2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from October 28 to November 4, 2023. The 9-match tournament was scheduled to be held at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas. However a large amount of rain caused the field to be unavailable for the Quarterfinals and Semifinals, leading those rounds to instead be moved to Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. The move in venue caused the Big 12 to have to refund all quarterfinal and semifinal round tickets. Admission was made free in Austin, so no attendance count was made, though fans coming still had to pay parking prices.

2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams10
Matches9
Attendance1,032
SiteMike A. Myers Stadium (Quarterfinals, Semifinals)
Round Rock Multipurpose Complex (1st Round, Championship)
Austin, Texas (Quarterfinals, Semifinals)
Round Rock, Texas (1st Round, Championship)
ChampionsTexas (3rd title)
Winning coachAngela Kelly (1st title)
MVPLexi Missimo (Offensive)
Mia Justus (Defensive) (Texas)
BroadcastESPN+
Big 12 Conference women's soccer tournament
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2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 9 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y 8 0 2   .900 16 2 5   .804
No. 4 BYU  ‍‍‍y 7 0 3   .850 20 3 3   .827
TCU  ‍‍‍ 6 2 2   .700 10 6 3   .605
No. 18 Texas  ‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 17 5 2   .750
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 5 3 2   .600 7 8 4   .474
UCF  ‍‍‍ 5 4 1   .550 10 7 1   .583
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 5 5 0   .500 12 8 0   .600
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 4 4 2   .500 9 7 3   .553
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 2 3 5   .450 4 8 7   .395
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 3 5 2   .400 8 10 2   .450
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 3 7 0   .300 6 11 1   .361
Houston  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 8 8 2   .500
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 1 7 2   .200 4 8 6   .389
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 3 12 3   .250
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 Big 12 Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The Big 12 Conference

The 10-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The West Virginia Mountaineers were the defending champions from 2022.[1]

Texas won the title by defeating new comer BYU 3–1 in the final. This was the third title in school history for Texas, their first since winning back-to-back in 2006 & 2007, and the first for head coach Angela Kelly. As tournament champions, Texas earned the Big 12's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.[2] It was Texas' final Big 12 Women's Soccer Championship as the team will move to the SEC in 2024.

Seeding edit

The top ten teams in regular season play qualified for the tournament. One tiebreaker was used to determine the 9th and 10th seeds. Head-to-head between Oklahoma and Cincinnati was a tie at 0–0. However Cincinnati won the 9-seed with points earned against common opponents: 7–4.

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Texas Tech 8–0–2 26
2 BYU 7–0–3 24
3 TCU 6–2–2 20
4 Texas 6–3–1 19
5 West Virginia 5–3–2 17
6 UCF 5–4–1 16
7 Oklahoma State 5–5–0 15
8 Baylor 4–4–2 14
9 Cincinnati 2–3–5 11
10 Oklahoma 3–5–2 11

Bracket edit

1st Round
Saturday, Oct. 28
Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 30
Semifinals
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Final
Saturday, Nov. 4
1 Texas Tech 2
8 Baylor 2 9 Cincinnati 1
9 Cincinnati 3 1 Texas Tech 0
4 Texas 1
4 Texas 3
5 West Virginia 1
4 Texas 3
2 BYU 1
2 BYU 6
7 Oklahoma State 0 10 Oklahoma 0
10 Oklahoma 1 2 BYU 4
6 UCF 1
3 TCU 2
6 UCF 3


Schedule edit

1st Round edit

October 28, 2023 #8 Baylor 2–3 #9 Cincinnati Round Rock, TX
1:00 p.m.
  • Blythe Obar   32'
  • Ashley Merrill   51'
  • Hannah Augustyn   69'
  • Ashley Merrill   83'
Report
  •   11' Fran Stables
  •   50' Emma Gioffre
  •   83' Kendall Battle
Stadium: Round Rock Multipurpose Complex
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Travis Haight
Assistant referees: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Santiago Roa
Fourth official: William Hale
October 28, 2023 #7 Oklahoma State 0–1 #10 Oklahoma Round Rock, TX
3:30 p.m.
  • Adelhia Ghonda   57'
Report
  •   76' Esalenna Galekhutle
  •   57' Cailey England
Stadium: Round Rock Multipurpose Complex
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Richonne Clark
Assistant referees: Karsten Gillwald
Assistant referees: Joshua Ell
Fourth official: Travis Haight

