2024 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	773
Site	Foley Sports Complex Foley, Alabama
Champions	James Madison (1st title)
Winning coach	Joshua Walters (1st title)
MVP	Shea Collins (James Madison)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament «2023  2025»

2024 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
James Madison  ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	0	–	2		.900			12	–	4	–	5		.690
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			10	–	6	–	4		.600
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	4		.600			5	–	7	–	7		.447
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3		.550			7	–	7	–	5		.500
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	4		.500			8	–	7	–	6		.524
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			6	–	11	–	2		.368
Marshall  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	4		.300			3	–	8	–	5		.344
West
Texas State  ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	3		.750			12	–	5	–	5		.659
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			10	–	6	–	3		.605
UL Monroe  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			9	–	8	–	3		.525
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	5		.450			3	–	7	–	5		.367
Louisiana  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	4		.400			7	–	5	–	8		.550
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	4		.300			4	–	6	–	6		.438
Troy  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			5	–	9	–	3		.382
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Sun Belt Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Sun Belt

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from November 4 to November 9, 2024. The seven-match tournament took place at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Old Dominion Monarchs.^[1][2] Old Dominion was the fourth seed in the tournament and were unsuccessful at defending their title. They were defeated 1–0 by James Madison in the semifinals. James Madison would go on to win the final over Texas State 3–2.^[3][4] This was the first Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for the James Madison women's soccer program, and first for head coach Joshua Walters. It is James Madison's fifth overall women's soccer title as they won four titles in the CAA before moving to the Sun Belt Conference.^[5][6] As tournament champions, James Madison earned the Sun Belt's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight of the fourteen Sun Belt Conference teams from the regular season qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season records of each team. The two division winners were awarded the top two seeds in the tournament. Despite finishing with 21 overall conference points, Texas State was the third seed as South Alabama score fourteen division conference points, which was more than Texas State's twelve division conference points. Therefore, South Alabama was the second seed in the tournament. A tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and final seed in the tournament as Louisiana–Monroe and Southern Miss both finished with 11 regular season conference points. Louisiana–Monroe defeated Southern Miss 3–0 on the final day of the regular season to secure the final seed in the tournament.^[7][8]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	James Madison	8–0–2	26
2	South Alabama*	5–2–3	18*
3	Texas State	6–1–3	21
4	Old Dominion	5–2–3	18
5	Georgia State	4–2–4	16
6	Appalachian State	4–3–3	15
7	Coastal Carolina	3–3–4	13
8	Louisiana–Monroe	3–5–2	11

(*: division winners are automatically given the top two seeds).

Bracket

Source:^[9]

	Quarterfinals Monday, November 4					Semifinals Wednesday, November 6					Championship Saturday, November 9
	3	Texas State	2
	6	Appalachian State	0
						3	Texas State	4
						7	Coastal Carolina	0
	2	South Alabama	1
	7	Coastal Carolina	2
											3	Texas State	2
											1	James Madison	3
	1	James Madison (pen.)	0 (4)
	8	Louisiana–Monroe	0 (3)
						1	James Madison	1
						4	Old Dominion	0
	4	Old Dominion (pen.)	1 (3)
	5	Georgia State	1 (1)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Texas State v #6 Appalachian State

November 4, 2024	#3 Texas State	2–0	#6 Appalachian State	Foley, AL
11:00 a.m. CST	Mya Ulloa 24' Zoe Junior  49' Mady Soumare 49'	Report	76' Walker Bristow	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 243 Referee: Aaron Hernandez Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Assistant referees: Ethan Wilson Fourth official: Lila Remache

#2 South Alabama v #7 Coastal Carolina

November 4, 2024	#2 South Alabama	1–2	#7 Coastal Carolina	Foley, AL
1:30 p.m. CST	Bonnie Frost 58' Irene Campo  82'	Report	5', 24' Julia Ziegenfuss	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 223 Referee: Dorian Del Toro Urueta Assistant referees: Chana Forstall Assistant referees: Esmeralda Figueroa Fourth official: Tim Chiasson

#1 James Madison v #8 Louisiana–Monroe

November 4, 2024	#1 James Madison	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#8 Louisiana–Monroe	Foley, AL
4:30 p.m. CST	Ellie Farrell  41'	Report	16' Janne Van Brummelen  39' Bernadett Stefan	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 25 Referee: Lila Renache Assistant referees: Ethan Wilson Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: Arnel Selman
	Penalties
	Ginny Lackey Amanda Attanasi Tali Rovner Sophia Verrecchia Ellie Farrell Jamie Swartz		Ally Richardson Emelie Kobler Beth Strutton Jaden Masters Janne van Brummelen Bernadett Stefan

#4 Old Dominion v #5 Georgia State

November 4, 2024	#4 Old Dominion	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	#5 Georgia State	Foley, AL
7:00 p.m. CST	Georgia State Own Goal 69' Andrea Balcazar Algarin  109'	Report	45' Elena Diaz  95' Emily Glenn	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 32 Referee: Nicholas Goyette Assistant referees: Tim Chiasson Assistant referees: Esmeralda Figueroa Fourth official: Ryan Campbell
	Penalties
	Brooke Edwards Sydney Somers Rhea Kijowski		Aaliyah Faddoul Elena Diaz Ines de Lope Casanova Maria Andujar

Semifinals

#3 Texas State v #7 Coastal Carolina

November 6, 2024	#3 Texas State	4–0	#7 Coastal Carolina	Foley, AL
4:00 p.m. CST	Lily Erb 4' Mya Ulloa 10' Victoria Meza  27', 51' Lucy Hart  35' Kaylie Smith 65' (pen.)	Report	50' Sophia Skoubis	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Lila Remache Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Assistant referees: Nicholas Goyette Fourth official: Jennifer Politz

#1 James Madison v #4 Old Dominion

November 7, 2024	#1 James Madison	1–0	#4 Old Dominion	Mobile, AL
7:00 p.m. CST	Ginny Lackey 8'	Report	36' Gry Boe Thrysoe	Stadium: The Cage Attendance: 90 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Esmeralda Figureoa Assistant referees: Tim Chiasson Fourth official: Jennifer Politz

Final

#1 James Madison v #3 Texas State

November 9, 2024	#1 James Madison	3–2	#3 Texas State	Foley, AL
7:00 p.m. CST	Shea Collins 5', 89' Sophia Verrecchia 13'	Report	22' (pen.) Mya Ulloa 55' Zoe Junior  66' Haley Shaw  85' Mady Soumare	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 160 Referee: Dorian Del Toro Urueta Assistant referees: Laadi Issaka Assistant referees: Josh Hinkle Fourth official: Lila Remache

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match (as of November 9, 2024).

3 goals

• Mya Ulloa – Texas State

2 goals

• Shea Collins – James Madison
• Julia Ziegenfuss – Coastal Carolina

1 goal

• Elena Diaz – Georgia State
• Lily Erb – Texas State
• Bonnie Frost – South Alabama
• Zoe Junior – Texas State
• Ginny Lackey – James Madison
• Victoria Meza – Texas State
• Kaylie Smith – Texas State
• Mady Soumare – Texas State
• Sophia Verrecchia – James Madison

1 own goal

• Georgia State (vs. Old Dominion)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[10]

Player	Team
Ashton Eleanor	Coastal Carolina
Julia Ziegenfuss
Shea Collins	James Madison
Sofia DeCerb
Ginny Lackey
Sophia Verrecchia
Jordan Yang
Gry Boe Thrysoe	Old Dominion
Katie Lutz
Kennley Bradley	Texas State
Mady Soumare

MVP in bold

References

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