2025 American Conference women's soccer tournament
| 2025 American Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Matches | 7 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,021 | ||||
| Site | Premier Sports Campus Lakewood Ranch, Florida | ||||
| Champions | UTSA (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Derek Pittman (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Bri Carrigan (Offensive) Jasmine Kessler (Defensive) (UTSA) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ ESPNU (Final) | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Memphis †y | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .950 | 17 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA ‡y | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .591}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | .550 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 6 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .350 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 4 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 3 | .289 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 4 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 American Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:American Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Conference held from November 3 to November 9, 2025. The tournament was hosted at the Premier Sports Campus located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.[1] This was the first conference tournament to be held under the "American Conference" name. On July 21, 2025, the conference dropped the word "Athletic" from its name, becoming simply the American Conference.[2] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The East Carolina Pirates were the defending tournament champions.[3][4] East Carolina was unable to defend its title. They fell to first seed Memphis in the Quarterfinals. Fifth-seed UTSA finished as tournament champions, defeating sixth-seed Rice 1–0 in overtime the Final.[5][6] UTSA's win was the program's first and also the first for eighth-year head coach Derek Pittman.[7] As tournament champions, UTSA earned the American's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference records. A three-way tiebreaker was required to determine the third through fifth seeds as Tulsa, UAB, and UTSA all finished with identical 4–3–3 records in conference play and fifteen total conference points. Tulsa defeated both UAB and UTSA during the regular season and was awarded the third seed. UAB and UTSA tied their regular season match-up 1–1 on September 25. After further tiebreakers, UAB was the fourth seed and UTSA was the fifth seed. A second three-way tiebreaker was required as East Carolina, Rice, and South Florida all finished with fourteen conference points. Rice defeated South Florida and tied East Carolina during the regular season. South Florida defeated East Carolina and tied with Rice ruing the regular season. East Carolina lost to South Florida and tied Rice during the regular season. After the tiebreakers, Rice was the sixth seed, South Florida was the seventh seed, and East Carolina was the eighth seed.[8][9]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Memphis | 9–0–1 | 28 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 6–2–2 | 20 |
| 3 | Tulsa | 4–3–3 | 15 |
| 4 | UAB | 4–3–3 | 15 |
| 5 | UTSA | 4–3–3 | 15 |
| 6 | Rice | 3–2–5 | 14 |
| 7 | South Florida | 4–4–2 | 14 |
| 8 | East Carolina | 4–4–2 | 14 |
Bracket
| First Round Monda, Nov. 3 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 6 | Final Sunday, Nov. 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | East Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 3 (1) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | USTA (pen.) | 3 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UAB | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UTSA | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | USTA (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Rice | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulsa | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Rice | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Rice (pen.) | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | South Florida | 0 (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | South Florida | 3 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 3 | (2) Charlotte | 0–3 | (7) South Florida | Lakewood Ranch, FL |
| 11:00 a.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 229 Referee: Jennifer Dumaine Assistant referees: Estefania Estrada Daniel Va Fourth official: Corey Rockwell |
| November 3 | (3) Tulsa | 0–1 | (6) Rice | Lakewood Ranch, FL |
| 2:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 207 Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Jade Mallea Laura Chambers Waliski Fourth official: Estefania Estrada |
| November 3 | (4) UAB | 1–2 | (5) UTSA | Lakewood Ranch, FL |
| 5:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 189 Referee: Cory Richardson Assistant referees: Jade Mallea Daniel Va Fourth official: Jennifer Dumaine |
| November 3 | (1) Memphis | 1–0 | (8) East Carolina | Lakewood Ranch, FL |
| 7:30 p.m. EST |
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Report | Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 339 Referee: Laura Chambers Waliski Assistant referees: Preston Joyner Cory Richardson |
Semifinals
| November 6 | (6) Rice | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | (7) South Florida | Lakewood Ranch, FL |
| 4:00 p.m. EST |
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Report | Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 279 Referee: Kyile Rhodes Assistant referees: Laura Chambers Waliski Fritz Barberousse Fourth official: Sebastian Ocampo | |
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| November 6 | (1) Memphis | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | (5) UTSA | Lakewood Ranch, FL |
| 7:30 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 319 Referee: Shaye Lane Assistant referees: Kevin Klinger Carlos Morales-Lastra Fourth official: Sebastian Ocampo |
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Final
| November 9 | (5) UTSA | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | (6) Rice | Lakewood Ranch, FL |
| :00 p.m. EST |
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Report | Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 459 Referee: Melinda Homa Assistant referees: Jade Mallea Sarieni Vasquez Fourth official: Daniel Va |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 15 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.14 goals per match (as of November 9, 2025).
2 goals
- Aaliyaiah Durden – UTSA
1 goal
- Ally Casey – Memphis
- Ashley Henderson – Memphis
- Alex Mackay – Memphis
- Elise Perron – Memphis
- Eileen Albers – Rice
- Sophia Cabral – South Florida
- Noelle Sather – South Florida
- Sadie Sider-Echenberg – South Florida
- Lailah Stewart – UAB
- Brooklyn Bailey – UTSA
- Bri Carrigan – UTSA
- Zoë May – UTSA
- Michelle Polo – UTSA
All-Tournament team
Source:[10]
| Player | Team |
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| Ashley Henderson | Memphis |
| Eileen Albers | Rice |
| Jadyn Jaeger | |
| Lily Reuscher | |
| Dayo Tennyson | |
| Sadie Sider-Echenberg | South Florida |
| Brooklyn Bailey | UTSA |
| Bri Carrigan* | |
| Aaliyaiah Durden | |
| Jasmine Kessler^ | |
| Zoë May |
* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP
References
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- ^ Lloyd, Dugan (November 10, 2024). "ECU Women's Soccer wins Conference Championship in overtime versus top-seeded Memphis". WITN-TV. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "2025 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship". American Conference. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
- ^ "UTSA women's soccer team heads to NCAA Championship tourney". WOAI-TV. November 11, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
- ^ "2025 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Conference. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
- ^ "Seeding Set for 2025 American Women's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. October 30, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
- ^ "Memphis Claims Regular Season Title". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. October 19, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
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