2019 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from November 1 through November 10, 2019. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Sportsplex at Matthews in Matthews, North Carolina. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. Radford were the defending champions,[1] and successfully defended their championship with a 2–1 win over Gardner-Webb fin the final.[2] The conference tournament title was the seventh for the Radford women's soccer program and the seventh for head coach Ben Sohrabi.[3]

2019 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	1,971
Site	Sportsplex at Matthews Matthews, North Carolina (Semifinals and Final)
Champions	Radford (7th title)
Winning coach	Ben Sohrabi (7th title)
MVP	Nelia Perez (Radford)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament «2018  2020»

2019 Big South Conference women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
High Point  ‍†‍‍	8	–	0	–	2		.900			10	–	7	–	2		.579
Campbell  ‍‍‍	8	–	1	–	1		.850			13	–	4	–	2		.737
Radford  ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	3	–	0		.700			16	–	6	–	0		.727
Gardner-Webb  ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0		.700			10	–	11	–	1		.477
Winthrop  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1		.650			8	–	7	–	1		.531
Longwood  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			6	–	9	–	2		.412
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			5	–	13	–	0		.278
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			7	–	10	–	2		.421
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			5	–	13	–	0		.278
USC Upstate  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			2	–	11	–	3		.219
Hampton  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			1	–	15	–	1		.088
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 Big South Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Big South Conference

Bracket

Source:[4]

	Quarterfinals November 1–2					Semifinals November 7					Final November 10
	4	Gardner-Webb	2
	5	Winthrop	1
						4	Gardner-Webb	1
						1	High Point	0
	1	High Point	1
	8	Charleston Southern	0
											4	Gardner-Webb	1
											3	Radford	2
	2	Campbell	3^(2OT)
	7	Presbyterian	2
						2	Campbell	2
						3	Radford	3^(2OT)
	3	Radford	3
	6	Longwood	2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 1, 2019	#4 Gardner-Webb	2–1	#5 Winthrop	Boiling Springs, NC
7:00 p.m. EST	Alisha Holcombe  6',  51' Jada Newton  87'	Report	21' Allie Thomas  27' Alexandra Perez	Stadium: Greene–Harbison Stadium Attendance: 307 Referee: Danny Thornberry Assistant referees: Ben Wooten Assistant referees: Josh Escobar Fourth official: Doug Hartman

November 1, 2019	#1 High Point	1–0	#8 Charleston Southern	High Point, NC
7:00 p.m. EST	Kyle Levesque  63'	Report		Stadium: Vert Stadium Referee: Eric Barnes Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas Assistant referees: Justin Howard Fourth official: Brandon Ingram

November 2, 2019	#2 Campbell	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#7 Presbyterian	Buies Creek, NC
7:00 p.m. EST	Rosie O'Neal  31' Alexa Genas  67' Elyssa Nowowieski  104'	Report	41' Morgan Hutchison  55' Kori Lawrence	Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 279 Referee: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Assistant referees: Aaron Hormuth Fourth official: Hudson Owens

November 2, 2019	#3 Radford	3–2	#6 Longwood	Radford, VA
7:00 p.m.	Nelia Perez  24' Brianna Oliver  28' Gabi Paupst  62'	Report	62' Emilie Kupsov  74',  75' Kiersten Yuhas	Stadium: Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium Attendance: 571 Referee: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Scott Bowers Assistant referees: Ben Ellis Fourth official: Phil Whisman

Semifinals

November 7, 2019	#1 High Point	0–1	#4 Gardner-Webb	Matthews, NC
4:00 p.m. EST	Kyle Levesque  48' Team  48' Mackenzie Mullins  64' Shaylyn Owen  87'	Report	11' Emily Jonas  46' Stina Kleppe  77' Maddie Turlington	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 303 Referee: Tori Penso Assistant referees: Kyle Johnston Assistant referees: Zach McWhorter

November 7, 2019	#2 Campbell	2–3 (a.e.t.)	#3 Radford	Matthews, NC
7:00 p.m.	Jessica Donald  43' Alexa Genas  52'	Report	61' Alexeis Kirons  81' Kayla Thomas  102' Nelia Perez	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Referee: Ben Wooten Assistant referees: John Rush Assistant referees: Joshua Escobar

Final

November 10, 2019	#3 Radford	2–1	#4 Gardner-Webb	Matthews, NC
2:00 p.m. EST	59' Lily McLane  80' Nelia Perez	Report	19' Jada Newton	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 511 Referee: Brandon Marion Assistant referees: Kiah Haslett Assistant referees: Eric Barnes

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals

• Nelia Perez (Radford)

2 Goals

• Alexa Genas (Campbell)
• Jada Newton (Gardner-Webb)

1 Goal

• Jessica Donald (Campbell)
• Alisha Holcombe (Gardner-Webb)
• Morgan Hutchison (Presbyterian)
• Alexeis Kirons (Radford)
• Stina Kleppe (Gardner-Webb)
• Emilie Kupsov (Longwood)
• Kori Lawrence (Presbyterian)
• Kyle Levesque (High Point)
• Lily McLane (Radford)
• Elyssa Nowowieski (Campbell)
• Brianna Oliver (Radford)
• Rosie O'Neal (Campbell)
• Gabi Paupst (Radford)
• Allie Thomas (Winthrop)
• Kayla Thomas (Radford)
• Kiersten Yuhas (Longwood)

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

Player	Team
Nelia Perez	Radford
Gabi Paupst
Kayla Thomas
Lily McLane
Jada Newton	Gardner-Webb
Katelyn Kellogg
Stina Kleppe
Shaylyn Owen	High Point
Allie Reagan
Alexa Genas	Campbell
Hanna Maansson
Kori Lawrence	Presbyterian
Dylan Patterson	Winthrop
Jazmin Gonzalez	Charleston Southern
Kiersten Yuhas	Longwood

MVP in bold

See also

• Big South Conference
• 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
• 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

References

1. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
2. "2019 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
3. "2019 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
4. "2019 BIG SOUTH WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
5. "Radford Wins 2019 Women's Soccer Championship, Advances to NCAA Tournament". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. November 10, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.