2024 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

The 2024 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from November 1 through November 10, 2024. The tournament was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium for the First Round and the Quarterfinals then at Energizer Park in St. Louis, Missouri for the Semifinals and Finals.^[1] The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. Iowa were the defending champions.^[2][3] Iowa was unable to defend its title, falling to Washington in a penalty shoot-out in the Quarterfinals. League newcomers UCLA would go on to win the tournament title, defeating Rutgers 5–0 in the Final.^[4][5] The conference tournament title was the first for UCLA and first for Margueritte Aozasa.^[6] As tournament champions, UCLA earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

2024 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Attendance	2,704
Quarterfinals site	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Falcon Heights, Minnesota
Semifinals site	Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri
Finals site	Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	UCLA (1st title)
Winning coach	Margueritte Aozasa (1st title)
MVP	Quincy McMahon (UCLA)
Broadcast	BTN, B1G+
Big Ten women's soccer tournament «2023  2025»

2024 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 USC  ‍†‍‍y	10	–	0	–	1		.955			18	–	1	–	4		.870
No. 18 UCLA  ‍‍‡‍y	8	–	1	–	2		.818			17	–	4	–	3		.771
No. 12 Iowa  ‍‍‍y	8	–	2	–	1		.773			15	–	3	–	4		.773
No. 14 Michigan St  ‍‍‍y	7	–	1	–	3		.773			14	–	3	–	5		.750
Rutgers  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	3		.682			11	–	5	–	5		.643
Washington  ‍‍‍y	7	–	4	–	0		.636			10	–	7	–	4		.571
No. 17 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y	6	–	3	–	2		.636			14	–	5	–	3		.705
No. 11 Ohio St  ‍‍‍y	6	–	3	–	2		.636			14	–	6	–	3		.674
No. 19 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y	5	–	3	–	3		.591			10	–	6	–	4		.600
No. 8 Penn St  ‍‍‍y	5	–	4	–	2		.545			15	–	7	–	3		.660
Illinois  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	1		.409			8	–	8	–	2		.500
Purdue  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	1		.318			7	–	9	–	2		.444
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	1		.318			6	–	10	–	1		.382
Michigan  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	1		.227			3	–	13	–	2		.222
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	2		.182			6	–	10	–	3		.395
Maryland  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	2		.182			4	–	10	–	5		.342
Oregon  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	2		.182			5	–	11	–	2		.333
Indiana  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	1		.136			6	–	9	–	2		.412
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Big Ten

Seeding

The top ten teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. A tiebreaker was needed to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as both Rutgers and Washington finished with twenty-one conference points. The two teams met during the regular season on September 22, and Rutgers won 1–0. Therefore, Rutgers earned the fifth seed while Washington earned the sixth seed.^[7]

Seed	School	Conference	Points
1	USC	10–0–1	31
2	UCLA	8–1–2	26
3	Iowa	8–2–1	25
4	Michigan State	7–1–3	24
5	Rutgers	6–2–3	21
6	Washington	7–4–0	21
7	Minnesota	6–3–2	20
8	Ohio State	6-3-2	20
9	Wisconsin	5–3–3	18
10	Penn State	5–4–2	17

Bracket

Source:^[8]

	1st Round Friday, Nov. 1st					Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov 2nd Monday, Nov 4th					Semifinals Thursday, Nov 7th					Final Sunday, Nov 10th
						1	USC (a.e.t.)	1
	8	Wisconsin	0			9	Ohio State	0
	9	Ohio State	1								1	USC	1 (0)
											5	Rutgers (pen.)	1 (3)
						4	Michigan State	1
						5	Rutgers (a.e.t.)	2
																5	Rutgers	0
																2	UCLA	5
						2	UCLA	1
	7	Minnesota	0			10	Penn State	0
	10	Penn State	1								2	UCLA	2
											6	Washington	0
						3	Iowa	0 (4)
						6	Washington (pen.)	0 (5)

Schedule

First Round

#8 Wisconsin v #9 Ohio State

November 1	#8 Wisconsin	0–1	#9 Ohio State	Saint Paul, MN
3:30 p.m. CT	Dara Andringa  28' Aidan McConnell  36'	Report	33' Mirann Gacioch  72' Ava Bramblett 79' Kailyn Dudukovich	Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 1 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Zack Johnson Assistant referees: Justin Leung Fourth official: Matt Tiano

