2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 3 to November 10, 2019. The first round was hosted by the higher seed, and the Semifinals and Final took place at the home field of the regular season champion. Memphis.[1] The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Memphis are the defending tournament champions.[2] Memphis was unable to defend its title, losing 2–0 to South Florida in the final. The Bull's win was the program's second and also the second for coach Denise Schilte-Brown.[3]

2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance948
SiteBilly J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex
Memphis, Tennessee
ChampionsSouth Florida (2nd title)
Winning coachDenise Schilte-Brown (2nd title)
MVPEvelyne Viens (Offesnive)
Sydney Martinez (Defensive) (South Florida)
BroadcastAmerican Digital Network (Semifinals)
ESPNU (Final)
American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
«2018  2020»
2019 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 21 Memphis  y 801 .944  1731 .833
No. 16 USF  y 720 .778  1650 .762
UCF   522 .667  1144 .684
Cincinnati   531 .611  793 .447
SMU   450 .444  1271 .625
Houston   360 .333  6140 .300
UConn   252 .333  683 .441
Temple   252 .333  595 .395
East Carolina   252 .333  5103 .361
Tulsa   270 .222  8110 .421
Conference champion
2019 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 11, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:American Athletic Conference

Bracket

  First Round
Sunday, Nov. 3
    Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 8
    Final
Sunday, Nov. 10
                           
        2 USF 2  
  6 Houston 0     3 UCF 1    
  3 UCF 5         2 USF 2
      1 Memphis 0
        1 Memphis 4    
  5 SMU 1     5 SMU 2  
  4 Cincinnati 0  

Source:[4]

Schedule

First Round

November 3, 2019 #3 UCF 5–0 #6 Houston Orlando, FL
1:00 p.m.
  • Ellie Moreno  1'
  • Darya Rajaee  21'
  • Dayana Martin  48', 56'
  • Jessica Taylor  66'
Report
  •  29' Amy Nguyen
Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 218
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
Assistant referees: Sergio Virviescas
Assistant referees: Edin Kapidzic
Fourth official: Hassan Belmnahia
November 3, 2019 #4 Cincinnati 0–1 #5 SMU Cincinnati, OH
12:00 p.m. Report
  •  50' Brooke Golik
  •  86' Celiana Torres
Stadium: Gettler Stadium
Attendance: 173
Referee: Andy Milby
Assistant referees: Britton Maier
Assistant referees: Brian DiPiro
Fourth official: Brad Koewlers

Semifinals

November 8, 2019 #2 USF 3–1 #3 UCF Memphis, TN
4:30 p.m.
  • Evelyne Viens  34', 57'
Report
  •  65' Madison Murnin
  •  68' (pen.) Elise Legrout
Stadium: Billy J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex
Referee: Noeal Cotterell
Assistant referees: Jessica Carnevale
Assistant referees: Mark Allatin
Fourth official: Joseph Poremba
November 8, 2019 #1 Memphis 4–2 #5 SMU Memphis, TN
7:00 p.m.
  • Lisa Pechersky  1'
  • Tanya Boychuk  38' (pen.)
  • Kimberley Smit  51'
  • Clarissa Larisey  89'
Report
  •  40' Katharine Herron
  •  48' Allie Thornton
  •  66' Jewel Boland
Stadium: Billy J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex
Referee: Cassio Ribiero
Assistant referees: Bruno Mozzo
Assistant referees: Joseph Poremba
Fourth official: Steven Scott

Final

November 10, 2019 #1 Memphis 0–2 #2 USF Memphis, TN
1:00 p.m.
  • Serena Dolan  80'
Report
  •  64', 66' Evelyne Viens
  •  88' Aubrey Megrath
Stadium: Billy J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex
Attendance: 557
Referee: Mark Allatin
Assistant referees: Bruno Mozzo
Assistant referees: Benjamin Meyer
Fourth official: Steven Scott

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 Goals
  • Evelyne Viens (USF)
2 Goals
  • Dayana Martin (UCF)
1 Goal
  • Jewel Boland (SMU)
  • Tanya Boychuk (Memphis)
  • Brooke Golik (SMU)
  • Clarissa Larisey (Memphis)
  • Elise Legrout (UCF)
  • Ellie Moreno (UCF)
  • Lisa Pechersky (Memphis)
  • Darya Ragaee (UCF)
  • Kimberley Smit (Memphis)
  • Jessica Taylor (UCF)
  • Allie Thornton (SMU)

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

PlayerTeam
Evelyne Viens*USF
Sydney Martinez^
Sydny Nasello
Andrea Hauksdottir
Caoline DeLisleUCF
Ellie Moreno
Clair AbreyMemphis
Serena Dolan
Stasia Mallin
Allie ThorntonSMU
Jewel Boland


* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

See also

References

  1. "Memphis Earns Regular Season Title, Bracket Set for Women's Soccer Championship". The American Athletic Conference. October 31, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  2. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship Central". theamerican.org. The American. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  3. "American Athletic Conference Championships by School" (PDF). theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  4. "2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). theamerican.org. The American. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. "No. 2 USF Defeats No. 1 Memphis, 2-0, to win Women's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
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