2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
| 2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Matches | 7 | ||||
| Site | Premier Sports Campus Lakewood Ranch, Florida | ||||
| Champions | East Carolina (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Gary Higgins (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | (Offensive) (Defensive) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ ESPNU (Final) | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis † | 6 | – | 0 | – | 4 | .800 | 13 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 6 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .750 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 5 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina ‡y | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 7 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .550 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 4 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .600 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 5 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | .550 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 7 | .395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | .500 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .400 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .400 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 3 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .300 | 3 | – | 11 | – | 4 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .000 | 2 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 AAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:American Athletic Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 4to November 10, 2024. The tournament was hosted at the Premier Sports Campus located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.[1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Memphis Tigers were the defending tournament champions.[2][3] Memphis was unable to defend its title. They reached the Final but fell to East Carolina 1–0 in overtime.[4][5] East Carolina's win was the program's first and also the first for third-year head coach Gary Higgins.[6] As tournament champions, East Carolina earned the American's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference records.[7][8]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 |
Bracket
| First Round Monda, Nov. 4 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7 | Final Sunday, Nov. 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
Schedule
First Round
| November 4, 2024 | v | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ||
| Stadium: Premier Sports Campus |
| November 4, 2024 | v | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ||
| Stadium: Premier Sports Campus |
| November 4, 2024 | v | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ||
| Stadium: Premier Sports Campus |
| November 4, 2024 | v | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ||
| Stadium: Premier Sports Campus |
Semifinals
| November 7, 2024 | v | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ||
| Stadium: Premier Sports Campus |
| November 7, 2024 | v | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ||
| Stadium: Premier Sports Campus |
Final
| November 10, 2024 | v | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ||
| Stadium: Premier Sports Campus |
Statistics
Goalscorers
All-Tournament team
Source:[9]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP
References
- ^ "2024-25 Championships Schedule". The American Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Hilliard, Caleb (November 5, 2023). "No. 8 Tigers win third straight American Athletic Conference women's soccer championship". WATN-TV. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "2023 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "2024 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Lloyd, Dugan (November 10, 2024). "ECU Women's Soccer wins Conference Championship in overtime versus top-seeded Memphis". WITN-TV. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "2024 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "Seeding Set for 2024 American Women's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. October 31, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "Memphis Clinches No. 1 Seed for American Women's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. October 27, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "East Carolina Wins First American Women's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.