2019 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference held from November 1 through November 10, 2019. The first round and quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites hosted by the #3 and #4 seeds, while the semifinals and final took place at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Murray State Racers were the defending champions and did not defend their title, losing to eventual champions Belmont 2–1 in the Semifinals. Belmont went on to beat SIUE on penalties in the final. [1][2] The conference tournament title was the first for the Belmont women's soccer program and the first for head coach Heather Henson.[3]

2019 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	1,505
Site	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Semifinals & Final)
Champions	Belmont (1st title)
Winning coach	Heather Henson (1st title)
MVP	Julie Garst (Belmont)
Broadcast	OVC Digital Network
Ohio Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament «2018  2020»

2019 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
SEMO  ‍†‍‍	8	–	1	–	1		.850			11	–	5	–	0		.688
Murray State  ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	0		.800			11	–	8	–	0		.579
UT Martin  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			8	–	6	–	5		.553
SIUE  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			10	–	5	–	5		.625
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3		.550			6	–	8	–	5		.447
Belmont  ‍‍‡‍^y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			8	–	9	–	5		.477
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			4	–	10	–	4		.333
EIU  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			4	–	10	–	4		.333
EKU  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			4	–	12	–	2		.278
Morehead St.  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			4	–	12	–	2		.278
Jacksonville St.  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			4	–	14	–	0		.222
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 OVC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Ohio Valley Conference

Bracket

Source:[4]

	First Round Friday, Nov. 1					Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 8					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
											1	Southeast Missouri	1
											4	SIUE	2
						4	SIUE	1
	5	Tennessee Tech	0			8	Eastern Illinois	0
	8	Eastern Illinois	2													4	SIUE	0 (2)
																6	Belmont	0 (3)
											2	Murray State	1
											6	Belmont	2
						3	UT Martin	2
	6	Belmont	1^OT			6	Belmont	3
	7	Austin Peay	0

Schedule

First Round

November 1, 2019	#6 Belmont	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#7 Austin Peay	Martin, Tennessee
3:00 p.m.	Julie Garst  90'	Report		Stadium: Skyhawk Soccer Field Attendance: 176 Referee: Robert Musoiu Assistant referees: Keith Green Assistant referees: Gustavo Turmero Fourth official: Claude Airall

November 1, 2019	#5 Tennessee Tech	0–2	#8 Eastern Illinois	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 p.m.		Report	31' Victoria Wharton  55' Sarah DeWolf	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Referee: Justin Tomicich Assistant referees: Brandon Wulff Assistant referees: Matthew Stein Fourth official: Velimir Milovic

Quarterfinals

November 3, 2019	#3 UT Martin	2–3	#6 Belmont	Martin, Tennessee
2:00 p.m.	Bella Roberts  5', 77' Nicole Collins  66'	Report	12', 80' Julie Garst  70' Avery Nowak	Stadium: Skyhawk Soccer Field Attendance: 213 Referee: Walter Heatherly Assistant referees: Keith Green Assistant referees: Donovan Eubank Fourth official: Claude Airall

November 3, 2019	#4 SIUE	1–0	#8 Eastern Illinois	Edwardsville, Illinois
2:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois Own Goal  26'	Report		Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 241 Referee: Don Tebeau Assistant referees: Matthew Rodman Assistant referees: Don Huber

Semifinals

November 8, 2019	#2 Murray State	1–2	#6 Belmont	Cape Girardeau, Missouri
	Miyah Watford  6'	Report	Rachel Vernon  12' Niki Clements  28'	Stadium: Houck Stadium Referee: Jeff Pulley Assistant referees: Johann Arnason Assistant referees: Keith Green

November 8, 2019	#1 Southeast Missouri	1–2	#4 SIUE	Cape Girardeau, Missouri
6:30 p.m.	Hailey Block  85' (pen.)	Report	41' Mackenzie Litzsinger  77' Megan Keeven  80'  85' Myah Diekema	Stadium: Houck Stadium Attendance: 523 Referee: Saul Gonzales Assistant referees: Joe Radzialoki Assistant referees: Tyler Swanner

Final

November 10, 2019	#4 SIUE	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	#6 Belmont	Cape Girardeau, Missouri
2:00 p.m.		Report		Stadium: Houck Stadium Attendance: 352 Referee: Ryan Ashe Assistant referees: Jose Renda Assistant referees: Robert Nusoiu
	Penalties
	Kayla Klipsch Courtney Vollmer Emma Dutko Mackenzie Litzsinger Andrea Frerker		Kameron Ziesig Rachel Vernon Julie Garst Avery Nowak Sydney Cason

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals

• Julie Garst (Belmont)

2 Goals

• Bella Roberts (UT Martin)

1 Goal

• Hailey Block (Southeast Missouri)
• Niki Clements (Belmont)
• Sarah DeWolf (Eastern Illinois)
• Megan Keeven (SIUE)
• Mackenzie Litzsinger (SIUE)
• Avery Nowak (Belmont)
• Rachel Vernon (Belmont)
• Miyah Watford (Murray State)
• Victoria Wharton (Eastern Illinois)

Own Goals

• Eastern Illinois vs. SIUE

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

Player	Team
Julie Garst	Belmont
AB Hawkins
Rachel Vernon
Lily Herman
Angel Ikeda	SIUE
Alexis Royal
Becca Jostes
Natalie Jackson	Southeast Missouri
Esmie Gonzales
Karsyn Hasch	Murray State
Miyah Watford

MVP in bold

References

1. Ohio Valley Conference. "2019 OVC Soccer Championship". Retrieved 2020-01-31.
2. Ohio Valley Conference. "2018 OVC Soccer Championship". Retrieved 2018-12-21.
3. Ohio Valley Conference. "OVC Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-01-31.
4. "2019 Ohio Valley ConferenceSoccer Championship November 1, 3, 8, 10" (PDF). ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
5. "Belmont Wins 2019 OVC Soccer Championship Title". ovcsports.com. The Ohio Valley Conference. November 10, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2020.