2019 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2019. The quarterfinals were held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Mickey Cochrane Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio, home of the Bowling Green Falcons, the highest remaining seed in the tournament following the quarterfinal matches. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Bowling Green Falcons were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title with a 3–1 penalty shootout win over the Eastern Michigan in the final.[1][2] The title was the fourth for the Bowling Green women's soccer program and the second for head coach Matt Fannon.[3][4]

2019 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	2,392
Site	Mickey Cochrane Stadium (Semifinals and Final) Bowling Green, Ohio
Champions	Bowling Green (4th title)
Winning coach	Matt Fannon (2nd title)
MVP	Nikhita Jacob (Bowling Green)
Broadcast	None
Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament «2018  2020»

2019 Mid-American Conference women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Bowling Green  ‍†‍‡‍^y	10	–	1	–	0		.909			14	–	6	–	3		.674
Ball State  ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	0		.800			14	–	4	–	0		.778
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	1		.591			8	–	9	–	1		.472
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	2		.545			5	–	4	–	2		.545
Akron  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	2		.545			8	–	9	–	2		.474
Ohio  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	1		.500			10	–	8	–	1		.553
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			6	–	11	–	2		.368
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			7	–	5	–	4		.563
Kent State  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			6	–	9	–	3		.417
Toledo  ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0		.364			7	–	12	–	0		.368
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			4	–	12	–	1		.265
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	1		.045			2	–	14	–	2		.167
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 MAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Mid-American Conference

Bracket

Source:[5]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 8					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
	1	Bowling Green	4
	8	Central Michigan	1
						1	Bowling Green	2
						4	Buffalo	1
	4	Buffalo	2^2OT
	5	Akron	1
											1	Bowling Green	0 (3)
											7	Eastern Michigan	0 (1)
	2	Ball State	1
	7	Eastern Michigan	2
						7	Eastern Michigan	5
						6	Ohio	2
	3	Western Michigan	0
	6	Ohio	2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 3, 2019	#1 Bowling Green	4–1	#8 Central Michigan	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST	Sarah Allen  48' Nikki Cox  51' Makenzie Ortman  70' Kennedy White  77'	Report	82' Katie Coleman	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 426 Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Assistant referees: Christian LIttle Fourth official: Jacob Little

November 3, 2019	#2 Ball State	1–2	#7 Eastern Michigan	Muncie, Indiana
1:00 p.m. EST	Peighton Cook  59' Lexy Smith  87'	Report	13' Sabrina McNeill  88' (pen.) Amanda Cripps	Stadium: Briner Sports Complex Referee: Ceasar Ibarra Assistant referees: Fernando Ibarra Assistant referees: Edmundo Ramirez Fourth official: Richard Geati

November 3, 2019	#3 Western Michigan	0–2	#6 Ohio	Kalamazoo, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EST		Report	51' Sydney Leckie  59' Alivia Milesky	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 207 Referee: Brandon Knauss Assistant referees: Kevin Ficar Assistant referees: Ryan Ash Fourth official: Arlin Kociu

November 3, 2019	#4 Buffalo	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#5 Akron	Buffalo, New York
1:00 p.m. EST	Kaitlyn Walsh  83' Taylor Caridi  108'	Report	73' Abigail Brown	Stadium: UB Stadium Referee: Brian Miller Assistant referees: Ryan Slack Assistant referees: Tim Dicken Fourth official: John Safar

Semifinals

November 8, 2019	#1 Bowling Green	2–1	#4 Buffalo	Bowling Green, Ohio
4:00 p.m. EST	Chelsee Washington  17' Katie Cox  24' Lynsey Spotts  41'	Report	44' Carley Zoccali  79' Marcy Barberic	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 438 Referee: Christopher Koloffon Assistant referees: Landon Albert Assistant referees: Jose Ortiz Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

November 8, 2019	#6 Ohio	2–5	#7 Eastern Michigan	Bowling Green, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EST	Alivia Milesky  18', 64' Victoria Breeden  76'	Report	12' Amanda Cripps  36', 40', 46', 54' Kristin Hullibarger	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 438 Referee: Heber Estrada Assistant referees: Carlos Leyva Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

Final

November 10, 2019	#1 Bowling Green	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	#7 Eastern Michigan	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST		Report	55' Alia Frederick	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Landon Albert Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
	Penalties
	Chelsee Washington Kennedy White Katie Cox Nikki Cox Nikhita Jacob		Peyton Davis Nicole Remedios Parys Kerr Amanda Cripps

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 Goals

• Kristin Hullibarger (Eastern Michigan)

3 Goals

• Alivia Milesky (Ohio)

2 Goals

• Amanda Cripps (Eastern Michigan)

1 Goal

• Sarah Allen (Bowling Green)
• Marcy Barberic (Buffalo)
• Abigail Brown (Akron)
• Taylor Caridi (Buffalo)
• Katie Coleman (Central Michigan)
• Peighton Cook (Ball State)
• Katie Cox (Bowling Green)
• Nikki Cox (Bowling Green)
• Sydney Leckie (Ohio)
• Sabrina McNeill (Eastern Michigan)
• Mackenzie Ortman (Bowling Green)
• Kaitlyn Walsh (Buffalo)
• Chelsee Washington (Bowling Green)
• Kennedy White (Bowling Green)

All-Tournament Team

Source:[6]

Player	Team
Katie Cox	Bowling Green
Mackenzie Reuber
Lena Kovar
Nikhita Jacob
Chelsea Abbotts	Eastern Michigan
Sabrina McNeill
Kristin Hulibarger
Emily Kelly	Buffalo
Adrianna VanCuyck
Alivia Milesky	Ohio
Sydney Leckie

MVP in bold

References

1. "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
2. "2019 Women's Soccer Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
3. "2019 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
4. "Matt Fannon". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green University. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
5. "Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
6. "BACK-TO-BACK: Bowling Green Claims MAC Women's Soccer Title". Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.