2023 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament explained

Year:	2023
Conference:	Southland Conference
Gender:	women's
Teams:	7
Matches:	6
Attendance:	897
Venue:	Dr. Jack Dugan Soccer & Track Stadium
City:	Corpus Christi, Texas
Champions:	Lamar
Titlecount:	4
Coach:	Nathan Kougat
Coachcount:	2
Mvp:	Arely Alaniz
Mvpteam:	Lamar
Broadcast:	ESPN+

The 2023 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was held from November 1 to November 5, 2023. The six-match tournament took place at the Dr. Jack Dugan Soccer & Track Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas.^[1] The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. In a tournament which included three matches that were decided by penalty kicks, Lamar, the defending champions, won its fourth overall Southland Conference tournament championship and its second consecutive tournament championship in a 3-1 match vs #3 seed, McNeese.

Media

All matches were broadcast on ESPN+.

Seeding

Seven Southland Conference teams participated in the 2023 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference records.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points	Tie breaking
1	Lamar	9–0–1	28	No tie. Seeded based on overall points.
2	Texas A&M–Commerce	7–1–2	23	No tie. Seeded based on overall points.
3		5–3–2	17	No tie. Seeded based on overall points.
4		4–5–1	13	Head to head. 1–0–0 vs TAMU–CC. 1–0–0 vs SELU.
5	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	4–5–1	13	Head to head. 1–0–0 vs SELU.
6	Southeastern Louisiana	4–5–1	13	Head to head. 0–0–1 vs TAMU–CC.
7	Houston Christian	4–6–0	12	No tie. Seeded based on overall points.

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Bracket

Source:^{[4] [5] [6]}

Schedule

Final

All-Tournament team

Source:^{[7] [8]}

Player	Team
Arely Alaniz	Lamar
Cariel Ellis
Trinity Clark
Hollie Massey
Riley Wilson
Jackie Kelly	McNeese
Kiana Kukaua
Kaile Kukaua
Morgan Schooley
Lauren Avilla	Houston Christian
Caroline Hilliard	Northwestern State

MVP in bold

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maria Howell . Tracking 2023 DI women's college conference soccer tournament schedules, automatic bids for the NCAA tournament . NCAA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. . November 4, 2023 . November 4, 2023.
2. Web site: Soccer Tie-Breaking Procedures . Southland Conference . October 29, 2023.
3. Web site: 2023 Women's Soccer Head To Head Record . Southland Conference . October 29, 2023.
4. Web site: Matt Faye . Lamar soccer starts Southland tournament as top seed . Hearst Newspapers, LLC . November 4, 2023 . November 2, 2023.
5. Web site: 2023 Southland Conference soccer tournament. Southland Conference. October 9, 2023.
6. Web site: 2023-24 Championship Calendar . Southland Conference . October 9, 2023.
7. Web site: Kenneth Cline . BACK-TO-BACK: Cards Make History With Second Straight Conference Title . Lamar University Athletics . November 6, 2023 . November 5, 2023 . Arely Alaniz etched herself as the SLC tournament MVP by being one of three Cardinals to score in the match along with Trinity Clark and Eva Karen. Cariel Ellis and Alana Clark recorded assists in the match on the goals while Nicole Panis finished with four saves in goal. Alaniz was one of five members on the all-tournament team along with Trinity Clark, Ellis, Hollie Massey, and Riley Wilson..
8. Web site: Taylor Riemersma . MCNEESE CONCLUDES 2023 CAMPAIGN IN SLC CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAINST LAMAR . McNeese State University Athletics . November 5, 2023 . Four players were named to the All-Tournament team, highlighted by junior Jackie Kelly, a goalkeeper, senior Kiana Kukaua, a midfielder, sister Kaile Kukaua, a junior midfielder, and senior defender Morgan Schooley..