#7 Minnesota v #10 Penn State

November 1	#7 Minnesota	0–1	#10 Penn State	Saint Paul, MN
6:30 p.m. CT	Kate Childres  88'	Report	79' Kayleigh Herr 88' Mieke Schiemann	Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 462 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Anis Tahar Assistant referees: Koffi Ezekiel Agbossou Fourth official: Jorge Oconitrillo

Quarterfinals

#4 Michigan State v #5 Rutgers

November 2	#4 Michigan State	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#5 Rutgers	Saint Paul, MN
3:30 p.m. CT	Own Goal 1'	Report	31' Gia Cirman  87' Shaela Bradley 95' Ashley Baran	Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 414 Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Brian McKay Assistant referees: Sean Giza Fourth official: Robert Kerwood

#3 Iowa v #6 Washington

November 2	#3 Iowa	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#6 Washington	Saint Paul, MN
6:30 p.m. CT	Eva Pattison  71'	Report		Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 414 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Yugrid Ventrua Assistant referees: Connor Dunn Fourth official: Sonar Dogan
	Penalties
	Meike Ingles Berkley Binggeli Lauren Geczik Madison Wilson Kellen Fife Berit Parten Miah Schueller		Ioanna Papatheodorou Tatum Thomason Jadyn Holdenried Kalea Eichenberger Lucy Newlin Kolo Suliafu Alex Buck

#1 USC v #9 Ohio State

November 4	#1 USC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#9 Ohio State	Saint Paul, MN
12:00 p.m. CT	Helena Sampaio  57' Jaiden Anderson 92'	Report	87' Berkley Mape	Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Kip Jackson Assistant referees: Eric Wood Fourth official: Matt Tiano

#2 UCLA v #10 Penn State

November 4	#2 UCLA	1–0	#10 Penn State	Saint Paul, MN
3:00 p.m. CT	Nicki Fraser 36' Bridgette Marin-Valencia  53' Jayden Perry  87'	Report	23' Molly Martin	Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 215 Referee: Victor Borges Assistant referees: Colby Johnson Assistant referees: Bryan Conetta Fourth official: Ryan Farrell

Semifinals

#1 USC v #5 Rutgers

November 7th	#1 USC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	#5 Rutgers	St. Louis, MO
12:00 p.m. CT	Simone Jackson 47'	Report	49' Riley Tiernan 52' Ashley Baran  53' Sydney Urban  70' Kylie Diagle	Stadium: Energizer Park Referee: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Zachary Richter Assistant referees: Sean West Fourth official: Anthony Sobolevsky

#2 UCLA v #6 Washington

November 7th	#2 UCLA	2–0	#6 Washington	St. Louis, MO
1:30 p.m. CT	Washington Own Goal 3' Ayo Oke 35'	Report	42' Kate Cheldelin	Stadium: Energizer Park Attendance: 835 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Matthew Rodman Assistant referees: Michael Heath Fourth official: Matthew Geringer

Final

#2 UCLA v #5 Rutgers

November 10	#2 UCLA	0–5	#5 Rutgers	St. Louis, MO
12:00 p.m. CT	Val Vargas 7' Sofia Cook  41' Taylor Cheatham 41' Jordan Geis 45' Lily Boyden 69' Sophie Reale 83'	Report		Stadium: Energizer Park Attendance: 777 Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos Assistant referees: Adam Herges Assistant referees: Jas Zahirovic Fourth official: Braeden Frey

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.78 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

• Ashley Baran – Rutgers

1 goal

• Jaiden Anderson – USC
• Lily Boyden – UCLA
• Taylor Cheatham – UCLA
• Gia Cirman – Rutgers
• Kailyn Dudukovich – Ohio State
• Nicki Fraser – UCLA
• Jordan Geis – UCLA
• Simone Jackson – USC
• Ayo Oke – UCLA
• Sophie Reale – UCLA
• Mieke Schiemann – Penn State
• Val Vargas – UCLA

1 own goal

• Rutgers (vs Michigan State)
• Washington (vs UCLA)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[9]

Player	Team
Macy Enneking	Iowa
Kaleigh McPherson	Michigan State
Sydney Jones	Ohio State
Mieke Schiemann	Penn State
Olivia Bodmer	Rutgers
Quincy McMahon	UCLA
Jayden Perry
Aaliyah Farmer	USC
Mia Hamant	Washington
Hailey Baumann	Wisconsin

MVP in bold