2023 SEC women's soccer tournament

2023 SEC women's soccer tournament
2023 SEC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Attendance	6,415
Site	Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex; Pensacola, Florida
Champions	Georgia (1st title)
Winning coach	Keidane McAlpine (1st title)
MVP	Croix Bethune (Georgia)
Broadcast	SEC Network
SEC women's soccer tournament
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2023 SEC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 17 Arkansas ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	1	–	1	.850	15	–	5	–	2	.727
No. 21 South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	5	–	0	–	5	.750	12	–	3	–	6	.714
No. 14 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2	.600	12	–	6	–	5	.630
No. 22 Alabama ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	12	–	5	–	5	.659
No. 13 Georgia ‍‍‡‍^y	4	–	3	–	3	.550	13	–	4	–	6	.696
Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	4	–	3	–	3	.550	10	–	8	–	4	.545
Kentucky ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	4	.500	9	–	4	–	6	.632
Auburn ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3	.450	8	–	7	–	5	.525
Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	3	–	4	–	3	.450	9	–	7	–	4	.550
LSU ‍‍‍^y	3	–	5	–	2	.400	8	–	8	–	4	.500
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	8	–	5	–	5	.583
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	7	–	7	–	3	.500
Florida ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	4	.400	6	–	5	–	6	.529
Missouri ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1	.150	5	–	9	–	3	.382


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 SEC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 7, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SEC

The 2023 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from October 29 to November 5, 2023. The tournament was held at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex in Pensacola, Florida. The ten-team single elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Carolina Gamecocks are the defending champions.^[1]^[2] The Gamecocks were unable to defend their crown, losing to Texas A&M in the Quarterfinals. Georgia won the tournament with a 1–0 victory over Arkansas in the final.^[3]^[4] The conference championship is the first for the Georgia women's soccer program, and first for second-year head coach Keidane McAlpine.^[5] As tournament champions, Georgia earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Qualification

The top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the 2023 Tournament. The top six teams were awarded byes into the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded based on regular season records, with the Eastern and Western Division champions being awarded the top two seeds.^[6] A tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and ninth seeds as Auburn and Tennessee finished with identical 3–4–3 regular season records. The two teams did not meet in the regular season so a second tiebreaker of points earned against common opponents was used. Auburn won this tiebreaker eleven points to eight and was therefore awarded the eighth seed. A three-way tiebreaker was required to determine the tenth, and last seed, of the tournament as LSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt all finished with identical 3–5–2 regular season records. Since all teams did not play each other during the regular season the second tiebreaker of points earned against common opponents was used. LSU and Vanderbilt earned four points, while Ole Miss only earned one point. Therefore, Ole Miss was eliminated. LSU and Vanderbilt did not meet during the regular season, and points earned against common opponents was again used to break the tie. LSU earned ten points while Vanderbilt earned eight points. Therefore, LSU was the tenth and final seed for the tournament.^[7]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Conference Points
1	Arkansas	8–1–1	25
2	Georgia*	4–3–3	15*
3	South Carolina	5–0–5	20
4	Mississippi State	5–3–2	17
5	Alabama	5–4–1	16
6	Texas A&M	4–3–3	15
7	Kentucky	3–3–4	13
8	Auburn	3–4–3	12
9	Tennessee	3–4–3	12
10	LSU	3–5–2	11

(*: division winners are automatically given the top two seeds).

Bracket

Source:^[8]

First Round Sunday, Oct. 29			Quarterfinals Tuesday, Oct. 31			Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 2			Final Sunday, Nov. 5

			2	Georgia	2
7	Kentucky (pen.)	0 (4)	7	Kentucky	1
10	LSU	0 (2)				2	Georgia (a.e.t.)	3
						6	Texas A&M	2
			3	South Carolina	0
			6	Texas A&M	1
									2	Georgia	1
									1	Arkansas	0
			1	Arkansas	4
8	Auburn	2	8	Auburn	0
9	Tennessee	1				1	Arkansas	2
						4	Mississippi State	0
			4	Mississippi State (pen.)	1 (2)
			5	Alabama	1 (0)

Matches

First round

October 31 Match 1	#7 Kentucky	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	#10 LSU	Pensacola, FL
1:00 p.m. CT	Maggy Henschler 21' 55' Grace Hoytink 66' Katelyn Fishnick 70' Team 87'	Report	54' Rammie Noel 56' Taylor Dobles 88' Team 88' Sage Glover	Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell Fourth official: Aaron Hernandez
	Penalties
	Úlfa Úlfarsdóttir Grace Phillpotts Sam Halligan Maddie Eastman Jordyn Rhodes		Ida Hermannsdottir Mollie Baker Jordan Johnson Sage Glover

October 29 Match 2	#8 Auburn	2–1	#9 Tennessee	Pensacola, FL
3:30 p.m. CT	Becky Contreras 38' Haley Duca 41'	Report	17' Kameron Simmonds 26' Sheridan Michel 90' Lindsey Brick	Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,244 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez Assistant referees: Katarzyna Wasiak Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Fourth official: Jonathan Weiner

