2024 SWAC women's soccer tournament

2024 SWAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	3,933
Site	PVA&M Soccer Stadium Prairie View, Texas
Champions	Southern (1st title)
Winning coach	Jeremy Fontenot (1st title)
MVP	Alyssa Romero (Southern)
Broadcast	SWAC Digital Network
SWAC women's soccer tournament «2023  2025»

2024 SWAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Texas Southern  ‍†‍‍	6	–	1	–	1		.813			8	–	8	–	2		.500
Grambling State  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	0		.750			9	–	8	–	3		.525
Southern  ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	1	–	2		.750			9	–	10	–	2		.476
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1		.563			7	–	11	–	1		.395
Jackson State  ‍‍‍	2	–	2	–	4		.500			2	–	8	–	5		.300
Alabama State  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	3		.438			5	–	8	–	3		.406
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍	1	–	3	–	4		.375			2	–	9	–	4		.267
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍	0	–	4	–	4		.250			1	–	11	–	4		.188
UAPB  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	1		.063			1	–	12	–	2		.133
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 SWAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SWAC

The 2024 SWAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference held November 7–10, 2024. The seven-match tournament took place at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Grambling State Tigers,[1] however they were unable to defend their title, as they were defeated in a penalty shoot-out in the Semifinals by Southern. Southern would go on to defeat top-seed Texas Southern 1–0 in the Final.[2][3] The conference tournament title was the first in the history of the Southern women's soccer program, and first for head coach Jeremy Fontenot.[4] As tournament champions, SOuthern earned the SWAC's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Eight of the nine teams that compete in women's soccer in the SWAC qualified for the 2024 Tournament. There were only nine teams in this season due to Alcorn State cancelling its season after not having enough players to field a team.[5] Seeding was based on regular season conference play. No tiebreakers were required as each SWAC team finished with a different conference point total.[6][7]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Texas Southern	6–1–1	19
2	Grambling State	6–2–0	18
3	Southern	5–1–2	17
4	Alabama A&M	4–3–1	13
5	Jackson State	2–2–4	10
6	Alabama State	2–3–3	9
7	Mississippi Valley State	1–3–4	7
8	Prairie View A&M	0–4–4	4

Bracket

Source:[8]

	Quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 7					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 8					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
	1	Texas Southern	2
	8	Prairie View A&M	0
						1	Texas Southern	2
						4	Alabama A&M	0
	4	Alabama A&M	2
	5	Jackson State	1
											1	Texas Southern	0
											3	Southern	1
	2	Grambling State	3
	7	Mississippi Valley State	1
						2	Grambling State	0 (5)
						3	Southern (pen.)	0 (6)
	3	Southern	2
	6	Alabama State	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#1 Texas Southern v #8 Prairie View A&M

November 7, 2024	#1 Texas Southern	2–0	#8 Prairie View A&M	Prairie View, TX
10:00 a.m. CST	Victoria Pucci 52' Brianna Miles 83' Ibukun Lawson  89'	Report		Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 462 Referee: Frank Huber Assistant referees: William Molina Assistant referees: Ruben Campillo Fourth official: Lawerence Hale

#4 Alabama A&M v #5 Jackson State

November 7, 2024	#4 Alabama A&M	2–1	#5 Jackson State	Prairie View, TX
1:00 p.m. CST	Albany Rios 33' Jamsine Perez-Acosta 53'	Report	8' Sarah Portis 41' Checule Dowling	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 573 Referee: Wes Caouette Assistant referees: Alfred Wims Assistant referees: Lawerence Hale Fourth official: William Molina

#2 Grambling State v #7 Mississippi Valley State

November 7, 2024	#2 Grambling State	3–1	#7 Mississippi Valley State	Prairie View, TX
4:00 p.m. CST	Morgan Johnson 31' Sophia Lezizidis 56', 74'	Report	20' Gloria Martinez  68' Kgotlelelo Malefo 84' Liana Bryant  88' Valerie Greet	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 343 Referee: Alex DeRostaing Assistant referees: Sean Caouette Assistant referees: Alfred Wims Fourth official: Bill Bolsen III

#3 Southern v #6 Alabama State

November 7, 2024	#3 Southern	2–1	#6 Alabama State	Prairie View, TX
7:00 p.m. CST	J'Lea Berry 39' Keilyn Pittman 86'	Report	26' Rachel Mull	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 643 Referee: Lawrence Hale Assistant referees: Bill Bolsen III Assistant referees: Sean Caouette Fourth official: Wes Caouette

Semifinals

#1 Texas Southern v #4 Alabama A&M

November 8, 2024	#1 Texas Southern	2–1	#4 Alabama A&M	Prairie View, TX
3:00 p.m. CST	Victoria Pucci 26' Kourtney Celaya 35'	Report	7' India Gaiten  88' Team	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 434

#2 Grambling State v #3 Southern

November 8, 2024	#2 Grambling State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	#3 Southern	Prairie View, TX
6:00 p.m. CST	Ronya Halleen  80' Kayla Reed  81'	Report	44' J'Lea Berry	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 630
	Penalties
	Khori Banks Morgan Johnson Alana Aiken Aria Whitney Sophia Lazari Kaylen Jankans Aubrey Salzar Ronya Halleen		Tori Thomas Bailey Williams Shania Walters J'Lea Berry Sydney Bellamy San'aa Doss Alyssa Romero Dasia Howard

Final

#1 Texas Southern v #3 Southern

November 10, 2024	#1 Texas Southern	0–1	#3 Southern	Prairie View, TX
1:00 p.m. CST		Report	17',  78' Taylor Henry  73' Journee Mitchell  76' Bailey Williams	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 848 Referee: Wes Couette Assistant referees: Alfred Wims Assistant referees: Sean Caouette Fourth official: Alex DeRostaing

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

2 goals

• Sophia Lezizidis – Grambling State
• Victoria Pucci – Texas Southern

1 goal

• J'Lea Berry – Southern
• Liana Bryant – Mississippi Valley State
• Kourtney Celaya – Texas Southern
• Checule Dowling – Jackson State
• India Gaiten – Alabama A&M
• Taylor Henry – Southern
• Morgan Johnson – Grambling State
• Brianna Miles – Texas Southern
• Rachel Mull – Alabama State
• Keilyn Pittman – Southern
• Jamsine Perez-Acosta – Alabama A&M
• Albany Rios – Alabama A&M

All-Tournament team

Source:[9]

Player	Team
Sarah De Gannes	Alabama A&M
Sophia Lezizidis	Grambling State
Kaylen Jankans
Isabella Dillow	Texas Southern
Melissa Knutson
Victoria Pucci
Sydney Bellamy	Southern
Taylor Henry
Alyssa Romero
Tori Thomas
Zemira Webb

MVP in bold

References

1. Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2023 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
2. Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2024 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
3. Bruhl, Allison (November 11, 2024). "Southern University women's soccer team wins first SWAC Championship". WKRG-TV. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
4. Southwestern Athletic Conference. "Past Soccer Champions". swac.org. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
5. Sklar, Sam (October 21, 2024). "Exclusive: Title IX violations alleged at Alcorn State soccer. 'Bats and snakes in showers'". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
6. "Texas Southern Soccer Makes History, Wins SWAC Regular Season Title". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 1, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
7. "SWAC Soccer Tiebreaker Policy". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
8. Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference Soccer Tournament" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
9. "Southern Claims First SWAC Championship Title". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.