Quarterfinals edit

October 30, 2023 #4 Texas 3–1 #5 West Virginia Austin, TX
11:30 a.m.
Report
  •   31' Dilary Heredia-Beltran
  •   57' Dilary Heredia-Beltran
Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Attendance: 283
Referee: Brandon Gardner
Assistant referees: Trevor Rappleye
Assistant referees: Laura Chambers
Fourth official: Austin Saini
October 30, 2023 #1 Texas Tech 2–1 #9 Cincinnati Austin, TX
2:00 p.m.
  • Hannah Anderson   13'
  • Team   67'
  • Team   67'
  • Team   67'
  • Gisselle Kozarski   89'
Report
  •   85' Laura Zemberyova
Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Servando Berna
Assistant referees: Karsten Gillwald
Assistant referees: Chana Forstall
Fourth official: Elvis Osmanovic
October 30, 2023 #2 BYU 6–0 #10 Oklahoma Austin, TX
5:30 p.m.
  • Bella Folino   9', 61'
  • Allie Fryer   50'
  • Olivia Katoa   68'
  • Ellie Boren   69'
  • Erin Bailey   83'
  • Ellie Walbruch   89'
Report
  •   69' Hadley Murrell
Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Austin Saini
Assistant referees: Laura Chambers
Assistant referees: Janae Thompson
Fourth official: Brandon Gardner
October 30, 2023 #3 TCU 2–3 #6 UCF Austin, TX
8:00 p.m.
  • Gracie Brian   6'
  • Maddie Mooney   73'
Report
  •   53' Mia Asenjo
  •   66' Dayana Martin
  •   82' Chloe Netzel
Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Chana Forstall
Assistant referees: Karsten Gillwald
Fourth official: Servando Berna

Semifinals edit

November 1, 2023 #1 Texas Tech 0–1 #4 Texas Austin, TX
4:30 p.m. Report
Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
Assistant referees: Laura Chambers
Assistant referees: Santiago Roa
Fourth official: William Hale
November 1, 2023 #2 BYU 4–1 #6 UCF Austin, TX
7:00 p.m.
Report
  •   29' Audrey Bucks
  •   79' Katie Bradley
Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Attendance: N/A

Final edit

November 4, 2023 #2 BYU 1–3 #4 Texas Round Rock, TX
1:00 p.m. Report
  •   2', 55' Lexi Missimo
  •   68' Breana Thompson
  •   76' Holly Ward
Stadium: Round Rock Multipurpose Complex
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Corey Rockwell
Assistant referees: Jarred Mosher
Assistant referees: Maggi Short
Fourth official: Arturo Ibarra

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 34 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.78 goals per match (as of November 25, 2023).

4 goals

3 goals

  • Olivia Katoa - BYU

2 goals

1 goal

  • Ashley Merrill - Baylor
  • Hannah Augustyn - Baylor
  • Allie Fryer - BYU
  • Erin Bailey - BYU
  • Fran Stables - Cincinnati
  • Emma Gioffre - Cincinnati
  • Kendall Battle - Cincinnati
  • Laura Zemberyova - Cincinnati
  • Esalenna Galekhutle - Oklahoma
  • Gracie Brian - TCU
  • Maddie Mooney - TCU
  • Holly Ward - Texas
  • Hannah Anderson - Texas Tech
  • Gisselle Kozarski - Texas Tech
  • Chloe Netzel - UCF
  • Dayana Martin - UCF
  • Katie Bradley - UCF
  • Mia Asenjo - UCF
  • Dilary Heredia-Beltran - West Virginia

All-Tournament team edit

Source:[3]

Position Player Team
GK Mia Justus^ Texas
DF Kendell Petersen BYU
Lauren Lapomarda Texas
Hannah Anderson Texas Tech
MF Brecken Mozingo BYU
Olivia Wade-Katoa BYU
Lexi Missimo* Texas
FW Ellie Walbruch BYU
Chloe Netzel UCF
Trinity Byars Texas
Holly Ward Texas

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

References edit

  1. ^ "West Virginia Wins Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "Texas Wins 2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. November 4, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Big 12 Announces All-Tournament Team". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.