Quarterfinals

October 31 Match 3	#2 Georgia	2–1	#7 Kentucky	Pensacola, FL
12:00 p.m. CT	Summer Denigan 2' Croix Bethune 63' Mallie McKenzie 81'	Report	2' (pen.) Úlfa Úlfarsdóttir 16' Tanner Strickland	Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Referee: Jonathan Weiner Assistant referees: Katarzyna Wasiak Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Fourth official: Michael Lavergne

October 31 Match 4	#3 South Carolina	0–1	#6 Texas A&M	Pensacola, FL
2:30 p.m. CT	Catherine Barry 36'	Report	33' Carissa Boeckmann 79' Sydney Becerra	Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Fourth official: Aaron Hernandez

October 31 Match 5	#1 Arkansas	4–0	#8 Auburn	Pensacola, FL
5:00 p.m. CT	Morgan White 28', 58' Bea Franklin 34' Anna Podojil 63' Kate Carter 84'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Katarzyna Wasiak Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Fourth official: Christopher Heintzman

October 31 Match 6	#4 Mississippi State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p)	#5 Alabama	Pensacola, FL
7:30 p.m. CT	Aitana Martinez-Montoya 55' (pen.) Alexis Gutierrez 58'	Report	15' Gessica Skorka 24' Brooke Steere 70' Sasha Pickard	Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Attendance: 832 Referee: Michael Lavergne Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell Fourth official: Lorenzo Hernandez
	Penalties
	Aitana Martinez-Montoya Rylie Combs Kennedy White		Felicia Knox Marianna Annest Sydney Japic Gianna Paul

Semifinals

November 2 Match 7	#1 Arkansas	2–0	#4 Mississippi State	Pensacola, FL
5:00 p.m. CT	Ava Tankersley 13' Bea Franklin 30' Morgan White 85'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Referee: Aaron Hernandez Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Assistant referees: Katarzyna Wasiak Fourth official: Mario Maric

November 2 Match 8	#2 Georgia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#6 Texas A&M	Pensacola, FL
7:30 p.m. CT	Nicole Vernis 56' (pen.) Mallie McKenzie 77' Hannah White 95' Croix Bethune 110'	Report	41' Taylor Jernigan 73' Carissa Boeckmann 104' Jazmine Wilkinson 105' MaKhiya McDonald	Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,485 Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Jessica Carnevale Assistant referees: Craig Lowery Fourth official: Jonathan Weiner

Final

November 5 Match 9	#1 Arkansas	0–1	#2 Georgia	Pensacola, FL
1:00 p.m. CT	Team 19'	Report	7' Arkansas Own Goal	Stadium: Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,727 Referee: Jonathan Weiner Assistant referees: Jessica Carnevale Assistant referees: Aaron Fong Fourth official: Mario Maric

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

Morgan White – Arkansas
Croix Bethune – Georgia

1 goal

Brooke Steere – Alabama
Kate Carter – Arkansas
Bea Franklin – Arkansas
Anna Podojil – Arkansas
Ava Tankersley – Arkansas
Becky Contreras – Auburn
Haley Duca – Auburn
Mallie McKenzie – Georgia
Nicole Vernis – Georgia
Hannah White – Georgia
Úlfa Úlfarsdóttir – Kentucky
Aitana Martinez-Montoya – Mississippi State
Kameron Simmonds – Tennessee
Sydney Becerra – Texas A&M
Taylor Jernigan – Texas A&M
Jazmine Wilkinson – Texas A&M

1 own goal

Arkansas (vs. Georgia)

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
Bea Franklin	Arkansas
Makenzie Malham
Ava Tankersley
Jordan Brown	Georgia
Croix Bethune
Mallie McKenzie
Hannah White
Maddy Anderson	Mississippi State
Rylie Combs	Mississippi State
Sydney Becerra	Texas A&M
Carolyn Calzada	Texas A&M

MVP in bold
Source:^[9]

References

^ "SEC Championships - Soccer 2022". www.secsports.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
^ Holloway, Jeremiah (November 7, 2022). "SEC champs! South Carolina women's soccer wins tournament title". The State. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^ "SEC Championships - Soccer 2023". www.secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ Grieco, Ben (November 5, 2023). "SEC Soccer Tournament: Georgia wins first championship after shutting out Arkansas". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
^ "2023 Soccer Record Book" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^ "2023 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament Brackets Announced For Ashton Brosnaham Park Beginning Sunday". northescambia.com. October 27, 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ "WSOC Week 15" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. December 4, 2023. p. 3. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
^ "2023 SEC Tournament" (PDF). ESPN. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
^ "WSOC Week 15" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. December 4, 2023. p. 5. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

[1] "SEC Championships - Soccer 2022". www.secsports.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

[2] Holloway, Jeremiah (November 7, 2022). "SEC champs! South Carolina women's soccer wins tournament title". The State. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[3] "SEC Championships - Soccer 2023". www.secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[4] Grieco, Ben (November 5, 2023). "SEC Soccer Tournament: Georgia wins first championship after shutting out Arkansas". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

[5] "2023 Soccer Record Book" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved January 3, 2023.

[6] "2023 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament Brackets Announced For Ashton Brosnaham Park Beginning Sunday". northescambia.com. October 27, 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[7] "WSOC Week 15" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. December 4, 2023. p. 3. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

[8] "2023 SEC Tournament" (PDF). ESPN. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[9] "WSOC Week 15" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. December 4, 2023. p. 5. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

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