2018 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference held November 1–4, 2018. The seven-match tournament took place at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Alabama State Hornets, however they were unable to defend their title, losing 1–0 to the Grambling State Tigers in the Semifinals. The eventual champions were the Howard Bison, who defeated Grambling State 1–0 in the final.[1][2] The conference tournament title was the third in the history of the Howard women's soccer program, all of which have come under the direction of head coach Brent Leiba. [2] [3]

2018 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	508
Site	PVA&M Soccer Stadium Prairie View, Texas
Champions	Howard (3rd title)
Winning coach	Brent Leiba (3rd title)
MVP	Jordan Taylor (Howard)
Broadcast	None
SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament «2017  2019»

2018 SWAC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Grambling State  ‍†‍‍	9	–	1	–	0		.900			14	–	8	–	0		.636
Howard  ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			12	–	6	–	2		.650
Texas Southern  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Alabama State  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0		.600			7	–	11	–	0		.389
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2		.600			7	–	10	–	2		.421
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			5	–	12	–	1		.306
Southern  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			4	–	10	–	2		.313
UAPB  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			3	–	9	–	2		.286
Mississippi Valley St  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			5	–	9	–	4		.389
Jackson State  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0		.200			2	–	16	–	0		.111
Alcorn State  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0		.000			0	–	15	–	0		.000
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 SWAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 14, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:SWAC

Bracket

Source:[4]

	Quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 1					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2					Final Sunday, Nov. 4
	1	Grambling State	3
	8	UAPB	0
						1	Grambling State	1
						4	Alabama State	0
	4	Alabama State	1
	5	Prairie View A&M	0
											1	Grambling State	0
											2	Howard	1
	3	Texas Southern	2
	6	Alabama A&M	0
						2	Howard	0 (4)
						3	Texas Southern	0 (1)
	2	Howard	1^2OT
	7	Southern	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 1, 2018	#1 Grambling State	3–0	#8 UAPB	Prairie View, Texas
10:00 a.m. CST	Florence David  46' Kalley Pena  67' Brittany Terry  70' Jordyn King  89'	Report		Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 46 Referee: Deepak Lumba Assistant referees: Cedric Thomas Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten Fourth official: Laith Dahhan

November 1, 2018	#4 Alabama State	1–0	#5 Prairie View A&M	Prairie View, Texas
12:30 p.m. CST	Birgit Rijnders  62'	Report	Reina Cruz  84'	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 93 Referee: Logan Reeves Assistant referees: Ruben Campillo Assistant referees: Estefania Estrada Fourth official: Deepak Lumba

November 1, 2018	#3 Texas Southern	2–0	#6 Alabama A&M	Prairie View, Texas
3:00 p.m. CST	Begona Bravo  15', 23'	Report		Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 76 Referee: Laith Dahhan Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten Assistant referees: Cedric Thomas Fourth official: Shawn Cummings

November 1, 2018	#2 Howard	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#7 Southern	Prairie View, Texas
5:30 p.m. CST	Jordan Taylor  105'  (pen.)	Report	Bri'anna Schroeder	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 48 Referee: Ruben Campillo Assistant referees: Shawn Cummings Assistant referees: Estefania Estrada Fourth official: Logan Reeves

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#1 Grambling State	1–0	#4 Alabama State	Prairie View, Texas
3:00 p.m. CST	Jasmine Smith  83'	Report		Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 82 Referee: Benjamin Wooten Assistant referees: George Kubove Assistant referees: Shawn Cummings Fourth official: Estefania Estrada

November 2, 2018	#2 Howard	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	#3 Texas Southern	Prairie View, Texas
5:30 p.m. CST	Kendall Hamilton  2' Makela Davidson  104'	Report	Rania Kablawi  98'	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 48 Referee: Cedric Thomas Assistant referees: Logan Reeves Assistant referees: Laith Dahhan Fourth official: Estefania Estrada
	Penalties
	Jordan Taylor Kendall Hamilton Victoria Thornton Kendall Macauly		Brooke Ianeiro Briana Norwood Paul Vizoso

Final

November 4, 2018	#1 Grambling State	0–1	#2 Howard	Prairie View, Texas
11:00 a.m. CST	Kiawna Mounts  27' Kaitlin Pardy  68'	Report	Jordan Taylor  51'	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Estefania Estrada Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten Assistant referees: Laith Dahhan Fourth official: Kyle Phillips

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Begona Bravo – Texas Southern
• Jordan Taylor – Howard

1 Goal

• Florence David – Grambling State
• Kalley Pena – Grambling State
• Birgit Rijnders – Alabama State
• Jasmine Smith – Grambling State
• Brittany Terry – Grambling State

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

Player	Team
Begona Bravo	Texas Southern
Briana Norwood	Texas Southern
Chimoa Eriken	Southern
Jasmine Smith	Grambling
Kailey Pena	Grambling
Florence David	Grambling
Haileigh Adams	Grambling
Thalia Boucher	Howard
Makela Davidson	Howard
Alayah Hightower	Howard
Jordan Taylor	Howard (MVP)

References

1. Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2017 Women's Soccer Tournament Central". Retrieved 2017-10-30.
2. Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2018 Women's Soccer Tournament Central". Retrieved 2018-12-28.
3. "Brent Leiba Bio". hubison.com. Howard Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
4. "SWAC Women's Soccer Championship bracket". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
5. "Howard wins 2018 SWAC Soccer Tournament Championship". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.