1997 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 1997 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 6 to 9, 1997. The 5-match tournament was held at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio, TX with a combined attendance of 6,469. The 6-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Texas A&M Aggies defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the championship match to win their 1st conference tournament.[2]

1997 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance6,469
SiteBlossom Athletic Center
San Antonio, TX
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Winning coachGerald G. Guerrieri (1st title)
Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
«1996  1998»
1997 Big 12 Conference women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 12 Texas A&M y 910 .900  1830 .857
No. 7 Nebraska y 820 .800  1840 .818
Baylor  730 .700  1461 .690
Texas  730 .700  10100 .500
Colorado  550 .500  6120 .333
Iowa State  460 .400  1290 .571
Texas Tech  460 .400  7110 .389
Missouri  460 .400  7120 .368
Oklahoma State  460 .400  991 .500
Kansas  280 .200  7121 .375
Oklahoma  190 .100  2140 .125
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from NSCAA Coaches [1]

Regular Season Standings

Source:[3]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % Pts W L T %
1 1 Texas A&M 9 1 0 .900 27 18 3 0 .857
2 2 Nebraska 8 2 0 .800 24 18 4 0 .818
3 3 Baylor 7 3 0 .700 21 14 6 1 .690
3 4 Texas 7 3 0 .700 21 10 10 0 .500
5 5 Colorado 5 5 0 .500 15 6 12 0 .333
6 6 Iowa State 4 6 0 .400 12 12 9 0 .571
6 Texas Tech 4 6 0 .400 12 7 11 0 .389
6 Missouri 4 6 0 .400 12 7 12 0 .368
6 Oklahoma State 4 6 0 .400 12 9 9 1 .500
10 Kansas 2 8 0 .200 6 7 12 1 .375
11 Oklahoma 1 9 0 .100 3 2 14 0 .125

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, Nov 6
    Semifinals
Friday, Nov 7
    Final
Sunday, Nov 9
                           
        1 Texas A&M 3  
  4 Texas 1     4 Texas 1    
  5 Colorado 0         1 Texas A&M 3
      2 Nebraska 1
        2 Nebraska 4    
  3 Baylor 4     3 Baylor 1  
  6 Iowa State 2  

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Source:[4]

  • Offensive MVP – Sharon Pickering – Texas A&M
  • Defensive MVP – Claire Elliott – Texas A&M

All-Tournament Team

Position Player Team
GK Melanie Wilson Texas A&M
D Emily Elias Texas A&M
D Claire Elliott Texas A&M
D Sharolta Nonen Nebraska
D Nicole Ramirez Texas
MF Jenny Benson Nebraska
MF Bryn Blalack Texas A&M
MF Kari Uppinghouse Nebraska
F Kim Engesser Nebraska
F Sharon Pickering Texas A&M
F Courtney Saunders Baylor

References

  1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 151–152. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. "Big 12 Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Sports. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 151–152. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  4. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 166–167. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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