2020 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament
American college soccer tournament
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The 2020 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was postponed from late 2020 until April 13 to April 17, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The seven-match tournament took place at the Lamar Soccer Complex in Beaumont, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Lamar Lady Cardinals, but they were unable to defend their title falling in the first round to Sam Houston State 4–3. The Southeastern Lady Lions won the tournament, defeating Sam Houston 3–0 in the final.[1]
| 2020 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Matches | 7 | ||||
| Attendance | 525 | ||||
| Site | Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, Texas | ||||
| Champions | Southeastern (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Christopher McBride (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Nadine Maher (Southeastern) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin † | 10 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .605 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .682 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .682 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana ‡y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .682 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 5 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .591 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .500 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 3 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .409 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .318 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .318 | 12 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .318 | 3 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 0 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .045 | 0 | – | 15 | – | 1 | .031 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 Southland Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 17, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Southland Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tournament attendance was restricted to 75 per match due to COVID-19 precautions.[2]
Media and TV
All matches were broadcast on ESPN+.
Bracket
Source:[3]
| Quarterfinals Tuesday, April 13 ESPN+ | Semifinals Thursday, April 15 ESPN+ | Final Saturday, April 17 ESPN+ | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Southeastern | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Southeastern | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Southeastern | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Sam Houston | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Abilene Christian | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Incarnate Word | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Abilene Christian | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Sam Houston | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lamar | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Sam Houston | 4 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| April 13, 2021 | #1 Stephen F. Austin | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | #8 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Beaumont, TX |
| 11:00 a.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Lamar Soccer Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Elvis Osmanobic Assistant referees: Ricardo Ocampo Ruben Campillo Fourth official: Brandon Gardner |
| April 13, 2021 | #4 Northwestern State | 0–0 SLU advances 4-3 on PKs (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | #5 Southeastern | Beaumont, TX |
| 2:00 p.m. CST | Report | Stadium: Lamar Soccer Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Brandon Gardner Assistant referees: George Kubove Fezvi Demirhan Fourth official: Elvis Osmanobic |
| April 13, 2021 | #3 Abilene Christian | 3–0 | #6 Incarnate Word | Beaumont, TX |
| 5:00 p.m. CST |
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Report | Stadium: Lamar Soccer Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Matthew Thompson Assistant referees: Ruben Campillo Ricardo Ocampo Fourth official: Kaitlyn Trowbridge |
| April 13, 2021 | #2 Lamar | 3–4 | #7 Sam Houston | Beaumont, TX |
| 8:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Lamar Soccer Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Arturo Ibarra Assistant referees: Kaitlyn Trowbridge George Kubrove Fourth official: Fevzi Demirhan |
Semifinals
| April 15, 2021 | #1 Stephen F. Austin | 0–2 | #5 Southeastern | Beaumont, TX |
| 4:00 p.m. CST | Report |
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Stadium: Lamar Soccer Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Matthew Thompson Assistant referees: Ruben Campillo Ricardo Ocampo Fourth official: Aturo Ibarra |
| April 15, 2021 | #3 Abilene Christian | 0–1 | #7 Sam Houston | Beaumont, TX |
| 7:00 p.m. CST | Report |
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Stadium: Lamar Soccer Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Fevzi Demirhan Assistant referees: George Kubove Estefania Estrada Fourth official: Brandon Gardner |
Final
| April 17, 2021 | #5 Southeastern | 3–0 | #7 Sam Houston | Beaumont, TX |
| 1:05 p.m. CST |
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Report | Stadium: Lamar Soccer Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Arturo Ibarra Assistant referees: Ricardo Ocampo George Kubove Fourth official: Melvin Rivas |
All-Tournament team
Source:[4]
| Player | Team |
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| Nadine Maher | Southeastern |
| Megan Gordon | |
| Dalton Fish | |
| Hailie Yoder | |
| Courtney Pawlik | Sam Houston |
| Danielle Forsyth | |
| Brooke Jones | |
| Katelyn Termini | Stephen F. Austin |
| Maddie Talbot | |
| Christina Arteaga | Abilene Christian |
| Natalie Jones |
MVP in bold