2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The quarterfinals were held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Mickey Cochrane Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio, home of the Bowling Green Falcons, the highest remaining seed in the tournament following the quarterfinal matches. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Toledo Rockets were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for the tournament after finishing 10th in the regular season. The Bowling Green Falcons won the tournament with a 5–4 penalty shootout win over the Ball State Cardinals in the final.^[1][2] The title was the third for the Bowling Green women's soccer program and the first for head coach Matt Fannon.^[3][4]

2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	3,377
Site	Mickey Cochrane Stadium (Semifinals and Final) Bowling Green, Ohio
Champions	Bowling Green (3rd title)
Winning coach	Matt Fannon (1st title)
MVP	Elisa Baeron (Bowling Green)
Broadcast	None
Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament «2017  2019»

2018 Mid-American Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Bowling Green  ‍†‍‡‍y	10	–	1	–	0		.909			14	–	4	–	3		.738
Ball State  ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	1		.773			14	–	3	–	3		.775
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	7	–	4	–	0		.636			14	–	7	–	0		.667
Ohio  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	2		.636			9	–	8	–	3		.525
Kent State  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	1		.591			10	–	8	–	2		.550
Akron  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	1		.500			8	–	10	–	2		.450
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			11	–	8	–	0		.579
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			10	–	11	–	0		.476
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			7	–	12	–	0		.368
Toledo  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	1		.409			8	–	9	–	2		.474
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍	1	–	10	–	0		.091			3	–	14	–	1		.194
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	1	–	10	–	0		.091			2	–	17	–	0		.105
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 MAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 13, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Mid-American Conference

Bracket

Source:^[5]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 28					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2					Final Sunday, Nov. 4
	1	Bowling Green	2
	8	Eastern Michigan	1
						1	Bowling Green	1
						4	Ohio	0
	4	Ohio	2
	5	Kent State	1
											1	Bowling Green	1 (5)
											2	Ball State	1 (4)
	2	Ball State	22OT
	7	Buffalo	1
						2	Ball State	12OT
						3	Western Michigan	0
	3	Western Michigan	1
	6	Akron	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#1 Bowling Green v #8 Eastern Michigan

October 28, 2018	#1 Bowling Green	2–1	#8 Eastern Michigan	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST	Nikki Cox 1', 12'	Report	Team  45' Kristin Nason 71'	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 208 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Christian Little Assistant referees: Aaron Mitchell Fourth official: Amy Willing

#4 Ohio v #5 Kent State

October 28, 2018	#4 Ohio	2–1	#5 Kent State	Athens, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST	Mandy Arnzen 42'  77' Sydney Leckie 68'	Report	Vital Kats 54'	Stadium: Chessa Field Attendance: 525 Referee: Brian Miller Assistant referees: Jeffrey Mellen Assistant referees: Tim Dicken

#2 Ball State v #7 Buffalo

October 28, 2018	#2 Ball State	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#7 Buffalo	Muncie, Indiana
1:00 p.m. EST	Paula Guerrero 18' 104'	Report	Gurjeena Jandu 54'  104' Tess Ford  87'	Stadium: Briner Sports Complex Attendance: 202 Referee: Donovan Noocha Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Assistant referees: Jacob Little Fourth official: Roger Blasey

#3 Western Michigan v #6 Akron

October 28, 2018	#3 Western Michigan	1–0	#6 Akron	Kalamazoo, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EST	Morgan Otteson 26'	Report	Charley Kale  16'	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 375 Referee: Nicola Aleksic Assistant referees: Sergio Alvarez Assistant referees: Zach Richter Fourth official: Todd Abraham

Semifinals

#1 Bowling Green v #4 Ohio

November 2, 2018	#1 Bowling Green	1–0	#4 Ohio	Bowling Green, Ohio
4:00 p.m. EST	Jennifer Reyes 68'	Report		Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 580 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Christopher Koloffon Assistant referees: Landon Albert Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

#2 Ball State v #3 Western Michigan

November 2, 2018	#2 Ball State	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#3 Western Michigan	Bowling Green, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EST	Western Michigan own goal 104'	Report		Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Referee: Ceasar Ibarra Assistant referees: Ramiro Talavera Assistant referees: Fernando Ibarra Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

Final

#1 Bowling Green v #2 Ball State

November 4, 2018	#1 Bowling Green	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	#2 Ball State	Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST	Maureen Kennedy 26'	Report	Emily Simmons 53'	Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 1,487 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: John Safar Assistant referees: Jeffrey Mellen Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
	Penalties
	Chelsea Washington Maureen Kennedy Erica Hubert Nikki Cox Morgan Abbitt Elisa Baeron		Shelby Kean Emily Simmons Sammi Corcoran Kerrigan Johnson Jenna Dombrowski Tatiana Mason

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Nikki Cox - Bowling Green
• Paula Guerrero - Ball State

1 Goal

• Mandy Arnzen - Ohio
• Gurgeena Jandu - Buffalo
• Vital Kats - Kent State
• Maureen Kennedy - Bowling Green
• Sydney Leckie - Ohio
• Kristin Nason - Eastern Michigan
• Morgan Otteson - Western Michigan
• Jennifer Reyes - Bowling Green
• Emily Simmons - Ball State

Own Goals

• Western Michigan vs. Ball State

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Tristin Stuteville	Ball State
Lauren Roll	Ball State
Taylor Pooley	Ball State
Jennifer Reyes	Bowling Green
Nikhita Jacob	Bowling Green
Nikki Cox	Bowling Green
Elisa Baeron	Bowling Green (MVP)
Mandy Arnzen	Ohio
Rianna Reese	Ohio
Alyssa Burke	Western Michigan
Paige Dobbs	Western Michigan

See also

• 2018 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament