2017 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2017 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference held from November 1–5, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at Jack Dugan Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Houston Baptist Huskies were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 1–0 quarterfinal loss to the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears. The Lamar Lady Cardinals won the tournament with a 2–0 win over the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks in the final.[1][2] This was the first Southland Conference tournament title for the Lamar women's soccer program and for head coach Steve Holeman.[3][4]

2017 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	906
Site	Dugan Stadium Corpus Christi, Texas
Champions	Lamar (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Holeman (1st title)
Broadcast	Southland Digital Network ESPN3 (Final)
Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament «2016  2018»

2017 Southland Conference women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Lamar  ‍†‍‡‍^y	10	–	1	–	0		.909			18	–	4	–	1		.804
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	8	–	3	–	0		.727			12	–	8	–	1		.595
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	8	–	3	–	0		.727			12	–	5	–	2		.684
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	4	–	0		.636			11	–	10	–	0		.524
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	2		.636			7	–	7	–	3		.500
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	0		.545			8	–	10	–	2		.450
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			7	–	9	–	2		.444
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			6	–	9	–	3		.417
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			5	–	10	–	3		.361
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	1		.318			6	–	11	–	1		.361
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	2	–	9	–	0		.182			6	–	12	–	0		.333
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	1		.136			2	–	13	–	1		.156
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2017 Southland Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 10, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Southland Conference

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 1					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 3					Final Sunday, Nov. 5
	1	Lamar	1
	8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	0
						1	Lamar	2
						4	Central Arkansas	1
	4	Central Arkansas	1
	5	Houston Baptist	0
											1	Lamar	2
											2	Stephen F. Austin	0
	2	Stephen F. Austin	4
	7	Sam Houston State	1
						2	Stephen F. Austin	0 (4)
						6	Abilene Christian	0 (2)
	3	McNeese State	0 (3)
	6	Abilene Christian	0 (5)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 1, 2017	#2 Stephen F. Austin	4–1	#7 Sam Houston State	Corpus Christi, Texas
11:00 a.m. CDT	Breanna Moore  20' Hanna Barker  49' Mari Gillespie  52' (pen.) Carli Arthurs  69'	Report	67' Carly English	Stadium: Dugan Stadium

November 1, 2017	#3 McNeese State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	#6 Abilene Christian	Corpus Christi, Texas
2:00 p.m. CDT		Report		Stadium: Dugan Stadium Referee: Tom Harlett Assistant referees: Joaquin Garza Assistant referees: Julio Villarruel Fourth official: Travis Haight
	Penalties
	Dayna Garcia Rachel Palet Gabi D'Alesandro Morgan Middleton		Megan Baer Michelle Mulrooney Christina Arteaga Chloe Fifer Caity Acosta

November 1, 2017	#4 Central Arkansas	1–0	#5 Houston Baptist	Corpus Christi, Texas
5:00 p.m. CDT	Maci Schoonover  74'	Report		Stadium: Dugan Stadium

November 1, 2017	#1 Lamar	1–0	#8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, Texas
8:00 p.m. CDT	Madison Ledet  21'	Report		Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 526 Referee: Fernando Galvan Assistant referees: Joaquin Garza Assistant referees: Amanda DiBiasio Fourth official: Ethan Frie

Semifinals

November 3, 2017	#2 Stephen F. Austin	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	#6 Abilene Christian	Corpus Christi, Texas
4:00 p.m. CDT		Report		Stadium: Dugan Stadium Referee: Mark Herrington Assistant referees: Joaquin Garza Assistant referees: Amanda DiBiasio Fourth official: Gregorio Garza
	Penalties
	Lauren Hall Carli Arthurs Katelyn Termini Hanna Barker		Michelle Mulrooney Megan Baer Christina Arteaga Chloe Fifer

November 3, 2017	#1 Lamar	2–1	#4 Central Arkansas	Corpus Christi, Texas
7:00 p.m. CDT	M.J. Eckart  37' Madison Ledet  47'	Report	60' Camille Bassett	Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 277 Referee: Elton Garcia Assistant referees: Chris Gordon Assistant referees: Julio Villarruel Fourth official: Fernando Galvan

Final

November 5, 2017	#1 Lamar	2–0	#2 Stephen F. Austin	Corpus Christi, Texas
1:05 p.m. CST	Juliana Ocampo  24' Juli Rocha  40'	Report		Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 103 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza Assistant referees: Chris Gordon Assistant referees: Gregorio Garza Fourth official: Mark Herrington

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Madison Ledet - Lamar

1 Goal

• Carli Arthurs - Stephen F. Austin
• Hanna Barker - Stephen F. Austin
• Camille Bassett - Central Arkansas
• M.J. Eckart - Lamar
• Carly English - Sam Houston State
• Mari Gillespie - Stephen F. Austin
• Breanna Moore - Stephen F. Austin
• Juliana Ocampo - Lamar
• Juli Rocha - Lamar
• Maci Schoonover - Central Arkansas

References

1. Southland Conference. "2016 Soccer Championship Central". Retrieved 2017-10-30.
2. Southland Conference. "2017 Southland Conference Soccer Tournament". Retrieved 2017-10-30.
3. "2017 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
4. "2017 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

External links

• 2017 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Championship