2018 SEC women's soccer tournament

2018 SEC women's soccer tournament
2018 SEC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Site	Orange Beach Sportsplex; Orange Beach, Alabama
Champions	LSU (1st title)
Winning coach	Brian Lee (1st title)
MVP	Caroline Brockmeier (LSU)
Broadcast	SEC Network
SEC women's soccer tournament
«2017	2019»

The 2018 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the SEC. The Texas A&M Aggies were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2018 tournament with a 2–1 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks in the quarterfinals. The LSU Tigers won the tournament title via a penalty kick shootout win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the final.^[1]^[2] This was the first SEC women's soccer tournament title for LSU, and the first for coach Brian Lee.^[3]

2018 SEC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 13 Vanderbilt ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	1	–	1	.850	15	–	3	–	1	.816
No. 10 Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	14	–	2	–	1	.853
Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1	.650	14	–	4	–	3	.738
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1	.650	12	–	7	–	1	.625
No. 18 South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1	.650	14	–	5	–	1	.725
No. 16 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1	.650	15	–	4	–	1	.775
No. 19 LSU ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	13	–	6	–	3	.659
Florida ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2	.500	7	–	10	–	4	.429
Auburn ‍‍‍^y	4	–	5	–	1	.450	12	–	6	–	2	.650
Missouri ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1	.350	6	–	11	–	2	.368
Alabama ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	8	–	8	–	3	.500
Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	2	–	6	–	2	.300	9	–	7	–	2	.556
Georgia ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	4	–	9	–	5	.361
Kentucky ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0	.100	5	–	14	–	0	.263


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 SEC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 13, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SEC

Qualification

The top ten teams earned a berth into the SEC Tournament. The tournament is held at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Bracket

First round Sunday, October 28			Quarterfinals Tuesday, October 30			Semifinals Friday, November 2			Championship Sunday, November 4

			2	Tennessee	1 (6)

			7	LSU	1 (7)
7	LSU	3^2OT

10	Missouri	2
						7	LSU	1

						6	South Carolina	0



			3	Texas A&M	1

			6	South Carolina	2



									7	LSU	1 (4)

									4	Arkansas	1 (1)



			1	Vanderbilt	0

			8	Florida	1
8	Florida	1 (2)

9	Auburn	1 (1)
						8	Florida	0

						4	Arkansas	1^OT



			4	Arkansas	4

			5	Ole Miss	0

Schedule

All matches are played at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.^[4]

First Round

October 12, 2018	#7 LSU	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#10 Missouri	Orange Beach, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST	Alex Thomas 3', 79', 103' Chrissy Pitre 92'	Report	Momola Adesanmi 35' Julissa Cisneros 36', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Becky Pagan Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

October 28, 2018	#8 Florida	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	#9 Auburn	Orange Beach, Alabama
3:30 p.m. CST	Madison Alexander 19' (pen.) Sarah Troccoli 56'	Report	Sarah Le Beau 19' Team 19' Gessie Gerow 41' Taylor Troutman 73'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Jonathan Weeiner Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Assistant referees: Kalili Terry Fourth official: Jennifer Politz
	Penalties
	Kaylan Marckese Georgia Eaton-Collins Tess Sapone Madison Alexander		Bri Folds Treva Aycock Angeline Daly Gianna Montini Rocio Sanders

Quarterfinals

October 30, 2018	#2 Tennessee	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	#7 LSU	Orange Beach, Alabama
12:00 p.m. CST	Meghan Flynn 25' Bunny Shaw 86'	Report	Shannon Cooke 51'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: Craigh Lowry Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Gus St. Silva
	Penalties
	Katie Cousins Anna Bialczak Bunny Shaw Mackenzie Gouner Maya Neal Shae Yanez Rylie O'Keefe Salera Jordan Brice McInroy		Alex Thomas Adrienne Richardson Marlena Cutura Abbey Newton Lucy Parker Chrissy Pitre Tinaya Alexander Shannon Cooke Meghan Johnson

October 30, 2018	#3 Texas A&M	1–2	#6 South Carolina	Orange Beach, Alabama
2:30 p.m. CST	Emily Bates 17'	Report	Lauren Chang 18' Jyllissa Harris 26' Luciana Zullo 52'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Elvis Mahumutovic Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Kaili Terry Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

October 30, 2018	#1 Vanderbilt	0–1	#8 Florida	Orange Beach, Alabama
5:00 p.m. CST		Report	Madison Alexander 6'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Ceciah Valero Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: Becky Pagan

October 30, 2018	#4 Arkansas	4–0	#5 Ole Miss	Orange Beach, Alabama
7:30 p.m. CST	Tori Cannata 2' Own goal 4' (o.g.) Taylor Malham 7' Channing Foster 45' Reece Christopherson 58' Mary Kate Smith 86'	Report		Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Mike Dee Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#8 Florida	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#4 Arkansas	Orange Beach, Alabama
12:00 p.m. CST	Sammie Betters 74'	Report	Abbi Neece 39' Kayla McKeon 91'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

November 2, 2018	#7 LSU	1–0	#6 South Carolina	Orange Beach, Alabama
2:30 p.m. CST	Own Goal 65' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Jonathan Weiner Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Gus St. Silva

Final

November 4, 2018	#7 LSU	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	#4 Arkansas	Orange Beach, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST	Shannon Cooke 72'	Report	Taylor Malham 13' Marissa Kinsey 64' Emily Russell 65' Team 93'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex Referee: Tori Penso Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Fourth official: Ceciah Valero
	Penalties
	Alex Thomas Adrienne Richardson Marlena Cutura Abbey Newton		Stefani Doyle Taylor Malham Haley VanFossen

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

3 goals

Alex Thomas – LSU

2 goals

Taylor Malham – Arkansas
Madison Alexander – Florida
Shannon Cooke – LSU
Julissa Cisneros – Missouri

1 goal

Tori Cannata – Arkansas
Reece Christopherson – Arkansas
Kayla McKeon – Arkansas
Taylor Troutman – Auburn
Lauren Chang – South Carolina
Luciana Zullo – South Carolina
Bunny Shaw – Tennessee
Emily Bates – Texas A&M

1 own goal

South Carolina against LSU
Ole Miss against Arkansas

All-Tournament team

MVP in bold
Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Julia Lester	Florida
Kaylan Marckese	Florida
Rebecca Koch	South Carolina
Simone Wark	South Carolina
Stefanie Doyle	Arkansas
Kayla McKeon
Haley VanFossen
Caroline Brockmeier	LSU
Shannon Cooke
Adrienne Richardson
Alex Thomas

References

^ "2017 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^ "2018 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^ "2018 Southeastern Conference Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^ "Championships – Soccer". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "SEC Women's Soccer Weekly Release" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. November 20, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

[2017_Tournament-1] "2017 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

[2018_Tournament-2] "2018 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

[Record_Book-3] "2018 Southeastern Conference Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

[4] "Championships – Soccer". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

[5] "SEC Women's Soccer Weekly Release" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. November 20, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

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