2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Matches 7
Attendance 536
Site Foley Sports Complex
Foley, Alabama
Champions South Alabama (5th title)
Winning coach Richard Moodie (1st title)
Broadcast ESPN3
Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
«2016  2018»
2017 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
South Alabama †‡y   910 .900  1461 .690
Texas State   820 .800  1061 .618
Troy   640 .600  8102 .450
Arkansas State   541 .550  962 .588
Little Rock   442 .500  993 .500
Georgia Southern   451 .450  892 .474
Coastal Carolina   451 .450  1181 .575
Appalachian State   352 .400  4114 .316
Louisiana–Monroe   361 .350  3132 .222
Louisiana–Lafayette  262 .300  5102 .353
Georgia State   172 .200  3113 .265
Conference champion
2017 Sun Belt Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 10, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Sun Belt

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from November 1–5, 2017. 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 and they successfully defended their title with a 5–0 win over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the final.[1][2] This was the fifth consecutive and fifth overall Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for South Alabama and the first for first-year head coach Richard Moodie.[3][4]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 3
Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
         
1 South Alabama 2
8 Appalachian State 0
1 South Alabama 4
5 Little Rock 0
4 Arkansas State 1 (1)
5 Little Rock 1 (3)
1 South Alabama 5
7 Coastal Carolina 0
2 Texas State 1
7 Coastal Carolina 22OT
7 Coastal Carolina 4
6 Georgia Southern 1
3 Troy 1
6 Georgia Southern 2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 Goals
  • Rio Hardy - South Alabama
3 Goals
  • Kory Dixon - South Alabama
2 Goals
  • Kayla Christian - Coastal Carolina
  • Ana Helmert - South Alabama
  • Sarah Price - Georgia Southern
1 Goal
  • Lauren Dabner - Coastal Carolina
  • Kiersten Edlund - Troy
  • Daniella Famili - Coastal Carolina
  • Steffi Hardy - South Alabama
  • Danielle Henley - South Alabama
  • Kassi Hormuth - Texas State
  • Mackenzie Gibbs - Coastal Carolina
  • Arola Aparicio Gili - Little Rock
  • Dana O'Boye - Arkansas State
  • Elisabeth Rockhill - Coastal Carolina
  • Aila Sendra - Georgia Southern

References

  1. Sun Belt Conference. "Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  2. Sun Belt Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  3. "Past Women's Soccer Champions". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. "Richard Moodie". University of South Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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