The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference held from October 28 through November 6, 2022. The first round and quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites hosted by the #3 and #4 seeds, while the semifinals and final took place at Tech Soccer Field in Cookeville, Tennessee. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars were the defending champions and successfully defended their crown by defeating top seeded Tennessee Tech in the final.[1][2] The conference tournament title was the fifth for the SIU Edwardsville women's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Derek Burton. This was also the third straight title for SIU Edwardsville.[3][4] As tournament champions, SIU Edwardsville earned the Ohio Valley's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
Seeding
Eight of the nine teams in the Ohio Valley Conference qualified for the 2022 Tournament. The #1 seed was awarded as the host institution for the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament. The #1 and #2 seed received byes to the Semifinals, while the #4 and #5 seeds received byes to the Quarterfinals. Seems were seeded based on regular season records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Morehead State and Southeast Missouri both finished the regular season with 4–2–2 records. After the tiebreaker procedure, Morehead state was determined to be the third seed, while Southeast Missouri was the fourth seed. A second tiebreaker was required for the seventh and eight seeds as both UT Martin and Southern Indiana finished with 1–5–2 regular season records. UT Martin won the regular season matchup between the teams 1–0 and therefore were the seventh seed, while Southern Indiana was the eighth seed.[5]
Stadium: Houck Stadium Attendance: 263 Referee: Wes Caouette Assistant referees: Robert Musoiu Assistant referees: Jeff Pulley Fourth official: Jose Renda
Stadium: Houck Stadium Attendance: 432 Referee: Donald Huber Assistant referees: Don Tebeau Assistant referees: Jeffery Hay Fourth official: Anna Wawrzyniak
Stadium: Tech Soccer Field Attendance: 722 Referee: Jaclyn Williams Assistant referees: Michael Samour Assistant referees: Lucy Bell Fourth official: Douglas Palomaki
Stadium: Tech Soccer Field Attendance: 1,045 Referee: James Sherer Assistant referees: Devin Bargatze Assistant referees: David Curley Fourth official: Adam Warner
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 14 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).