2023 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

2023 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
2023 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	2,336
Site	Tech Soccer Field; Cookeville, Tennessee; (Semifinals & Final)
Champions	Morehead State (4th title)
Winning coach	Chris Fox (1st title)
MVP	Kate Larbes (Morehead State)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
«2022	2024»

The 2023 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference held from October 27 through November 5, 2023. The first round and quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites hosted by the #3 and #4 seeds, while the semifinals and final took place at Tech Soccer Field in Cookeville, Tennessee. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars were the defending champions^[1] and were unable to defend their title as they lost to Southeast Missouri State in a penalty shootout in the Quarterfinals. Morehead State would go on to defeat Tennessee Tech in overtime in the Final, 1–0.^[2] The conference tournament title was the fourth for the Morehead State women's soccer program, and the first for head coach Chris Fox. This was Morehead State's first title since 2013.^[3]^[4] As tournament champions, Morehead State earned the Ohio Valley's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2023 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Tennessee Tech ‍†‍‍	7	–	1	–	1	.833	9	–	6	–	4	.579
Morehead State ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	1	–	2	.778	9	–	6	–	5	.575
SIU Edwardsville ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	4	.556	5	–	6	–	6	.471
Southern Indiana ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	4	.556	4	–	8	–	7	.395
UT Martin ‍‍‍	2	–	2	–	5	.500	5	–	8	–	6	.421
Little Rock ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	4	.444	7	–	5	–	8	.550
Southeast Missouri State ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	4	.444	7	–	6	–	6	.526
Eastern Illinois ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	2	.444	4	–	9	–	4	.353
Western Illinois ‍‍‍	1	–	4	–	4	.333	3	–	8	–	5	.344
Lindenwood ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	0	.111	3	–	13	–	1	.206


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 OVC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 5, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: Ohio Valley Conference

Seeding

Eight of the ten teams in the Ohio Valley Conference qualified for the 2023 Tournament. The #1 seed was awarded as the host institution for the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament. The #1 and #2 seed received byes to the Semifinals, while the #4 and #5 seeds received byes to the Quarterfinals. Seems were seeded based on regular season records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as both SIU Edwardsville and Southern Indiana finished with identical with 3–2–4 regular season records. The two teams tied during the regular season, and SIU Edwardsville was awarded the third seed while Southern Indiana was the fourth seed. A second tiebreaker was required between UT Martin and Eastern Illinois both finished with eleven regular season points. UT Martin was awarded the fifth seed as they won the October 8 regular season matchup 1–0. A third tiebreaker was required between Southeast Missouri State and Little Rock as both finished with 2–3–4 regular season records. The two teams tied their October 5 regular season match up and Southeast Missouri State was awarded the seventh seed, while Little Rock was the eighth seed.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Tennessee Tech	7–1–1	22
2	Morehead State	6–1–2	20
3	SIU Edwardsville	3–2–4	13
4	Southern Indiana	3–2–4	13
5	UT Martin	2–2–5	11
6	Eastern Illinois	3–4–2	11
7	Southeast Missouri State	2–3–4	10
8	Little Rock	2–3–4	10

Bracket

Source:^[6]

First round Friday, Oct. 27			Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 29			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2			Final Sunday, Nov. 5

						1	Tennessee Tech	2
						8	Little Rock	0
			4	Southern Indiana	1
5	UT Martin	0	8	Little Rock	3
8	Little Rock	1							1	Tennessee Tech	0
									2	Morehead State (a.e.t.)	1


						2	Morehead State	1
						7	Southeast Missouri State	0
			3	SIU Edwardsville	1 (4)
6	Eastern Illinois	0	7	Southeast Missouri State (pen.)	1 (5)
7	Southeast Missouri State (a.e.t.)	1

Schedule

First round

October 27	#5 UT Martin	0–1	#8 Little Rock	Evansville, IN
1:00 p.m. CT	Shayla Addington 77'	Report	15' Mykena Turner 89' Team	Stadium: Strassweg Field Attendance: 125 Referee: William DeLois Assistant referees: Abdu Bensalah Assistant referees: Jeff Pulley Fourth official: Sao Kamara

October 27	#6 Eastern Illinois	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#7 Southeast Missouri State	Edwardsville, IL
7:00 p.m. CT		Report	94' Emily Baker	Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 116 Referee: Robert Musolu Assistant referees: Steven Cowles Assistant referees: Jeffrey Hay Fourth official: Benjamin Koenig

