2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance1,284
SitePremier Sports Campus
Lakewood Ranch, Florida
ChampionsEast Carolina (1st title)
Winning coachGary Higgins (1st title)
MVPAnnabelle Abbott (Offensive)
Maeve English (Defensive) (East Carolina)
BroadcastESPN+
ESPNU (Final)
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
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2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Memphis  ‍†‍‍ 6 – 0 – 4   .800 13 – 2 – 4   .789
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 6 – 1 – 3   .750 12 – 2 – 5   .763
East Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y 5 – 2 – 3   .650 10 – 4 – 7   .643
Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 1   .550 12 – 6 – 2   .650
UAB  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2 – 4   .600 7 – 5 – 5   .559
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 3 – 2 – 5   .550 4 – 8 – 7   .395
North Texas  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 4   .500 7 – 6 – 6   .526
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 2   .400 7 – 9 – 4   .450
UTSA  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 2   .400 8 – 7 – 3   .528
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 2   .300 3 – 11 – 4   .278
Temple  ‍‍‍ 0 – 10 – 0   .000 2 – 17 – 0   .105
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 AAC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:American Athletic Conference


The 2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 4to November 10, 2024. The tournament was hosted at the Premier Sports Campus located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.[1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Memphis Tigers were the defending tournament champions.[2][3] Memphis was unable to defend its title. They reached the Final but fell to East Carolina 1–0 in overtime.[4][5] East Carolina's win was the program's first and also the first for third-year head coach Gary Higgins.[6] As tournament champions, East Carolina earned the American's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Rice and UAB both finished with sixteen points in conference play. Rice earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over UAB on September 26. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and final seed in the tournament as Tulsa and UTSA both finished with 3–5–2 regular season records. Tulsa earned the final spot in the tournament by virtue of their 2–1 win over UTSA on October 10. USTA finished ninth and did not participate in the tournament.[7][8]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Memphis 6–0–4 22
2 South Florida 6–1–3 21
3 East Carolina 5–2–3 18
4 Rice 5–4–1 16
5 UAB 4–2–4 16
6 Charlotte 3–2–5 14
7 North Texas 3–3–4 13
8 Tulsa 3–5–2 8

Bracket

First Round
Monda, Nov. 4 		Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 7 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 10
         
1 Memphis 4
8 Tulsa 2
1 Memphis 3
4 Rice 1
4 Rice 2
5 UAB 0
1 Memphis 0
3 East Carolina (a.e.t.) 1
3 East Carolina (a.e.t.) 1
6 Charlotte 0
3 East Carolina (pen.) 1 (5)
2 South Florida 1 (3)
2 South Florida 1
7 North Texas 0

Schedule

First Round

November 4, 2024 #3 East Carolina 1–0 (a.e.t.)#6 CharlotteLakewood Ranch, FL
11:00 a.m. EST
  • Caitlen-Star Dolan Boodram Yellow card 87'
  • Erica Roberts 101'
 Recap
  • Yellow card 46' Charlotte Harris
  • Yellow card 65' Braelynn Francher
 Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 107
Referee: Melinda Homa
Assistant referees: Emily Gomez
Assistant referees: Daniel Va
November 4, 2024 #2 South Florida 1–0#7 North TexasLakewood Ranch, FL
2:00 p.m. EST
  • Anna Sutter 11'
  • Ava Rightmire Yellow card 54'
 Report
  • Yellow card 90' Lily Cunningham
 Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 129
Referee: Amber O'Connor
Assistant referees: Jade Mallea
Assistant referees: Carlos Morales-Lastra
November 4, 2024 #4 Rice 2–0#5 UABLakewood Ranch, FL
5:30 p.m. EST
  • Lauren Pickup Yellow card 25'
  • Sophie Zhang 71'
  • Jules Johnston 76'
 Report
  • Yellow card 90' Kendall Page
 Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 157
Referee: Kaitlyn Trowbridge
Assistant referees: Ryan Lindskog
Assistant referees: Ethan O'Hearn
November 4, 2024 #1 Memphis 4–2#8 TulsaLakewood Ranch, FL
8:15 p.m. EST
  • Anna Hauer 21'
  • Team Yellow card 44'
  • Elise Perron 55'
  • Ashley Henderson 57'
  • Momo Nakao 65'
 Report
  • 35' Kaleigh Hart
  • 58' Leah Diaz
  • Yellow card 82' Team
 Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 149
Referee: Matthew Miscannon
Assistant referees: Preston Joyner
Assistant referees: Alexandra Platt

Semifinals

November 7, 2024 #2 South Florida1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		 #3 East Carolina Lakewood Ranch, FL
4:00 p.m. EST
  • Anna Sutter 57'
 Report
  • Yellow card 64' Caitlen-Star Dolan Boodram
  • 84' Sydney Schnell
 Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 187
Referee: Meghan Mullen
Assistant referees: Emily Gomez
Assistant referees: Alexandra Platt
Penalties
  • Georgia Brown soccer ball with check mark
  • Anna Sutter soccer ball with check mark
  • Gentiana Fetaj soccer ball with red X
  • Brooke Fabri soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark Abby Sowa
  • soccer ball with check mark Caitlen-Star Dolan Boodram
  • soccer ball with check mark Emma Sheehan
  • soccer ball with check mark Isabella Gutiérrez
  • soccer ball with check mark Juliana Viera
November 7, 2024 #1 Memphis 3–1#4 RiceLakewood Ranch, FL
7:30 p.m. EST
  • Ashley Henderson 17', 68'
  • Momo Nakao 77'
 Report
  • 57' Natalie Gorji
  • Yellow card 88' Kat Lazor
 Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 236
Referee: Jennifer Dumaine
Assistant referees: Jade Mallea
Assistant referees: Ryan Lindskog

Final

November 10, 2024 #1 Memphis0–1 (a.e.t.) #3 East Carolina Lakewood Ranch, FL
2:00 p.m. EST Report
  • Yellow card 64' Sydney Schnell
  • Yellow card 100' Abby Sowa
  • Yellow card 102' Team
  • 107' Annabelle Abbott
 Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
Attendance: 319
Referee: Jaclyn Metz
Assistant referees: Jade Mallea
Assistant referees: Preston Joyner

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

3 goals

  • Ashley Henderson – Memphis

2 goals

  • Anna Sutter – South Florida
  • Momo Nakao – Memphis

1 goal

  • Annabelle Abbott – East Carolina
  • Leah Diaz – Tulsa
  • Natalie Gorji – Rice
  • Kaleigh Hart – Tulsa
  • Anna Hauer – Memphis
  • Jules Johnston – Rice
  • Elise Perron – Memphis
  • Erica Roberts – East Carolina
  • Sydney Schnell – East Carolina
  • Sophie Zhang – Rice

All-Tournament team

Source:[9]

Player Team
Anabelle Abbott* East Carolina
Maeve English^
Erica Roberts
Sydney Schnell
Abby Sowa
Anna Hauer Memphis
Ashley Henderson
Finley Lavin
Momo Nakao
Sophie Zhang Rice
Anna Sutter South Florida

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

References

  1. ^ "2024-25 Championships Schedule". The American Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
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  3. ^ "2023 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "2024 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Dugan (November 10, 2024). "ECU Women's Soccer wins Conference Championship in overtime versus top-seeded Memphis". WITN-TV. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
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