2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament

2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,328
Site	UB Stadium (Semifinals and Final) Buffalo, New York
Champions	Buffalo (2nd title)
Winning coach	Shawn Burke (2nd title)
MVP	Hannah Callaghan (Buffalo)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament «2021  2023»

2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Buffalo  ‍†‍‡‍y	7	–	0	–	4		.818			15	–	2	–	4		.810
Ball State  ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	4		.727			7	–	5	–	8		.550
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	3		.682			9	–	5	–	5		.605
Ohio  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	1		.591			10	–	7	–	2		.579
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	5		.591			9	–	5	–	6		.600
Kent State  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	5		.591			4	–	7	–	7		.417
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	2		.545			5	–	9	–	5		.395
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			6	–	7	–	4		.471
Akron  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	2		.273			3	–	9	–	4		.313
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	2		.273			3	–	11	–	4		.278
Toledo  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	4		.273			2	–	10	–	6		.278
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	4		.273			2	–	11	–	5		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 MAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Mid-American Conference

The 2022 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from October 30 through November 6, 2022. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at UB Stadium in Buffalo, New York, home of the Buffalo Bulls, the regular season conference champions. The six-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 were unsuccessful in defending their title as they lost to Ball State on penalties in the Semifinals. Ball State would go on to lose to Buffalo in the Final 2–0. The title was the second for the Buffalo women's soccer program both of which have come under head coach Shawn Burke. As tournament champions, Buffalo earned the Mid-American's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six Mid-American Conference schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds and which team would not qualify for the tournament as Miami (OH), Western Michigan, and Kent State all finished with seventeen points in regular season conference play. During the regular season Miami (OH) defeated Western Michigan and tied with Kent State. Western Michigan defeated Kent State and lost to Miami (OH). Kent State tied with Miami (OH) and lost to Western Michigan. Therefore, using the same point system that was used for the regular season standings, Miami (OH) had four points and earned the fifth seed, Western Michigan had three points and earned the sixth seed, while Kent State and one point and did not qualify for the tournament.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Buffalo	7–0–4	25
2	Ball State	6–1–4	22
3	Bowling Green	6–2–3	21
4	Ohio	6–4–1	19
5	Miami (OH)	4–2–5	17
6	Western Michigan	5–4–2	17

Bracket

Source:

	Quarterfinals Monday, Oct. 30					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 3					Final Saturday, Nov. 6
						1	Buffalo	1
	4	Ohio	0			5	Miami (OH)	0
	5	Miami (OH)	1								1	Buffalo	2
											2	Ball State	0
						2	Ball State (pen.)	1 (4)
	3	Bowling Green	2			3	Bowling Green	1 (2)
	6	Western Michigan	0

Schedule

First Round

#3 Bowling Green v #6 Western Michigan

October 30	#3 Bowling Green	2–0	#6 Western Michigan	Bowling Green, OH
1:00 p.m. ET	Lexi Czerwien  28' Alaina Uncapher 42' Maya Dean 69'	Report	65' Emily Pagett	Stadium: Chocrane Stadium Attendance: 466 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Kurt Wuebbels Assistant referees: Ryan Slack Fourth official: Jason Cross

#4 Ohio v #5 Miami (OH)

October 30	#4 Ohio	0–1	#5 Miami (OH)	Athens, OH
1:00 p.m. ET	Haley Miller  81'	Report	74' Taylor Hamlett	Stadium: Chessa Field Attendance: 372 Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Jacob Little Assistant referees: Christian Vorovenci Fourth official: Kendra Dalton

Semifinals

#1 Buffalo v #5 Miami (OH)

November 3	#1 Buffalo	1–0	#5 Miami (OH)	Buffalo, NY
5:00 p.m. ET	Olivia Bizzoni  12' Hannah Callaghan 77'	Report	31' Kylee Beinecke  49' Emily Sexton  62' Caroline Palmer	Stadium: UB Stadium Attendance: 672 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Assistant referees: Stephanie Serrano Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

#2 Ball State v #3 Bowling Green

November 3	#2 Ball State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	#3 Bowling Green	Buffalo, NY
7:30 p.m. ET	Sammi Corcoran 19'	Report	57' Brynn Gardner	Stadium: UB Stadium Attendance: 91 Referee: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi Assistant referees: Tim Dicken Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
	Penalties
	Sammi Corcoran Tiffani Torres Avery Fenchel Jenna Dombrowski		Kennedy White Katie Cox Maya Dean

Final

#1 Buffalo v #2 Ball State

November 6	#1 Buffalo	2–0	#2 Ball State	Buffalo, NY
1:00 p.m. ET	Leah Wengender 18' Arianna Zumpano 74' Jasmine Guerber  86'	Report	28' Grace Alsop  85' Sammi Corcoran  90' Avery Fenchel  90' Emily Roper	Stadium: UB Stadium Attendance: 727 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Courtney Hayworth Assistant referees: Ashley Cedro Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

1 goal

• Sammi Corcoran – Ball State
• Maya Dean – Bowling Green
• Brynn Gardner – Bowling Green
• Alaina Uncapher – Bowling Green
• Hannah Callaghan – Buffalo
• Leah Wengender – Buffalo
• Arianna Zumpano – Buffalo
• Taylor Hamlett – Miami (OH)

All-Tournament team

Source:

Player	Team
Maya Dean	Bowling Green
Isabelle Gilmore
Emily Sexton	Miami (OH)
Maddie Schlecht
Sammi Corcoran	Ball State
Jenna Dombrowski
Bethany Moser
Emily Kelly	Buffalo
Leah Wengender
Tess Ford
Hannah Callaghan

MVP in bold