Quarterfinals

October 29	#4 Southern Indiana	1–3	#8 Little Rock	Evansville, IN
1:00 p.m. CT	Alexis Schone 52' Avery Schone 66' Pilar Torres 72', 89' Peyton Murphy 88'	Report	47' Sanaa Williams 63' Madison Eisner 68' Jaeda Centeno	Stadium: Strassweg Field Attendance: 100 Referee: Gustavo Turmero Assistant referees: Kevin Kernen Assistant referees: Timothy Stewart Fourth official: Cody Kerstiens

October 29	#3 SIU Edwardsville	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#7 Southeast Missouri State	Edwardsville, IL
3:00 p.m. CT	Sidney Christopher 4' Macie Begley 85'	Report	20' Faith Liljegren 88' Alayna Jakul	Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 76 Referee: Don Tebeau Assistant referees: Colin Huber Assistant referees: Laurel Theriot Fourth official: Seth Erickson
	Penalties
	Macie Begley Ashlyn Nichols Matea Diekema Jay Viola Sidney Christopher Kasey Neidhart Kaityln Nichols		Zoe Houston Cayla Koerner Maddie Paulson Emily Baker Natalie Jackson Justi Nelson Emma Tucker

Semifinals

November 2	#1 Tennessee Tech	2–0	#8 Little Rock	Cookeville, TN
4:00 p.m. CT	Katie Toney 66' Tori Soutuyo 72'	Report		Stadium: Tech Soccer Field Attendance: 673 Referee: Jessica Medley Assistant referees: Devin Bargatze Assistant referees: Timothy Stewart Fourth official: Skyye Medley

November 2	#2 Morehead State	1–0	#7 Southeast Missouri State	Cookeville, TN
7:00 p.m. CT	Kate Larbes 83' Hedda Ornberg 88' 89'	Report	66' Abbey Klund 90' Faith Liljegren 90' Alayna Jakul	Stadium: Tech Soccer Field Attendance: 102 Referee: Lucy Bell Assistant referees: Nicole Steiner Assistant referees: Jason Steiner Fourth official: John Devalk

Final

November 5	#1 Tennessee Tech	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#2 Morehead State	Cookeville, TN
1:00 p.m. CT	Team 37' Neve Renwick 81'	Report	81' Team 84' Colleen Swift 93' Michelle Hochstadt 94' Gracen Houck	Stadium: Tech Soccer Field Attendance: 1,144 Referee: Don Eubank Assistant referees: Donovan Eubank Assistant referees: Timothy Stewart Fourth official: Adam Warner

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

1 goal

Jaeda Centeno – Little Rock
Madison Eisner – Little Rock
Mykena Turner – Little Rock
Sanaa Williams – Little Rock
Michelle Hochstadt – Morehead State
Kate Larbes – Morehead State
Sidney Christopher – SIU Edwardsville
Emily Baker – Southeast Missouri State
Alayna Jakul – Southeast Missouri State
Pilar Torres – Southern Indiana
Tori Soutuyo – Tennessee Tech
Katie Toney – Tennessee Tech

All-Tournament team

Source:^[7]

Player	Team
Kaitlin Graeber	Little Rock
Sanaa Williams	Little Rock
Erin Gibbs	Morehead State
Kate Larbes
Anna Lohrer
Avery Redmon
Emma Brune	Southeast Missouri State
Maddie Paulson	Southeast Missouri State
Selma Askildsen	Tennessee Tech
Meredith Nye
Katie Toney

MVP in bold

References

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^ "2023 OVC Soccer Championship". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
^ Rorabaugh, Dan (November 10, 2023). "What channel is FSU-Morehead State on today? Time, TV schedule for NCAA soccer tournament". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
^ "OVC Soccer Record Book" (PDF). ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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[1] "2022 OVC Soccer Championship". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2023.

[2] "2023 OVC Soccer Championship". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

[3] Rorabaugh, Dan (November 10, 2023). "What channel is FSU-Morehead State on today? Time, TV schedule for NCAA soccer tournament". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

[4] "OVC Soccer Record Book" (PDF). ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

[5] "2023 OVC Women's Soccer Championship Field Set". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. October 22, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

[6] "2023 Ohio Valley Conference Soccer Championship" (PDF). ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

[7] "Morehead State Wins 2023 OVC Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. November 5, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

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