2018 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from October 31 to November 4, 2018. 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, however they were unable to defend their title, losing in a penalty kick shootout to the Texas State Bobcats in the semifinals. The Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans won the title in another penalty kick shootout over Texas State.[1][2] This was the first Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for Little Rock and the first for head coach Mark Foster.[3][4]

2018 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Site	Foley Sports Complex Foley, Alabama
Champions	Little Rock (1st title)
Winning coach	Mark Foster (1st title)
MVP	Jaclyn Purvine (Little Rock)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament «2017  2019»

2018 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Texas State  ‍†‍‍	8	–	0	–	2		.900			11	–	6	–	3		.625
Little Rock  ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			14	–	5	–	3		.705
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0		.700			8	–	8	–	1		.500
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0		.600			9	–	9	–	1		.500
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			8	–	9	–	2		.474
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			8	–	10	–	2		.450
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			8	–	7	–	3		.528
Troy  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			5	–	14	–	1		.275
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			5	–	12	–	0		.294
UL Lafayette  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			3	–	12	–	3		.250
UL Monroe  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0		.000			0	–	17	–	0		.000
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 Sun Belt Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 14, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Sun Belt

Bracket

Source:[5]

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, Oct. 31					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2					Final Sunday, Nov. 4
	4	Appalachian State	0
	5	South Alabama	3
						5	South Alabama	1 (2)
						1	Texas State	1 (4)
	1	Texas State	1
	8	Troy	0
											1	Texas State	0 (5)
											2	Little Rock	0 (6)
	2	Little Rock	1 (4)
	7	Arkansas State	1 (3)
						2	Little Rock	2
						6	Georgia State	0
	3	Coastal Carolina	2
	6	Georgia State	3^OT

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 31, 2018	#4 Appalachian State	0–3	#5 South Alabama	Foley, Alabama
10:00 a.m. CST	Jessia Easley  68' Taylor Ray  68'	Report	Audrey Duren  35' Abi Mills  39' Ana Helmert  44',  68' Briana Morris  57'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Assistant referees: Tiffini Turbin Fourth official: Alyssa Pennington

October 31, 2018	#1 Texas State	1–0	#8 Troy	Foley, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST	Kaylee Davis  62',  88'	Report		Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Ashlee Varnson Assistant referees: Kate Wasiak Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky Fourth official: Samantha Martinez

October 31, 2018	#2 Little Rock	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#7 Arkansas State	Foley, Alabama
4:00 p.m. CST	Liesa Seifert  57'	Report	Hailey Furio  11'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Alyssa Pennington Assistant referees: Alicia Messer Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Fourth official: Ashlee Varnson
	Penalties
	Liesa Seifert Jaclyn Purvine Arola Aparicio Gill Sairra Tucker Nora Hellmers		Dana O'Boye Hailey Furio Riley Ebenroth Taylor Schneider Maggie Ertl

October 31, 2018	#3 Coastal Carolina	2–3 (a.e.t.)	#6 Georgia State	Foley, Alabama
7:00 p.m. CST	Abby Gashel  7' Hannah Miller  60'	Report	Lily Barron  4' Caitlin Ray  81' Brooke Shank  31',  93'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Tiffini Tupin Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky Fourth official: Ceciah Valero

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#5 South Alabama	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	#1 Texas State	Foley, Alabama
4:00 p.m. CST	Moa Ohman  17' Brenna McPartlan  88'	Report	Jessica Pikoff  57' Kaylee Davis  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Ceciah Valero Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Assistant referees: Ashlee Varnson Fourth official: Samantha Martinez
	Penalties
	Moa Ohman Brenna McPartlan Hannah Godfrey Tilly Wilkes		Ally Kewish Kaylee Davis Jordan Kondikoff Mackenzie Smith

November 2, 2018	#2 Little Rock	2–0	#6 Georgia State	Foley, Alabama
7:00 p.m. CST	Peyton Laughley  38' Jaclyn Purvine  53', 64'	Report	Hannah Davis  36'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Kayla Polonsky Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin Assistant referees: Alyssa Pennington Fourth official: Samantha Martinez

Final

November 4, 2018	#1 Texas State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	#2 Little Rock	Foley, Alabama
1:00 p.m. CST		Report	Fanney Einarsdotir  109'	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Olivia Urig Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin Fourth official: Alyssa Pennington
	Penalties
	Ally Kewish Kaylee Davis Jordan Kondikoff Mackenzie Smith Sarah Everett Jamie Brown Haley Groff Kelly Barbalias		Liesa Seifert Morgan Smocovich Arola Aparicio Gili Sairra Tucker Nora Hellmers Jaclyn Purvine Fanney Einarsdotir Claire Palmer

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Kaylee Davis – Texas State
• Jaclyn Purvine – Little Rock

1 Goal

• Lily Barron – Georgia State
• Hailey Furio – Arkansas State
• Abby Gashel – Coastal Carolina
• Ana Helmert - South Alabama
• Hannah Miller – Coastal Carolina
• Abi Mills - South Alabama
• Briana Morris - South Alabama
• Moa Ohman - South Alabama
• Caitlin Ray – Georgia State
• Liesa Seifert – Little Rock

All-Tournament Team

Source:[6]

Player	Team
Caitlin Ray	Georgia State
Briana Morris	South Alabama
Kaylee Davis	Texas State
Heather Martin	Texas State
Jordan Kondikoff	Texas State
Genesis Turman	Texas State
Sara Johannsdottir	Little Rock
Morgan Smocovich	Little Rock
Liesa Siefert	Little Rock
Arola Aparicio Gili	Little Rock
Jaclyn Purvine	Little Rock (MVP)

See also

• 2018 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

References

1. Sun Belt Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 2017-10-30.
2. Sun Belt Conference. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved 2018-12-28.
3. "Past Women's Soccer Champions". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
4. Sun Belt Conference. "Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-10-30.
5. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
6. "Little Rock Trojans Capture First Sun Belt Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.