2023 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament


The 2023 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland for the semifinals and finals, while the first-round games were hosted by the higher seeded team. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas.[1] They successfully defended their title by defeating Xavier in the final 2–0.[2] This was the second straight year that Georgetown defeated Xavier in the Final. This is the seventh title in program history for Georgetown and head coach Dave Nolan. All seven of their titles have come in the last eight years and Georgetown has now won four straight titles.[3][4] As tournament champions, Georgetown earned the Big East's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

2023 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,919
SiteMaryland SoccerPlex (Semifinals and finals)
Boyds, Maryland
ChampionsGeorgetown (7th title)
Winning coachDave Nolan (7th title)
MVPAllie Winstanley (Offensive)
Brianne Riley (Defensive) (Georgetown)
BroadcastFloSports (quarterfinals and semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final)
Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
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2023 Big East Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Xavier  ‍‍‍y 6 0 4   .800 14 4 4   .727
Georgetown  ‍y 6 0 4   .800 13 2 7   .750
UConn  ‍‍‍ 6 1 3   .750 10 4 5   .658
Providence  ‍‍‍y 4 1 5   .650 10 8 5   .543
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 5 4 1   .550 10 6 3   .605
Butler  ‍‍‍ 2 3 5   .450 6 8 6   .450
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 2 4 4   .400 6 7 5   .472
DePaul  ‍‍‍ 2 5 3   .350 6 7 4   .471
Marquette  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 5 10 4   .368
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 4 9 5   .361
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 1 7 2   .200 4 7 7   .417
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 Big East Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The Big East Conference

Seeding

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The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds for the tournament after Xavier and Georgetown finished the regular season with identical 6–1–4 regular season conference records. The two teams tied 0–0 in their October 6 regular season match up so a second tiebreaker was used. The second tiebreaker was points earned versus teams qualified for the Big East tournament. Xavier was awarded the first seed while Georgetown was the second seed.[5][6]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Xavier 6–1–4 22
2 Georgetown 6–1–4 22
3 UConn 6–1–3 21
4 Providence 4–1–5 17
5 St. John's 5–4–1 16
6 Butler 2–3–5 11

Bracket

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First round
Sunday, Oct. 29
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 2
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 Xavier 2
4 Providence 3 4 Providence 0
5 St. John's 1 1 Xavier 0
2 Georgetown 2
2 Georgetown 1
3 UConn 3 3 UConn 0
6 Butler 2

Schedule

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Quarterfinals

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October 29 #3 UConn 3–2 #6 Butler Storrs, CT
1:00 p.m.
  • Jessica Mazo   3'
  • Chioma Okafor   25', 89'
  • Emma Zaccagnini   33'
Report
Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Attendance: 475
Referee: Dave Brekner
Assistant referees: Adam Cook
Assistant referees: Aaron Selenica
Fourth official: Jeff Ardis
October 29 #4 Providence 3–1 #5 St. John's Providence, RI
1:00 p.m.
  • Gillian Kenney   31', 64'
  • Avery Snead   59'
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  •   89' (pen.) Jessica Garziano
Stadium: Chapey Field
Attendance: 267

Semifinals

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November 2 #1 Xavier 2–0 #4 Providence Boyds, MD
4:00 p.m.
  • Sonia Vargas   43'
  • Shelby Sallee   69'
Report
  •   77' Gillian Kenney
  •   88' Victoria Bunz
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 527
Referee: Marie Durr
Assistant referees: Sharon Gingrich
Assistant referees: Matthew Richardson
Fourth official: George Vergara Jr.
November 2 #2 Georgetown 1–0 #3 UConn Boyds, MD
6:30 p.m.
  • Tatum Lenain   48'
Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 647
Referee: Lucas Feathers
Assistant referees: Ryan Trombeta
Assistant referees: Michael Kelley
Fourth official: Alla Stepanov

Final

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November 5 #1 Xavier 0–2 #2 Georgetown Boyds, MD
1:30 p.m. Report
  •   13' Allie Winstanley
  •   40' Grace Sherman
  •   62' Maja Lardner
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Ashley Cedro
Assistant referees: Max Elsasser
Assistant referees: Dustin Killick
Fourth official: Nickrod Fateh

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).

2 goals

  • Gillian Kenney – Providence
  • Chioma Okafor – UConn

1 goal

  • Norah Jacomen – Butler
  • Talia Sommer – Butler
  • Maja Lardner – Georgetown
  • Tatum Lenain – Georgetown
  • Allie Winstanley – Georgetown
  • Avery Snead – Providence
  • Jessica Garziano – St. John's
  • Jessica Mazo – UConn
  • Shelby Sallee – Xavier
  • Sonia Vargas – Xavier

All-Tournament team

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Source:[7]

Player Team
Cara Jordan UConn
Chioma Okafor
Erika Harwood Georgetown
Maja Lardner
Natalie Means
Brianne Riley^
Allie Winstanley*
Kyla Gallagher Providence
Avery Snead
Natalie Bain Xavier
Shelby Sallee
Sonia Vargas

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

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  1. ^ "2022 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Old Dominion women's soccer team will hit road to face Georgetown in NCAAs". The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "2022 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Bracket Finalized for the 2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship Presented by JEEP". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 26, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "BE Champ 1st Rd WSOC Weekly Release" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 28, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "Georgetown Wins 2023 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 5, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2023.