2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The opening round matches of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Loyola Soccer Park in Chicago, Illinois. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Lady Bears, but they were eliminated from the 2018 tournament with a 1–0 loss to the Illinois State Redbirds in the opening round. The Loyola won the tournament with a 3–2 win over Drake in the final.[1] The conference tournament title was the first for the Loyloa women's soccer program and the first for head coach Barry Bimbi.[2]

2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,279
SiteLoyola Soccer Park
Chicago, Illinois
(Semifinals & Final)
ChampionsLoyola (1st title)
Winning coachBarry Bimbi (1st title)
MVPJenna Szczesny (Loyola)
BroadcastESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
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2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Loyola  ‍†‍‡‍y 6–1–0 .857  11–7–1 .605
Drake  ‍‍‍ 5–1–1 .786  9–9–1 .500
UNI  ‍‍‍ 4–3–0 .571  9–7–3 .553
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 4–3–0 .571  10–9–2 .524
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 2–3–2 .429  8–9–2 .474
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 2–4–1 .357  5–8–3 .406
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 2–4–1 .357  4–12–3 .289
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 0–6–1 .071  6–9–3 .417
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 Missouri Valley Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 14, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Missouri Valley Conference

Bracket

Source:[3]

  Opening Round
Sunday, Oct. 28		     Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 2		     Final
Sunday, Nov. 4
                           
        2 Drake 12OT  
  3 UNI 0 (2)     6 Evansville 0    
  6 Evansville 0 (3)         2 Drake 2
      1 Loyola 3
        1 Loyola 2    
  4 Illinois State 1     4 Illinois State 1  
  5 Missouri State 0  

Schedule

Opening Round
October 28, 2018 #3 UNI0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		#6 EvansvilleWaterloo, Iowa
12:00 p.m. Report
  • Jordyn Rolli  106'
 Stadium: Cedar Valley Soccer Complex
Attendance: 289
Referee: Tyler Tuner
Assistant referees: Trent Payne
Assistant referees: Chris Civitate
Fourth official: Bryan Foster
Penalties
  • Kelsey Yarrow
  • Sydney Hayden
  • Maddy Germann
  • Julianne Trizzino
  • Hannah McDevitt
  • Claire Netten
  • Genevieve Cruz
  • Karsyn Kleinrichert
  • Jayme-Lee Hunter
  • Emily Ormson
  • Maggie Leazer
  • Morgan Blair
  • Montana Portenier
  • Amanda DaSilva
October 28, 2018 #4 Illinois State1–0#5 Missouri StateNormal, Illinois
1:00 p.m.
  • Abby Basler  75'
 Report Stadium: Adelaide State Field
Attendance: 166
Referee: Keith Angel
Assistant referees: Miguel Chavez
Assistant referees: Victor Herrera
Fourth official: Brian Lynch

Semifinals
November 2, 2018 #2 Drake1–0 (a.e.t.)#6 EvansvilleChicago, Illinois
3:30 p.m.
  • Hannah Bormann  58'
  • Libby Helverson  102'
Report Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Referee: Tony Delois
Assistant referees: Sergio Alvarez
Assistant referees: Russ Doszak
Fourth official: Zach Bond
November 2, 2018 #1 Loyola2–1#4 Illinois StateChicago, Illinois
6:00 p.m.
  • Madison Kimball  6'
  • Jenna Szczesny  30'
 Report
  • Mikayla Unger  51',  83'
 Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 511
Referee: Kyle Trimble
Assistant referees: Victor Herrera
Assistant referees: Juan Matute
Fourth official: Abby Okaluja

Final
November 4, 2018 #1 Loyola3–2#2 DrakeChicago, Illinois
1:00 p.m.
  • Jenna Szczesny  11' (pen.),  50'
  • Abby Swanson  69'
  • Kat Stephens  75'
 Report
  • Olivia Bruce  11' (pen.), 54'
  • Team  60'
 Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 313
Referee: Rebecca Pagan
Assistant referees: Ethan Buege
Assistant referees: Rachel Smith
Fourth official: Abiodun Okulaja

Statistics

Goalscorers
2 Goals
  • Olivia Bruce - Drake
  • Jenna Szczesny - Loyola
1 Goal
  • Abby Basler - Illinois State
  • Libby Helverson - Drake
  • Madison Kimball - Loyola
  • Kat Stephens - Loyola
  • Abby Swanson - Loyola
  • Mikayla Unger - Illinois State

All-Tournament Team

Source:[1]

PlayerTeam
Kaitlin MaxwellMissouri State
Jami ReichenbergerUNI
Morgan BlairEvansville
Michaela TillEvansville
Abby BaslerIllinois State
Alissa RamsdenIllinois State
Linda FioritoDrake
Olivia BruceDrake
Cassie RohanDrake
Abby SwansonLoyola
Katharine StephensLoyola
Madison LaudemanLoyola
Jenna SzczesnyLoyola (MVP)
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See also

References
  1. "2018 MVC Women's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference.
  2. "2018 Missouri Valley Conference Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. "2018 Championship Bracket" (PDF). mvc.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
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