SEC women's soccer tournament explained

SEC women's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference soccer championship
Sport:Soccer
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Number Of Teams:10
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex[1]
Current Location:Pensacola, Florida
Years:1993–present
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:Georgia
Most Championships:Florida (12)
Television:SEC Network

The SEC women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in college soccer for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The tournament has been held every year since 1993. It is a single-elimination tournament with seeding based on conference records and the regular-season champion hosting the semifinal and final matches. The field expanded from four to six teams in its second season, 1994, and then to eight teams in 1996. The current format of 10 teams was adopted in 2012. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season

By Year

Source:[2]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMVPReference
19933–2*(OT)ArkansasPurdy Field • Nashville, TNHoney Marsh, Arkansas
1994Vanderbilt 3–0AuburnLadyBack Field • Fayetteville, ARChristine Watson, Vanderbilt
19952–1AlabamaAuburn Soccer Complex • Auburn, ALCarrie Landrum, Kentucky
1996Florida 3–2*(2OT)ArkansasUK Soccer ComplexLexington, KYDanielle Fotopoulos, Florida
1997Florida 4–2VanderbiltJames G. Pressly StadiumGainesville, FLSarah Yohe, Florida
1998Florida 2–0VanderbiltAlabama Varsity Soccer Field • Tuscaloosa, ALErin Baxter, Florida
1999Florida 3–0Ole MissVanderbilt Soccer Field • Nashville, TNAngie Olson, Florida
2000Florida 2–0GeorgiaGeorgia Soccer Stadium • Athens, GAAbby Wambach, Florida
2001Florida 2–1AuburnLSU Soccer Complex • Baton Rouge, LA
20022–1*(2OT)FloridaOle Miss Soccer StadiumOxford, MSJordan Kellgren, Florida
2003Tennessee 1–1†
FloridaOrange Beach SportsplexOrange Beach, ALRobin Fulton, Florida
2004Florida 2–1*(2OT)TennesseeAuburn University Soccer Complex • Auburn, ALStephanie Freeman, Florida
2005Tennessee 1–0AuburnOrange Beach Sportsplex, Orange Beach, ALRonda Brooks, Auburn
2006Kentucky 2–1FloridaAnne Ogundele, Kentucky
2007Florida 4–1GeorgiaStacy Bishop, Florida
2008Tennessee 1–0GeorgiaJaimel Johnson, Tennessee
20091–1†
LSUBlakely Mattern, South Carolina
2010Florida 1–0South CarolinaErika Tymrak, Florida
2011Auburn 3–2FloridaKaty Frierson, Auburn
2012Florida 3–0AuburnErika Tymrak, Florida
20132–1FloridaLiz Keester, Texas A&M
2014Texas A&M 1–0KentuckyBianca Brinson, Texas A&M
2015Florida 2–1Texas A&MChristen Westphal, Florida
2016Florida 2–1*(2OT)ArkansasMeggie Dougherty Howard, Florida
2017Texas A&M 2–1ArkansasMikaela Harvey, Texas A&M[3]
2018LSU 1–1†
ArkansasCaroline Brockmeier, LSU[4]
2019South Carolina 1–0ArkansasGrace Fisk, South Carolina[5] [6]
2020Vanderbilt 3–1ArkansasMyra Konte, Vanderbilt[7]
2021Tennessee 3–0ArkansasAbbey Burdette, Tennessee[8]
2022South Carolina 1–0AlabamaAshton Brosnaham Soccer Complex, Pensacola, FloridaCatherine Barry, South Carolina[9] [10]
2023Georgia 1–0ArkansasCroix Bethune, Georgia[11] [12]

By school

Source:[2]

SchoolWLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Alabama16615120
Arkansas171814580
Auburn2816245512011
Florida265112617121996–2001, 2004, 2007,
2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
Georgia2214194412023
Kentucky2314193321995, 2006
LSU1911129212018
Mississippi State616100
Missouri837100
Ole Miss23823110
South Carolina2214186432009, 2019, 2022
Tennessee2418176652002, 2003, 2005,
2008, 2021
Texas A&M111580432013, 2014, 2017
Vanderbilt2318156531993, 1994, 2020

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEC Soccer Tournament moves to Pensacola .
  2. Web site: Soccer Record Book. secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. April 20, 2024.
  3. Web site: 2017 SEC Soccer Championship. Southeastern Conference. 5 November 2017.
  4. Web site: 2018 SEC Soccer Championship. Southeastern Conference. 27 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Gamecock Women's Soccer Win 2019 SEC Tournament Championship. ABC News. November 10, 2019. February 4, 2020.
  6. Web site: South Carolina Gamecocks win 2019 SEC Soccer Tournament. Southeastern Conference. February 4, 2020.
  7. Web site: SEC Championships - Soccer 2020. live. 2021-10-26. www.secsports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027133749/https://www.secsports.com/article/32034008/2020-sec-soccer-tournament . 2021-10-27 .
  8. Web site: SEC Championships - Soccer 2021. live. 2021-10-26. www.secsports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905061811/http://www.secsports.com/article/11037811/championships-soccer . 2015-09-05 .
  9. Web site: SEC Championships - Soccer 2022. live. 2023-05-25. www.secsports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131132700/https://www.secsports.com/article/11037811/championships-soccer. 2023-01-31 .
  10. Web site: SEC champs! South Carolina women’s soccer wins tournament title. Jeremiah. Holloway. The State. November 7, 2022. May 25, 2023.
  11. Web site: SEC Championships - Soccer 2023. 2024-01-03. www.secsports.com. Southeastern Conference.
  12. Web site: SEC Soccer Tournament: Georgia wins first championship after shutting out Arkansas. Ben. Grieco. Pensacola News Journal. November 5, 2023. January 3, 2024.