2023 Summit League women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Summit League
Gender:Women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Venue:Campus Sites
Champions:South Dakota State
Titlecount:7th
Coach:Brock Thompson
Coachcount:3rd
Broadcast:Summit League Network
Mvp:Katherine Jones
Mvpteam:SDSU
Different Previous:2022

The 2023 Summit League women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League and was held on October 27–29 and November 4, 2023. 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 Omaha Mavericks were the defending champions and were defeated by South Dakota State in the tournament final. South Dakota State won the tournament and earned the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. This win was the Jackrabbits' seventh tournament title.

Seeding

The top six of the nine teams competing during the regular season qualified for the 2023 tournament. Seeding is based on regular season conference records. Tiebreakers were used as needed. Oral Roberts was seeded higher than Omaha due to head-to-head tiebreaker.[1] [2]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Denver5–1–217
2 South Dakota State4–1–315
3Oral Roberts4–3–113
4 Omaha3–1–413
5South Dakota3–4–110
6Kansas City2–3–39

Bracket

Source:[3]

Schedule

The 2023 schedule will include the quarterfinals and semifinals being played on October 27–29 and the finals being played on November 4. 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
Katherine JonesSouth Dakota State
Kayla Anderson
Reagan Anderson
Avery Murdzek
Emilie ErlandOmaha
Sophia Green
Regan Zimmers
Kaitlyn GloverDenver
Camryn MacMillan
Gabrielle AbbeyOral Roberts
Jordan Grigsby
Maliah AtkinsSouth Dakota
Riley MooreKansas City
Tournament MVP
Source:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Women's Soccer Standings. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 16, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2023 #SummitWSOC Championship bracket set. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 24, 2023. October 24, 2023.
  3. Web site: 2023 #SummitWSOC Championship Bracket. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 24, 2023. October 24, 2023.
  4. Web site: The Summit League releases updated 2023 women's soccer schedule. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. July 6, 2023. October 16, 2023.
  5. Web site: South Dakota State captures seventh #SummitWSOC Championship title. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. November 5, 2023. November 5, 2023.