2018 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament

2018 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
2018 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Site	Foley Sports Complex; Foley, Alabama
Champions	Little Rock (1st title)
Winning coach	Mark Foster (1st title)
MVP	Jaclyn Purvine (Little Rock)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
«2017	2019»

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from October 31 to November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament took place at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the South Alabama Jaguars, however they were unable to defend their title, losing in a penalty kick shootout to the Texas State Bobcats in the semifinals. The Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans won the title in another penalty kick shootout over Texas State.^[1]^[2] This was the first Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for Little Rock and the first for head coach Mark Foster.^[3]^[4]

2018 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Texas State ‍†‍‍	8	–	0	–	2	.900	11	–	6	–	3	.625
Little Rock ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	14	–	5	–	3	.705
Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0	.700	8	–	8	–	1	.500
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0	.600	9	–	9	–	1	.500
South Alabama ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	8	–	9	–	2	.474
Georgia State ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	8	–	10	–	2	.450
Arkansas State ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0	.500	8	–	7	–	3	.528
Troy ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0	.400	5	–	14	–	1	.275
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0	.300	5	–	12	–	0	.294
UL Lafayette ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	3	–	12	–	3	.250
UL Monroe ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0	.000	0	–	17	–	0	.000

† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 Sun Belt Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 14, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Sun Belt

Bracket

Source:^[5]

Quarterfinals Wednesday, Oct. 31			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2			Final Sunday, Nov. 4

4	Appalachian State	0

5	South Alabama	3
			5	South Alabama	1 (2)

			1	Texas State	1 (4)
1	Texas State	1

8	Troy	0
						1	Texas State	0 (5)

						2	Little Rock	0 (6)
2	Little Rock	1 (4)

7	Arkansas State	1 (3)
			2	Little Rock	2

			6	Georgia State	0
3	Coastal Carolina	2

6	Georgia State	3^OT

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 31, 2018	#4 Appalachian State	0–3	#5 South Alabama	Foley, Alabama
10:00 a.m. CST	Jessia Easley 68' Taylor Ray 68'	Report	Audrey Duren 35' Abi Mills 39' Ana Helmert 44', 68' Briana Morris 57'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Assistant referees: Tiffini Turbin Fourth official: Alyssa Pennington

October 31, 2018	#1 Texas State	1–0	#8 Troy	Foley, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST	Kaylee Davis 62', 88'	Report		Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Ashlee Varnson Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky Fourth official: Samantha Martinez

October 31, 2018	#2 Little Rock	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#7 Arkansas State	Foley, Alabama
4:00 p.m. CST	Liesa Seifert 57'	Report	Hailey Furio 11'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Alyssa Pennington Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Fourth official: Ashlee Varnson
	Penalties
	Liesa Seifert Jaclyn Purvine Arola Aparicio Gill Sairra Tucker Nora Hellmers		Dana O'Boye Hailey Furio Riley Ebenroth Taylor Schneider Maggie Ertl

October 31, 2018	#3 Coastal Carolina	2–3 (a.e.t.)	#6 Georgia State	Foley, Alabama
7:00 p.m. CST	Abby Gashel 7' Hannah Miller 60'	Report	Lily Barron 4' Caitlin Ray 81' Brooke Shank 31', 93'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Tiffini Tupin Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky Fourth official: Ceciah Valero

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#5 South Alabama	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	#1 Texas State	Foley, Alabama
4:00 p.m. CST	Moa Ohman 17' Brenna McPartlan 88'	Report	Jessica Pikoff 57' Kaylee Davis 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Ceciah Valero Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Assistant referees: Ashlee Varnson Fourth official: Samantha Martinez
	Penalties
	Moa Ohman Brenna McPartlan Hannah Godfrey Tilly Wilkes		Ally Kewish Kaylee Davis Jordan Kondikoff Mackenzie Smith

November 2, 2018	#2 Little Rock	2–0	#6 Georgia State	Foley, Alabama
7:00 p.m. CST	Peyton Laughley 38' Jaclyn Purvine 53', 64'	Report	Hannah Davis 36'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Kayla Polonsky Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin Assistant referees: Alyssa Pennington Fourth official: Samantha Martinez

Final

November 4, 2018	#1 Texas State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	#2 Little Rock	Foley, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST		Report	Fanney Einarsdotir 109'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin Fourth official: Alyssa Pennington
	Penalties
	Ally Kewish Kaylee Davis Jordan Kondikoff Mackenzie Smith Sarah Everett Jamie Brown Haley Groff Kelly Barbalias		Liesa Seifert Morgan Smocovich Arola Aparicio Gili Sairra Tucker Nora Hellmers Jaclyn Purvine Fanney Einarsdotir Claire Palmer

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

Kaylee Davis – Texas State
Jaclyn Purvine – Little Rock

1 Goal

Lily Barron – Georgia State
Hailey Furio – Arkansas State
Abby Gashel – Coastal Carolina
Ana Helmert - South Alabama
Hannah Miller – Coastal Carolina
Abi Mills - South Alabama
Briana Morris - South Alabama
Moa Ohman - South Alabama
Caitlin Ray – Georgia State
Liesa Seifert – Little Rock

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Caitlin Ray	Georgia State
Briana Morris	South Alabama
Kaylee Davis	Texas State
Heather Martin	Texas State
Jordan Kondikoff	Texas State
Genesis Turman	Texas State
Sara Johannsdottir	Little Rock
Morgan Smocovich	Little Rock
Liesa Siefert	Little Rock
Arola Aparicio Gili	Little Rock
Jaclyn Purvine	Little Rock (MVP)

References

^ Sun Belt Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Sun Belt Conference. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 28, 2018.
^ "Past Women's Soccer Champions". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ Sun Belt Conference. "Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "2018 Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
^ "Little Rock Trojans Capture First Sun Belt Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[2017_Tournament-1] Sun Belt Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2018_Tournament-2] Sun Belt Conference. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[Past_Champions-3] "Past Women's Soccer Champions". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

[Record_Book-4] Sun Belt Conference. "Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[5] "2018 Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[6] "Little Rock Trojans Capture First Sun Belt Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

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