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2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The opening round matches of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Loyola Soccer Park in Chicago, Illinois. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Lady Bears, but they were eliminated from the 2018 tournament with a 1–0 loss to the Illinois State Redbirds in the opening round. The Loyola won the tournament with a 3–2 win over Drake in the final.[1] The conference tournament title was the first for the Loyloa women's soccer program and the first for head coach Barry Bimbi.[2]

2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,279
SiteLoyola Soccer Park
Chicago, Illinois
(Semifinals & Final)
ChampionsLoyola (1st title)
Winning coachBarry Bimbi (1st title)
MVPJenna Szczesny (Loyola)
BroadcastESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
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2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Loyola  ‍†‍‡‍y 6 – 1 – 0   .857 11 – 7 – 1   .605
Drake  ‍‍‍ 5 – 1 – 1   .786 9 – 9 – 1   .500
UNI  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 0   .571 9 – 7 – 3   .553
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 0   .571 10 – 9 – 2   .524
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 3 – 2   .429 8 – 9 – 2   .474
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4 – 1   .357 5 – 8 – 3   .406
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4 – 1   .357 4 – 12 – 3   .289
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 6 – 1   .071 6 – 9 – 3   .417
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 Missouri Valley Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 14, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Missouri Valley Conference

Bracket

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Source:[3]

Opening Round
Sunday, Oct. 28 		Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 2 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 4
2 Drake 12OT
3 UNI 0 (2) 6 Evansville 0
6 Evansville 0 (3) 2 Drake 2
1 Loyola 3
1 Loyola 2
4 Illinois State 1 4 Illinois State 1
5 Missouri State 0

Schedule

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Opening Round

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October 28, 2018 #3 UNI 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 #6 Evansville Waterloo, Iowa
12:00 p.m. Report
  • Jordyn Rolli   106'
 Stadium: Cedar Valley Soccer Complex
Attendance: 289
Referee: Tyler Tuner
Assistant referees: Trent Payne
Assistant referees: Chris Civitate
Fourth official: Bryan Foster
Penalties
  • Kelsey Yarrow  
  • Sydney Hayden  
  • Maddy Germann  
  • Julianne Trizzino  
  • Hannah McDevitt  
  • Claire Netten  
  • Genevieve Cruz  
  • Karsyn Kleinrichert  
  • Jayme-Lee Hunter  
  • Emily Ormson  
  • Maggie Leazer  
  • Morgan Blair  
  • Montana Portenier  
  • Amanda DaSilva  
October 28, 2018 #4 Illinois State 1–0 #5 Missouri State Normal, Illinois
1:00 p.m.
  • Abby Basler   75'
 Report Stadium: Adelaide State Field
Attendance: 166
Referee: Keith Angel
Assistant referees: Miguel Chavez
Assistant referees: Victor Herrera
Fourth official: Brian Lynch

Semifinals

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November 2, 2018 #2 Drake 1–0 (a.e.t.) #6 Evansville Chicago, Illinois
3:30 p.m.
  • Hannah Bormann   58'
  • Libby Helverson   102'
 Report Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Referee: Tony Delois
Assistant referees: Sergio Alvarez
Assistant referees: Russ Doszak
Fourth official: Zach Bond
November 2, 2018 #1 Loyola 2–1 #4 Illinois State Chicago, Illinois
6:00 p.m.
  • Madison Kimball   6'
  • Jenna Szczesny   30'
 Report
  • Mikayla Unger   51',   83'
 Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 511
Referee: Kyle Trimble
Assistant referees: Victor Herrera
Assistant referees: Juan Matute
Fourth official: Abby Okaluja

Final

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November 4, 2018 #1 Loyola 3–2 #2 Drake Chicago, Illinois
1:00 p.m.
  • Jenna Szczesny   11' (pen.),   50'
  • Abby Swanson   69'
  • Kat Stephens   75'
 Report
  • Olivia Bruce   11' (pen.), 54'
  • Team   60'
 Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 313
Referee: Rebecca Pagan
Assistant referees: Ethan Buege
Assistant referees: Rachel Smith
Fourth official: Abiodun Okulaja

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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2 Goals
  • Olivia Bruce - Drake
  • Jenna Szczesny - Loyola
1 Goal
  • Abby Basler - Illinois State
  • Libby Helverson - Drake
  • Madison Kimball - Loyola
  • Kat Stephens - Loyola
  • Abby Swanson - Loyola
  • Mikayla Unger - Illinois State

All-Tournament team

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Player Team
Kaitlin Maxwell Missouri State
Jami Reichenberger UNI
Morgan Blair Evansville
Michaela Till Evansville
Abby Basler Illinois State
Alissa Ramsden Illinois State
Linda Fiorito Drake
Olivia Bruce Drake
Cassie Rohan Drake
Abby Swanson Loyola
Katharine Stephens Loyola
Madison Laudeman Loyola
Jenna Szczesny Loyola (MVP)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2018 MVC Women's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference.
  2. ^ "2018 Missouri Valley Conference Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Championship Bracket" (PDF). mvc.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
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