2017 SWAC women's soccer tournament

2017 SWAC women's soccer tournament
2017 SWAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	911
Site	PVA&M Soccer Stadium; Prairie View, Texas
Champions	Alabama State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jodie Smith (2nd title)
SWAC women's soccer tournament
«2016	2018»

The 2017 SWAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference held November 2–5, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Alabama State Hornets and they successfully defended their title by virtue of winning the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the Grambling State Tigers in the tournament final.^[1]^[2] The conference tournament title was the second in the history of the Alabama State women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach Jodie Smith.^[2]^[3]

2017 SWAC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Alabama State ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	2	–	0	.800	11	–	8	–	2	.571
Grambling State ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1	.750	11	–	7	–	2	.600
Howard ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	1	.750	9	–	10	–	1	.475
Prairie View A&M ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2	.700	6	–	9	–	2	.412
Texas Southern ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1	.650	8	–	7	–	3	.528
Mississippi Valley State ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	7	–	11	–	1	.395
Jackson State ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3	.350	2	–	14	–	3	.184
Alcorn State ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0	.300	4	–	10	–	0	.286
Alabama A&M ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0	.300	4	–	14	–	0	.222
Arkansas–Pine Bluff ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	2	–	13	–	1	.156
Southern ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	2	.100	0	–	13	–	2	.067


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2017 SWAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 10, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:SWAC

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 2			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 3			Final Sunday, Nov. 5

1	Alabama State	2

8	Alcorn State	1
			1	Alabama State	1 (6)

			5	Texas Southern	1 (5)
4	Prairie View A&M	0

5	Texas Southern	1
						1	Alabama State	0 (4)

						2	Grambling State	0 (2)
2	Grambling State	1

7	Jackson State	0
			2	Grambling State	3

			3	Howard	1
3	Howard	4

6	Mississippi Valley	1

Schedule edit

Quarterfinals edit

November 2, 2017	#1 Alabama State	2–1	#8 Alcorn State	Prairie View, Texas
10:00 a.m. CDT	Shyann Cordova 42' (pen.) Inma Martinez 48'	Report	21' Yaira Guardado	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 81

November 2, 2017	#4 Prairie View A&M	0–1	#5 Texas Southern	Prairie View, Texas
12:30 p.m. CDT		Report	49' Paige Hayward	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 224 Referee: Lauren Reed Assistant referees: Matt Thompson Assistant referees: Deshun Beard Fourth official: Estafania Estrada

November 2, 2017	#3 Howard	4–1	#6 Mississippi Valley	Prairie View, Texas
3:00 p.m. CDT	Kela Gray 18', 22', 81' Aleeya Sawyer 80'	Report	70' Katelyn Denton 72' Sheyenne Bonnick	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 123 Referee: James Spencer Assistant referees: Matt Thompson Assistant referees: Alyssa Pennington Fourth official: Deepak Lumba

November 2, 2017	#2 Grambling State	1–0	#7 Jackson State	Prairie View, Texas
5:30 p.m. CDT	Kaylee Holt 71'	Report		Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 89 Referee: Estafania Estrada Assistant referees: DeShun Beard Assistant referees: Matt Thompson Fourth official: Lauren Reed

Semifinals edit

November 3, 2017	#1 Alabama State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	#5 Texas Southern	Prairie View, Texas
3:00 p.m. CDT	Teaggan Ilela 2'	Report	52' Kelly Sanders	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 126 Referee: Matt Thompson Assistant referees: George Kubove Assistant referees: Lauren Reed Fourth official: Deepak Lumba
	Penalties
	Inma Martinez Teaggan Ilela Lexi Krieger Shelby Unruh Shyann Cordova Emily LaRue Mercedes Padilla		Briana Norwood Alisa Holloway Brooke Ianiero Kayla Smith Madison Phillips Kelly Sanders Paige Hayward

November 3, 2017	#2 Grambling State	3–1	#3 Howard	Prairie View, Texas
5:30 p.m. CDT	Florence David 22' Brittany Terry 45' (pen.) Jasmine Smith 54'	Report	82' Hollie Cartwright	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 125 Referee: Deshun Beard Assistant referees: Estefania Estrada Assistant referees: Bryan Estrada Fourth official: Alyssa Pennington

Final edit

November 5, 2017	#1 Alabama State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	#2 Grambling State	Prairie View, Texas
11:00 a.m. CST		Report		Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 143 Referee: Alyssa Pennington Assistant referees: Matt Thompson Assistant referees: DeShun Beard Fourth official: Lauren Reed
	Penalties
	Inma Martinez Teaggan Ilela Lexi Krieger Shelby Unruh		Kaylee Holt Jasmine Smith Brittany Terry Sage Nelson

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

3 Goals

Kela Gray - Howard

1 Goal

Sheyenne Bonnick - Mississippi Valley
Hollie Cartwright - Howard
Shyann Cordova - Alabama State
Florence David - Grambling State
Yaira Guardado - Alcorn State
Paige Hayward - Texas Southern
Kaylee Holt - Grambling State
Teaggan Ilela - Alabama State
Inma Martinez - Alabama State
Kelly Sanders - Texas Southern
Aleeya Sawyer - Howard
Jasmine Smith - Grambling State
Brittany Terry - Grambling State

References edit

^ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2016 Women's Soccer Tournament Central". Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Tournament Central". Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "2017 Alabama State Women's Soccer" (PDF). ASU Athletic Strategic Communications. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

External links edit

2017 SWAC Women's Soccer Championship

[2016_Tournament-1] Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2016 Women's Soccer Tournament Central". Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2017_Tournament-2] Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Tournament Central". Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[Alabama_State_Record_Book-3] "2017 Alabama State Women's Soccer" (PDF). ASU Athletic Strategic Communications. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

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