2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was held from November 2 to November 6, 2022.[2][3] The six-match tournament took place at the Lady Demon Soccer Complex in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[3] The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Northwestern State Lady Demons. Northwestern State was defeated in the semifinal round by Texas A&M-Commerce Lions 2–3. Lamar Lady Cardinals won the championship by defeating the Houston Christian Huskies 1–0 in the semifinal round and Texas A&M-Commerce 4–1 in the championship final match. The Lady Cardinals qualified for the Southland Conference's autobid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.[4] The championship win was Lamar's third in the conference.

2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams7
Matches6
Attendance717
SiteLady Demon Soccer Complex
Natchitoches, Louisiana
ChampionsLamar (3 title)
Winning coachNathan Kogut (1 title)
MVPChristine Kitaru (Lamar)
BroadcastESPN+
Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
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2022 Southland Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Lamar  y 1011 .8751522 .842
Northwestern St   822 .7501243 .711
Texas A&M-Commerce*   741 .625992 .500
Houston Christian   651 .5427103 .425
SE Louisiana   543 .542773 .500
Texas A&M-CC   561 .458891 .472
McNeese   354 .417594 .389
Incarnate Word   273 .2923103 .281
Nicholls   0110 .0002151 .139
Conference champion
2022 Southland Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament

Seeding

Seven Southland Conference teams participated in the 2022 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference records.

Source:[5]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Lamar 10–1–1 31
2 Northwestern State 8–2–2 26
3 Texas A&M–Commerce 7–4–1 22
4 Houston Christian 6–5–1 19
5 Southeastern 5–4–3 18
6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5–6–1 16
7 McNeese 3–5–4 13

Bracket

Source:[6]

First Round
Wednesday, November 2
Semifinals
Friday, November 4
Final
Sunday, November 6
         
1 Lamar 1
4 Houston Christian 0
4 Houston Christian (a.e.t.) 1
5 Southeastern 0
1 Lamar 4
3 Texas A&M–Commerce 1
3 Texas A&M–Commerce 2
6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 1
3 Texas A&M–Commerce (a.e.t.) 3
2 Northwestern State 2
2 Northwestern State 5
7 McNeese 0

Schedule

First Round

November 2, 2022 #4 Houston Christian 1–0 (a.e.t.) #5 Southeastern Natchitoches, LA
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Alexa Huerta 103'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 84
Referee: Fevzi Demirhan
Assistant referees: Bernardo Van Steenberghe
Assistant referees: Christopher Luna
Fourth official: Seun (Shay) Yinka-Kehinde
November 2, 2022 #3 Texas A&M-Commerce 2–1 #6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Natchitoches, LA
4:00 p.m. CT
  • Ashley Campuzano 36'
  • Mya Mitchell 51'
  • Morgan Westbury 46'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 75
Referee: Seun Yinka-Kehnde
Assistant referees: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Arturo Ibarra
Fourth official: Alex DeRosing
November 2, 2022 #2 Northwestern State 5–0 #7 McNeese Natchitoches, LA
7:00 p.m. CT
  • Hallie Field 8'
  • Olivia Draguicevich 47'
  • Gracie Armstrong 52' 54'
  • Paige Armstrong 71'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 178
Referee: Alex DeRostaing
Assistant referees: Fevzi Demirhan
Assistant referees: Bernardo Van Steenberghe
Fourth official: Jennifer Dymaine

Semifinals

November 4, 2022 #1 Lamar 1–0 #4 Houston Christian Natchitoches, LA
11:00 a.m. CT
  • Laura Linares 33'
  • Christine Kitaru Yellow card 26'
  • Mia Salas Yellow card 62'
  • Kat Lazor Yellow card 70'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Bernardo Van Steenberghe
Assistant referees: Chris Luna
Fourth official: Alex DeRostaing
November 4, 2022 #3 Texas A&M-Commerce 3–2 (a.e.t.) #2 Northwestern State Natchitoches, LA
2:00 p.m. CT
  • Gracie Armstrong 29' 78'
  • Halie Griffin Yellow card 65'
  • 65' Mindy Shoffit
  • 68' Ashley Campuzano
  • 104' Lauren Shaw
  • Yellow card 87' Kaitlyn Valaitis
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 150
Referee: Arturo Ibarra
Assistant referees: Fevzi Demirhan
Assistant referees: Seun Yinka-kehinde
Fourth official: Bernardo Van Steenberghe

Final

November 6, 2022 #1 Lamar 4–1 #3 Texas A&M-Commerce Natchitoches, LA
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Christine Kitaru 31' 76'
  • Cariel Ellis 56' 87'
  • 19' Mindy Shoffit Yellow card 66'
Stadium: Lady Demon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 130
Referee: Alex DeRostaing
Assistant referees: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Chris Luna
Fourth official: Shay Yinka Kehinde

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

PlayerTeam
Christine Kitaru Lamar
Laura Linares
Cariel Ellis
Abbey Gemza
Nicole Panis
Ashley Campuzano Texas A&M-Commerce
Mya Mitchell
Mindy Shoffit
Jen Peters
Gracie Armstrong Northwestern State
Kat Lazor Houston Christian

MVP in bold

References

  1. "Texas A&M University-Commerce Officially Joins NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference". Texas A&M University-Commerce. July 1, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. "Northwestern State Voted to Top Spot in Soccer Preseason Poll". Southland Conference. August 11, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022. The 2022 season gets underway Thursday, Aug. 18, with five squads in action, and the conference slate begins Friday, Sept. 9. The 2022 Southland Conference Soccer Tournament will be played Nov. 2-6 in Natchitoches, La.
  3. Alberto Carmago (November 6, 2022). "Tracking conference tournament schedules, auto bids for the 2022 DI women's soccer championship". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  4. Matt Faye (November 6, 2022). "Lamar soccer wins Southland tournament, advances to NCAAs". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  5. "2022 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SOCCER TOURNAMENT BRACKET ANNOUNCED". Southland Conference. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  6. "2022 Southland Conference soccer tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  7. "NO. 1 Lamar Comes Back From Early Deficit to Take Southland Women's Soccer Championship with 4-1 Win Over NO. 3 Texas A&M-Commerce". southland.org. Southland Conference. November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
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