2017 Horizon League Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2017 Horizon League Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from October 30 through November 4, 2017. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Engelmann Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Northern Kentucky Norse were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 3–2 loss to the IUPUI Jaguars in the semifinals. IUPUI won the tournament by virtue of winning the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the Milwaukee Panthers in the final.[1][2]

2017 Horizon League Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,759
Site	Engelmann Field Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Semifinals & Final)
Champions	IUPUI (1st title)
Winning coach	Chris Johnson (1st title)
Broadcast	ESPN3
Horizon League Women's Soccer Tournament «2016  2018»

2017 Horizon League women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Milwaukee  ‍†‍‍	7	–	0	–	2		.889			16	–	0	–	4		.900
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	2		.778			9	–	6	–	2		.588
IUPUI  ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	2	–	1		.722			14	–	6	–	3		.674
Wright State  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0		.667			12	–	8	–	0		.600
UIC  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0		.556			7	–	13	–	0		.350
Cleveland State  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0		.556			9	–	9	–	1		.500
Green Bay  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			4	–	11	–	1		.281
Oakland  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0		.333			3	–	14	–	1		.194
Detroit  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	0		.111			4	–	13	–	1		.250
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0		.000			4	–	13	–	1		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2017 Horizon League Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 11, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Horizon League

Bracket

Semifinal matchups were determined by the results of the quarterfinals. The #1 seed would play the lowest-remaining seed, while the #2 seed would play the other quarterfinal winner.[3]

	Quarterfinals Monday, Oct. 30					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 2					Final Saturday, Nov. 4
						1	Milwaukee	2^2OT
	4	Wright State	2			4	Wright State	1
	5	UIC	1								1	Milwaukee	0 (3)
											3	IUPUI	0 (4)
						2	Northern Kentucky	2
	3	IUPUI	1 (4)			3	IUPUI	3
	6	Cleveland State	1 (2)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 30, 2017	#3 IUPUI	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	#6 Cleveland State	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 p.m. EDT	Valentine Pursey  79'	Report	37' Aliani Lorenzo	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 241 Referee: Jorge Cuate Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Sean West Fourth official: Nick Thompson
	Penalties
	Miranda Ricks Hayley Shelton Sarah Jacobs Braegan Lyon		Sydney Duggan Katie Bainbridge Jenna Prathapa Ashley Thiss

October 30, 2017	#4 Wright State	2–1	#5 UIC	Dayton, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EDT	Destiny Johnson  59' Sarah Colvin  78'	Report	21' Tamae Douglas	Stadium: Alumni Field Attendance: 252 Referee: Josh Kelley Assistant referees: Jeff Swartzel Assistant referees: Brian Apswich Fourth official: Andrey Castel

Semifinals

November 2, 2017	#2 Northern Kentucky	2–3	#3 IUPUI	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
4:00 p.m. CDT	Jessica Frey  17' Samantha Duwel  79'	Report	49', 84' (pen.), 89' Valentine Pursey	Stadium: Engelmann Field Attendance: 111 Referee: Khalef Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Art Arustamyan Fourth official: Kyle Trimble

November 2, 2017	#1 Milwaukee	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#4 Wright State	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
7:00 p.m. CDT	Mackenzie Schill  44' Lourdes Onwuemeka  102'	Report	18' Erin Graefen	Stadium: Engelmann Field Attendance: 444 Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Assistant referees: Nicole Green Fourth official: Kyle Trimble

Final

November 4, 2017	#1 Milwaukee	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#3 IUPUI	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
6:00 p.m. CDT		Report		Stadium: Engelmann Field Attendance: 711 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Kurt Stefan Assistant referees: Andres Padilla Fourth official: Victor Gonzalez
	Penalties
	McKaela Schmelzer Cassidy Blanchard Aubrey Krahn Anny West Sydney Senn		Sarah Jacobs Hayley Shelton Miranda Ricks Heily Blacha Valentine Pursey

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 Goals

• Valentine Pursey - IUPUI

1 Goal

• Sarah Colvin - Wright State
• Samantha Duwel - Northern Kentucky
• Tamae Douglas - UIC
• Jessica Frey - Northern Kentucky
• Erin Graefen - Wright State
• Destiny Johnson - Wright State
• Aliani Lorenzo - Cleveland State
• Lourdes Onwuemeka - Milwaukee
• Mackenzie Schill - Milwaukee

See also

• 2017 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament

References

1. "Horizon League Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Horizon League.
2. "2017 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship". Horizon League.
3. "2017 Horizon League Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League.