2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament

2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Attendance	717
Site	Lady Demon Soccer Complex; Natchitoches, Louisiana
Champions	Lamar (3 title)
Winning coach	Nathan Kogut (1 title)
MVP	Christine Kitaru (Lamar)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
«2021	2023»

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 standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Lamar ‍†‍‡‍^y	10	–	1	–	1	.875	15	–	2	–	2	.842
Northwestern St ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	2	.750	12	–	4	–	3	.711
Texas A&M-Commerce* ‍‍‍	7	–	4	–	1	.625	9	–	9	–	2	.500
Houston Christian ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	1	.542	7	–	10	–	3	.425
SE Louisiana ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	3	.542	7	–	7	–	3	.500
Texas A&M-CC ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	1	.458	8	–	9	–	1	.472
McNeese ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	4	.417	5	–	9	–	4	.389
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	3	.292	3	–	10	–	3	.281
Nicholls ‍‍‍	0	–	11	–	0	.000	2	–	15	–	1	.139


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 Southland Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Texas A&M–Commerce ineligible for postseason NCAA Championship play due to transition from NCAA Division II^[1] As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Southland Conference

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'	[1]		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'	[2]	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'	[3]		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 26'	[4]	Mia Salas 62' Kat Lazor 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 65'	[5]	65' Mindy Shoffit 68' Ashley Campuzano 104' Lauren Shaw 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'	[6]	19' Mindy Shoffit 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]

Player	Team
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

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Matt Faye (November 6, 2022). "Lamar soccer wins Southland tournament, advances to NCAAs". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
^ "2022 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SOCCER TOURNAMENT BRACKET ANNOUNCED". Southland Conference. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
^ "2022 Southland Conference soccer tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
^ "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.

[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.

[Tracking-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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