2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 31 to November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament will take place at the home field of the regular season champion.[1] The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Florida Bulls are the defending tournament champions.[2] The Memphis Tiger's win was the program's first and also the first for coach Brooks Monaghan. [3]

2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,746
Site	Corbett Soccer Stadium Tampa, Florida
Champions	Memphis (1st title)
Winning coach	Brooks Monaghan (1st title)
MVP	Clarissa Larisey (Offensive) Chanel Hudson-Marks (Defensive) (Memphis)
Broadcast	American Digital Network (First Round and Semifinals) ESPNU (Final)
American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament «2017  2019»

2018 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 19 South Florida  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	1	–	0		.889			15	–	4	–	0		.789
No. 23 Memphis  ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	0		.778			17	–	4	–	0		.810
UCF  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0		.667			10	–	7	–	1		.583
East Carolina  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0		.556			10	–	6	–	3		.605
SMU  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0		.556			10	–	6	–	2		.611
Temple  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			7	–	11	–	1		.395
Houston  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			7	–	10	–	2		.421
Tulsa  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0		.333			7	–	10	–	1		.417
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	0		.222			4	–	14	–	0		.222
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	2		.222			6	–	9	–	3		.417
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 AAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 4, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:American Athletic Conference

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, Oct. 31					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2					Final Sunday, Nov. 4
						1	South Florida	2
	4	East Carolina	1 (5)			4	East Carolina	0
	5	SMU	1 (3)								1	South Florida	0
											2	Memphis	3
						2	Memphis	1
	3	UCF	3			3	UCF	0
	6	Temple	0

Source:[4]

Schedule

First Round

October 31, 2018	#3 UCF	3–0	#6 Temple	Tampa, FL
4:30 p.m. EDT	Kristen Scott  20', 59' Stefanie Sanders  73'	Report		Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium Attendance: 373 Referee: Noel Cotterell Assistant referees: Joseph Poremba Assistant referees: Michel Catin Fourth official: Bruno Mozzo

October 31, 2018	#4 East Carolina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	#5 SMU	Tampa, FL
7:00 p.m. EDT	Jay Hylton-Pelaia  61' Erin Mikalsen  72'		Allie Thornton  55' Katharin Herron  80' Celiana Torres  85'	Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium Attendance: 373 Referee: Kevin Flynn Assistant referees: Mark Allatin Assistant referees: Bruno Mozzo Fourth official: Cassio Ribeiro
	Penalties
	Jay Hylton-Pelaia Tori Riggs Marianna Shurina Kat Gonzalez Jenna Dages		Allie Thornton Vanessa Valadez Celiana Torres Katharin Herron

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#2 Memphis	1–0	#3 UCF	Tampa, FL
4:30 p.m. EDT	Marie Levasseur  80'	Report		Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium Attendance: 737 Referee: Cassio Ribeiro Assistant referees: Joseph Poremba Assistant referees: Darne Krause Fourth official: Michael Wallace

November 2, 2018	#1 South Florida	2–0	#4 East Carolina	Tampa, FL
7:00 p.m. EDT	Aubrey Megrath  6' Evelyne Veins  67'	Report		Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium Attendance: 737 Referee: Bruno Mozzo Assistant referees: Michael Wallace Assistant referees: Eddy Fiumara Fourth official: Joseph Poremba

Final

November 4, 2018	#1 South Florida	0–3	#2 Memphis	Tampa, FL
2:00 p.m. EST	Fanny Pelletier-LaRoche  64'	Report	Clarissa Larisey  5', 53' Marie Levasseur  44' Caroline Duncan  69' Grace Duncan  81'	Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium Attendance: 636 Referee: Mark Allatin Assistant referees: Bruno Mozzo Assistant referees: Michael Wallace Fourth official: Joseph Poremba

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Clarissa Larisey – Memphis
• Kristen Scott – UCF

1 Goal

• Marie Levassuer – Memphis
• Aubrey Megrath – South Florida
• Erin Mikalsen – East Carolina
• Stefanie Sanders – UCF
• Allie Thornton – SMU
• Evelyne Veins – South Florida

Source:[5]

Player	Team
Kelli Burney	USF
Aubrey Megrath	USF
Evelyne Viens	USF
Chanel Hudson-Marks	Memphis
Clarissa Larisey	Memphis
Marie Levasseur	Memphis
Stasia Mallin	Memphis
Jayda Hylton-Pelaia	ECU
Melanie Stiles	ECU
Kristen Scott	UCF
Vera Varis	UCF

See also

• 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

References

1. "Championship site determined in USF - UCF Matcup on ADN". The American. October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
2. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship Central". theamerican.org. The American. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
3. "Memphis Wings First Women's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. The American. November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
4. "2018 WSoccer 6 team Bracket" (PDF). theamerican.org. The American. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
5. "Memphis Wins First Women's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. The American Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.