2024 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
| 2024 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,895 | ||||
| Site | Maryland SoccerPlex (Semifinals and finals) Boyds, Maryland | ||||
| Champions | Connecticut (3rd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Margaret Rodriguez (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Lucy Cappadona (Offensive) Chioma Okafor (Defensive) (Connecticut) | ||||
| Broadcast | Big East Digital Network (quarterfinals and semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final) | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown †y | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .850 | 13 | – | 3 | – | 4 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 15 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .762 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 5 | .658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .550 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut ‡y | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | .500 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 7 | .425 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 2 | – | 3 | – | 5 | .450 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 6 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .400 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 6 | – | 11 | – | 3 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 1 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .250 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 3 | .289 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Big East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big East Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland for the semifinals and finals, while the first-round games were hosted by the higher seeded team. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas.[1][2] They were unsuccessful in defending their title, as they fell to Connecticut in the Semifinals. Connecticut would go on to win the title by defeating Xavier 2–1, in overtime, in the Final.[3][4] This was the third title in UConn's program history and first since 2004. It was the first title for head coach Margaret Rodriguez.[5] As tournament champions, Connecticut earned the Big East's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records, and the first two teams earned byes into the semifinals. Seeds three and four hosted First Round matches. No tiebreakers were required as the top seven teams all finished with unique conference records.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Georgetown | 8–1–1 | 25 |
| 2 | Xavier | 7–2–1 | 22 |
| 3 | Butler | 5–2–3 | 18 |
| 4 | Creighton | 5–4–1 | 16 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 4–3–3 | 15 |
| 6 | DePaul | 3–3–4 | 13 |
Bracket
| First round Sunday, Nov. 3 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7 | Final Sunday, Nov. 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Creighton | 0 | 5 | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Connecticut | 2 | 5 | Connecticut (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Xavier | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xavier | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Butler | 3 (7) | 6 | DePaul | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | DePaul (pen.) | 3 (8) | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 3, 2024 | #3 Butler | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p) | #6 DePaul | Indianapolis, IN |
| 1:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl Attendance: 552 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Austin Finley Doug Ferguson Fourth official: Grace Barrett |
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| November 3, 2024 | #4 Creighton | 0–2 | #5 Connecticut | Omaha, NE |
| 2:00 p.m. EST | Report |
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Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 872 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Jacob Urban Jacob Larson Fourth official: Bobby Simetich |
Semifinals
| November 7, 2024 | #2 Xavier | 2–0 | #6 DePaul | Boyds, MD |
| 5:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 446 Referee: Marie Durr Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey Ryan Trombetta Fourth official: Jeffrey Gontarek |
| November 7, 2024 | #1 Georgetown | 0–2 | #5 Connecticut | Boyds, MD |
| 7:30 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 504 Referee: JC Griggs Assistant referees: Ryan Meyers Matthew Richardson Fourth official: Jeffrey Gontarek |
Final
| November 10, 2024 | #2 Xavier | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | #5 Connecticut | Boyds, MD |
| 11:00 a.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 521 Referee: Cedric Cook Assistant referees: Sharon Gingrich Alla Stepanov |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).
2 goals
- Lucy Cappadona – Connecticut
1 goal
- Samantha Erbach – Xavier
- Tessa Fagerson – DePaul
- Maddie Fried – Connecticut
- Elin Hansson – Xavier
- Briley Hill – DePaul
- Freya Jupp – DePaul
- Leila Lister – Butler
- Laci Lewis – Connecticut
- Chioma Okafor – Connecticut
- Caitlin O'Malley – Butler
- Talia Sommer – Butler
- Alayna Taylor – Connecticut
- Samantha Wiehe – Xavier
All-Tournament team
Source:[7]
| Player | Team |
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| Lucy Cappadona* | Connecticut |
| Maddie Fried | |
| Anaya Johnson | |
| Sophie McCarthy | |
| Chioma Okafor^ | |
| Alayna Taylor | |
| Briley Hill | DePaul |
| Elena Milam | |
| Lizzie Heller | Georgetown |
| Lawson Renie | |
| Natalie Baine | Xavier |
| Zoe van de Cloot | |
| Samantha Wiehe |
* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP
References
- ^ "2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "Old Dominion women's soccer team will hit road to face Georgetown in NCAAs". The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "2024 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ Amore, Dom (November 10, 2024). "UConn women's soccer, field hockey teams win Big East titles, move on to NCAA Tournaments". Hartford Courant. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ "2024 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ "2024 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship Bracket Announced (10.31.24)". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 31, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ "UConn Wins BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.