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2024 SWAC women's soccer tournament


The 2024 SWAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference held November 7–10, 2024. The seven-match tournament took place at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Grambling State Tigers,[1] however they were unable to defend their title, as they were defeated in a penalty shoot-out in the Semifinals by Southern. Southern would go on to defeat top-seed Texas Southern 1–0 in the Final.[2][3] The conference tournament title was the first in the history of the Southern women's soccer program, and first for head coach Jeremy Fontenot.[4] As tournament champions, SOuthern earned the SWAC's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

2024 SWAC women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance3,933
SitePVA&M Soccer Stadium
Prairie View, Texas
ChampionsSouthern (1st title)
Winning coachJeremy Fontenot (1st title)
MVPAlyssa Romero (Southern)
BroadcastSWAC Digital Network
SWAC women's soccer tournament
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2024 SWAC women's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Texas Southern  ‍†‍‍ 6 – 1 – 1   .813 8 – 8 – 2   .500
Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 9 – 8 – 3   .525
Southern  ‍‍‡‍y 5 – 1 – 2   .750 9 – 10 – 2   .476
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 1   .563 7 – 11 – 1   .395
Jackson State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 2 – 4   .500 2 – 8 – 5   .300
Alabama State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 3 – 3   .438 5 – 8 – 3   .406
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3 – 4   .375 2 – 9 – 4   .267
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4 – 4   .250 1 – 11 – 4   .188
UAPB  ‍‍‍ 0 – 7 – 1   .063 1 – 12 – 2   .133
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 SWAC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: SWAC

Seeding

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Eight of the nine teams that compete in women's soccer in the SWAC qualified for the 2024 Tournament. There were only nine teams in this season due to Alcorn State cancelling its season after not having enough players to field a team.[5] Seeding was based on regular season conference play. No tiebreakers were required as each SWAC team finished with a different conference point total.[6][7]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Texas Southern 6–1–1 19
2 Grambling State 6–2–0 18
3 Southern 5–1–2 17
4 Alabama A&M 4–3–1 13
5 Jackson State 2–2–4 10
6 Alabama State 2–3–3 9
7 Mississippi Valley State 1–3–4 7
8 Prairie View A&M 0–4–4 4

Bracket

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Source:[8]

Quarterfinals
Thursday, Nov. 7 		Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 8 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 10
         
1 Texas Southern 2
8 Prairie View A&M 0
1 Texas Southern 2
4 Alabama A&M 0
4 Alabama A&M 2
5 Jackson State 1
1 Texas Southern 0
3 Southern 1
2 Grambling State 3
7 Mississippi Valley State 1
2 Grambling State 0 (5)
3 Southern (pen.) 0 (6)
3 Southern 2
6 Alabama State 1

Schedule

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Quarterfinals

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November 7, 2024 #1 Texas Southern 2–0#8 Prairie View A&MPrairie View, TX
10:00 a.m. CST
  • Victoria Pucci   52'
  • Brianna Miles   83'
  • Ibukun Lawson   89'
 Report Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 462
Referee: Frank Huber
Assistant referees: William Molina
Assistant referees: Ruben Campillo
Fourth official: Lawerence Hale
November 7, 2024 #4 Alabama A&M 2–1#5 Jackson StatePrairie View, TX
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Albany Rios   33'
  • Jamsine Perez-Acosta   53'
 Report
  •   8' Sarah Portis
  •   41' Checule Dowling
 Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 573
Referee: Wes Caouette
Assistant referees: Alfred Wims
Assistant referees: Lawerence Hale
Fourth official: William Molina
November 7, 2024 #2 Grambling State 3–1#7 Mississippi Valley StatePrairie View, TX
4:00 p.m. CST
  • Morgan Johnson   31'
  • Sophia Lezizidis   56', 74'
 Report
  •   20' Gloria Martinez
  •   68' Kgotlelelo Malefo
  •   84' Liana Bryant
  •   88' Valerie Greet
 Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 343
Referee: Alex DeRostaing
Assistant referees: Sean Caouette
Assistant referees: Alfred Wims
Fourth official: Bill Bolsen III
November 7, 2024 #3 Southern 2–1#6 Alabama StatePrairie View, TX
7:00 p.m. CST
  • J'Lea Berry   39'
  • Keilyn Pittman   86'
 Report
  •   26' Rachel Mull
 Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 643
Referee: Lawrence Hale
Assistant referees: Bill Bolsen III
Assistant referees: Sean Caouette
Fourth official: Wes Caouette

Semifinals

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November 8, 2024 #1 Texas Southern 2–1#4 Alabama A&MPrairie View, TX
3:00 p.m. CST
  • Victoria Pucci   26'
  • Kourtney Celaya   35'
 Report
  •   7' India Gaiten
  •   88' Team
 Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 434
November 8, 2024 #2 Grambling State0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 #3 Southern Prairie View, TX
6:00 p.m. CST
  • Ronya Halleen   80'
  • Kayla Reed   81'
 Report
  •   44' J'Lea Berry
 Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 630
Penalties
  • Khori Banks  
  • Morgan Johnson  
  • Alana Aiken  
  • Aria Whitney  
  • Sophia Lazari  
  • Kaylen Jankans  
  • Aubrey Salzar  
  • Ronya Halleen  
  •   Tori Thomas
  •   Bailey Williams
  •   Shania Walters
  •   J'Lea Berry
  •   Sydney Bellamy
  •   San'aa Doss
  •   Alyssa Romero
  •   Dasia Howard

Final

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November 10, 2024 #1 Texas Southern0–1 #3 Southern Prairie View, TX
1:00 p.m. CST Report
  •   17',   78' Taylor Henry
  •   73' Journee Mitchell
  •   76' Bailey Williams
 Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 848
Referee: Wes Couette
Assistant referees: Alfred Wims
Assistant referees: Sean Caouette
Fourth official: Alex DeRostaing

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 16 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

  • Sophia Lezizidis – Grambling State
  • Victoria Pucci – Texas Southern

1 goal

  • J'Lea Berry – Southern
  • Liana Bryant – Mississippi Valley State
  • Kourtney Celaya – Texas Southern
  • Checule Dowling – Jackson State
  • India Gaiten – Alabama A&M
  • Taylor Henry – Southern
  • Morgan Johnson – Grambling State
  • Brianna Miles – Texas Southern
  • Rachel Mull – Alabama State
  • Keilyn Pittman – Southern
  • Jamsine Perez-Acosta – Alabama A&M
  • Albany Rios – Alabama A&M

All-Tournament team

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Source:[9]

Player Team
Sarah De Gannes Alabama A&M
Sophia Lezizidis Grambling State
Kaylen Jankans
Isabella Dillow Texas Southern
Melissa Knutson
Victoria Pucci
Sydney Bellamy Southern
Taylor Henry
Alyssa Romero
Tori Thomas
Zemira Webb

MVP in bold

References

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  1. ^ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2023 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2024 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  3. ^ Bruhl, Allison (November 11, 2024). "Southern University women's soccer team wins first SWAC Championship". WKRG-TV. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  4. ^ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "Past Soccer Champions". swac.org. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  5. ^ Sklar, Sam (October 21, 2024). "Exclusive: Title IX violations alleged at Alcorn State soccer. 'Bats and snakes in showers'". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  6. ^ "Texas Southern Soccer Makes History, Wins SWAC Regular Season Title". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 1, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  7. ^ "SWAC Soccer Tiebreaker Policy". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  8. ^ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference Soccer Tournament" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  9. ^ "Southern Claims First SWAC Championship Title". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
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