2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 1 to 5, 2017. The five-match tournament took place at UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, home field of the regular season champion UCF Knights in Orlando, Florida.[1] The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Connecticut Huskies were the defending tournament champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 3–1 first round loss to the Memphis Tigers. South Florida won the tournament by virtue of winning the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with UCF in the final.[2] The conference tournament title was the first for the South Florida women's soccer program and for their head coach, Denise Schilte-Brown.[3]

2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteUCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Orlando, Florida
ChampionsSouth Florida (1st title)
Winning coachDenise Schilte-Brown (1st title)
BroadcastAmerican Digital Network (First Round and Semifinals)
ESPNews (Final)
American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
«2016  2018»
2017 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 17 UCF  y 702 .889  1323 .806
South Florida y   711 .833  1342 .737
Cincinnati   522 .667  1243 .711
Memphis   423 .611  1163 .625
Connecticut   540 .556  793 .447
SMU   441 .500  1073 .575
Houston   360 .333  791 .441
Temple   261 .278  6102 .389
Tulsa   162 .222  3124 .263
East Carolina   180 .111  6102 .389
Conference champion
2017 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 17, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:American Athletic Conference

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, Nov. 1
    Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 3
    Final
Sunday, Nov. 5
                           
        1 UCF 3  
  4 Memphis 3     4 Memphis 0    
  5 Connecticut 1         1 UCF 0 (3)
      2 South Florida 0 (5)
        2 South Florida 1    
  3 Cincinnati 0     6 SMU 0  
  6 SMU 1  

Schedule

First Round

November 1, 2017 #3 Cincinnati 0–1 #6 SMU Orlando, Florida
4:30 p.m. EDT Report
  •  36' Allie Thornton
Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Referee: Joe Rio
Assistant referees: Tom Felice
Assistant referees: Mark Allatin
Fourth official: Cassio Ribeiro
November 1, 2017 #4 Memphis 3–1 #5 Connecticut Orlando, Florida
7:00 p.m. EDT
  • Mikayla Morton  10', 55' (pen.)
  • Elizabeth Woerner  54'
Report
  •  77' Vivien Beil
Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Referee: Michael Wallace
Assistant referees: Cassio Ribeiro
Assistant referees: Alex Casella
Fourth official: Tom Felice

Semifinals

November 3, 2017 #2 South Florida 1–0 #6 SMU Orlando, Florida
4:30 p.m. EDT Report Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Referee: Cassio Ribeiro
Assistant referees: Joe Poremba
Assistant referees: Mike Wallace
Fourth official: Jan Halaska
November 3, 2017 #1 UCF 3–0 #4 Memphis Orlando, Florida
7:00 p.m. EDT
  • Stasia Mallin  4' (o.g.)
  • Morgan Ferrara  8' (pen.)
  • Stefanie Sanders  34'
Report Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 535
Referee: Bruno Mozzo
Assistant referees: Tom Felice
Assistant referees: Alex Casella
Fourth official: Joe Rio

Final

November 5, 2017 #1 UCF 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
#2 South Florida Orlando, Florida
2:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 952
Referee: Mark Allatin
Assistant referees: Jan Halaska
Assistant referees: Bruno Mozzo
Fourth official: Joe Poremba
Penalties
  • Kathellen Sousa
  • Stefanie Sanders
  • Christine Creighton
  • Morgan Ferrara

Statistics

Goalscorers

1 Goal
  • Vivien Beil – Connecticut
  • Morgan Ferrara – UCF
  • Stasia Mallin – UCF
  • Mikayla Morton – Memphis
  • Stefanie Sanders – UCF
  • Allie Thornton – SMU
  • Evelyne Viens – South Florida
  • Elizabeth Woerner – Memphis


See also


References

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