2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament

2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	3,377
Site	Mickey Cochrane Stadium (Semifinals and Final); Bowling Green, Ohio
Champions	Bowling Green (3rd title)
Winning coach	Matt Fannon (1st title)
MVP	Elisa Baeron (Bowling Green)
Broadcast	None
Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
«2017	2019»

The 2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The quarterfinals were held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Mickey Cochrane Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio, home of the Bowling Green Falcons, the highest remaining seed in the tournament following the quarterfinal matches. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Toledo Rockets were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for the tournament after finishing 10th in the regular season. The Bowling Green Falcons won the tournament with a 5–4 penalty shootout win over the Ball State Cardinals in the final.^[1]^[2] The title was the third for the Bowling Green women's soccer program and the first for head coach Matt Fannon.^[3]^[4]

2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Bowling Green ‍†‍‡‍^y	10	–	1	–	0	.909	14	–	4	–	3	.738
Ball State ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	1	.773	14	–	3	–	3	.775
Western Michigan ‍‍‍	7	–	4	–	0	.636	14	–	7	–	0	.667
Ohio ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	2	.636	9	–	8	–	3	.525
Kent State ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	1	.591	10	–	8	–	2	.550
Akron ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	1	.500	8	–	10	–	2	.450
Buffalo ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0	.455	11	–	8	–	0	.579
Eastern Michigan ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0	.455	10	–	11	–	0	.476
Central Michigan ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0	.455	7	–	12	–	0	.368
Toledo ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	1	.409	8	–	9	–	2	.474
Miami (OH) ‍‍‍	1	–	10	–	0	.091	3	–	14	–	1	.194
Northern Illinois ‍‍‍	1	–	10	–	0	.091	2	–	17	–	0	.105


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 MAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 13, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Mid-American Conference

Bracket

Source:^[5]

Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 28			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2			Final Sunday, Nov. 4

1	Bowling Green	2

8	Eastern Michigan	1
			1	Bowling Green	1

			4	Ohio	0
4	Ohio	2

5	Kent State	1
						1	Bowling Green	1 (5)

						2	Ball State	1 (4)
2	Ball State	2^2OT

7	Buffalo	1
			2	Ball State	1^2OT

			3	Western Michigan	0
3	Western Michigan	1

6	Akron	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 28, 2018	#1 Bowling Green	2–1	#8 Eastern Michigan	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST	Nikki Cox 1', 12'	Report	Team 45' Kristin Nason 71'	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 208 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Christian Little Assistant referees: Aaron Mitchell Fourth official: Amy Willing

October 28, 2018	#4 Ohio	2–1	#5 Kent State	Athens, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST	Mandy Arnzen 42' 77' Sydney Leckie 68'	Report	Vital Kats 54'	Stadium: Chessa Field Attendance: 525 Referee: Brian Miller Assistant referees: Jeffrey Mellen Assistant referees: Tim Dicken

October 28, 2018	#2 Ball State	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#7 Buffalo	Muncie, Indiana
1:00 p.m. EST	Paula Guerrero 18' 104'	Report	Gurjeena Jandu 54' 104' Tess Ford 87'	Stadium: Briner Sports Complex Attendance: 202 Referee: Donovan Noocha Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Assistant referees: Jacob Little Fourth official: Roger Blasey

October 28, 2018	#3 Western Michigan	1–0	#6 Akron	Kalamazoo, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EST	Morgan Otteson 26'	Report	Charley Kale 16'	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 375 Referee: Nicola Aleksic Assistant referees: Sergio Alvarez Assistant referees: Zach Richter Fourth official: Todd Abraham

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#1 Bowling Green	1–0	#4 Ohio	Bowling Green, Ohio
4:00 p.m. EST	Jennifer Reyes 68'	Report		Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 580 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Christopher Koloffon Assistant referees: Landon Albert Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

November 2, 2018	#2 Ball State	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#3 Western Michigan	Bowling Green, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EST	Western Michigan own goal 104'	Report		Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Referee: Ceasar Ibarra Assistant referees: Ramiro Talavera Assistant referees: Fernando Ibarra Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

Final

November 4, 2018	#1 Bowling Green	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	#2 Ball State	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST	Maureen Kennedy 26'	Report	Emily Simmons 53'	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 1,487 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: John Safar Assistant referees: Jeffrey Mellen Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
	Penalties
	Chelsea Washington Maureen Kennedy Erica Hubert Nikki Cox Morgan Abbitt Elisa Baeron		Shelby Kean Emily Simmons Sammi Corcoran Kerrigan Johnson Jenna Dombrowski Tatiana Mason

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

Nikki Cox - Bowling Green
Paula Guerrero - Ball State

1 Goal

Mandy Arnzen - Ohio
Gurgeena Jandu - Buffalo
Vital Kats - Kent State
Maureen Kennedy - Bowling Green
Sydney Leckie - Ohio
Kristin Nason - Eastern Michigan
Morgan Otteson - Western Michigan
Jennifer Reyes - Bowling Green
Emily Simmons - Ball State

Own Goals

Western Michigan vs. Ball State

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Tristin Stuteville	Ball State
Lauren Roll	Ball State
Taylor Pooley	Ball State
Jennifer Reyes	Bowling Green
Nikhita Jacob	Bowling Green
Nikki Cox	Bowling Green
Elisa Baeron	Bowling Green (MVP)
Mandy Arnzen	Ohio
Rianna Reese	Ohio
Alyssa Burke	Western Michigan
Paige Dobbs	Western Michigan

References

^ "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
^ "2018 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
^ "Matt Fannon". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green University. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
^ "Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
^ "Bowling Green Wins 2018 MAC Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

[2017_Tournament-1] "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved November 3, 2017.

[2018_Tournament-2] "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

[Record_Book-3] "2018 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

[Matt_Fannon-4] "Matt Fannon". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green University. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

[5] "Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

[6] "Bowling Green Wins 2018 MAC Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

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