madison FerrisUIC
Makenna Maloy
Allie AndersonValparaiso
Nikki Coryell
Aubrey Ramey
Abby White
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 MVC Women's Soccer Championship. Missouri Valley Conference. May 17, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2023 MVC Women's Soccer Championship. Missouri Valley Conference. December 28, 2023.
  3. Web site: Valparaiso women's soccer ready for its first NCAA Tournament since 2014. The Times of Northwest Indiana. Grace. Opinker. November 10, 2023. December 28, 2023.
  4. Web site: 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Record Book. Missouri Valley Conference. December 28, 2023.
  5. Web site: Bulldog Women Hold on to Win Seventh Regular Season Title in Program History. mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. October 22, 2023. December 28, 2023.
  6. Web site: Valpo Soccer Wins MVC Championship, Clinches NCAA Tournament Berth. mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 5, 2023. December 28, 2023.