2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from October 31 through November 10, 2024. The Opening round and Second round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Valparaiso Beacons, who were unsuccessful in defending their crown as they did not qualify for the tournament after finishing last in conference play.^[1][2] The top-seeded Missouri State Bears would go on to win the title, defeating second seed Drake 4–0 in the final.^[3][4] The conference tournament title was the fourth for the Missouri State women's soccer program, and second for head coach Kirk Nelson.^[5] As tournament champions, Missouri State earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	1,930
Site	Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final) Springfield, Missouri
Champions	Missouri State (4th title)
Winning coach	Kirk Nelson (2nd title)
MVP	Grace O'Keefe (Missouri State)
Broadcast	ESPN+
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2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Missouri State  ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			13	–	5	–	3		.690
Drake  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			8	–	7	–	6		.524
UIC  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			8	–	10	–	2		.450
Belmont  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			9	–	10	–	2		.476
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3		.550			10	–	6	–	5		.595
UNI  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3		.550			9	–	6	–	4		.579
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			6	–	9	–	4		.421
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			6	–	8	–	5		.447
Evansville  ‍‍‍	1	–	4	–	5		.350			2	–	7	–	7		.344
Murray State  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	4		.300			5	–	8	–	5		.417
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			4	–	13	–	1		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Missouri Valley Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Missouri Valley Conference

Seeding

The top eight of the eleven Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seed in the tournament as Drake and UIC finished with identical 6–2–2 regular season records. The teams faced off on October 17 and Drake won 2–0, therefore earning the second seed. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Indiana State and Northern Iowa finished the regular season with identical 4–3–3 records. The two teams tied their regular season match 0–0. The second tiebreaker was record against teams above them in the standings. Indiana State won this tiebreaker and earned the fifth seed.^[6][7]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Missouri State	9–0–1	28
2	Drake	6–2–2	20
3	UIC	6–2–2	20
4	Belmont	5–4–1	16
5	Indiana State	4–3–3	15
6	UNI	4–3–3	15
7	Illinois State	3–4–3	12
8	Southern Illinois	2–5–2	9

Bracket

Source:^[8]

	Opening Round Thursday, Oct. 31					Second Round Sunday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 7					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
											1	Missouri State	2
						4	Belmont	1			4	Belmont	0
	5	Indiana State	2			5	Indiana State	0								1	Missouri State	4
	8	Southern Illinois	1													2	Drake	0
											2	Drake	1
						3	UIC	4			3	UIC	0
	6	UNI	0			7	Illinois State	2
	7	Illinois State	1

Schedule

Opening Round

#6 UNI v #7 Illinois State

October 31, 2024	#6 UNI	0–1	#7 Illinois State	Chicago, IL
2:00 p.m. CDT		Report	60' Kerika Wells	Stadium: Flames Field Attendance: 105 Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Malkaw Assistant referees: Vasilios Vouris Assistant referees: John Kennedy Fourth official: Irineo Cortes Gallardo

#5 Indiana State v #8 Southern Illinois

October 31, 2024	#5 Indiana State	2–1	#8 Southern Illinois	Nashville, TN
5:30 p.m. CDT	Mackenzie Kent 1', 26'	Report	16' Maycie Massingill	Stadium: E. S. Rose Park Attendance: 208 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Matthew Rodman Assistant referees: Lucas Cross Fourth official: Alex Cooper

Second Round

#4 Belmont v #5 Indiana State

November 3, 2024	#4 Belmont	1–0	#5 Indiana State	Nashville, TN
2:00 p.m. CST	Team  52' Kaityln Elliott 64'	Report	45' Brooklyn Woods	Stadium: E. S. Rose Park Attendance: 152 Referee: Heber Estrada Assistant referees: Gustavo Turmero Assistant referees: Tarik Velador Fourth official: Greg Forrest

#3 UIC v #7 Illinois State

November 3, 2024	#3 UIC	4–2	#7 Illinois State	Chicago, IL
4:00 p.m. CST	Makenna Maloy 32' Kaysey Castro 49' Hannah Gryzik 72' Riley Collett 76' Madison Ferris  88'	Report	7' Eiley Henderson 61' Aniya Seymore	Stadium: Flames Field Attendance: 247 Referee: Evangelos Vouris Assistant referees: Steve Konstantinovic Assistant referees: Simeon Petrov Fourth official: Esad Omanovic

Semifinals

#2 Drake v #3 UIC

November 7, 2024	#2 Drake	1–0	#3 UIC	Springfield, MO
3:00 p.m. CST	Zoey Mahoney  49' Madelyn Smith  52' Eve Blakey 69' Layla Kelbel  86'	Report		Stadium: Allison South Stadium Attendance: 198 Referee: Andrew Ellsworth Assistant referees: Dan Ortega Assistant referees: Andy Wilkinson Fourth official: Misael Cordero

#1 Missouri State v #4 Belmont

November 7, 2024	#1 Missouri State	2–0	#4 Belmont	Springfield, MO
6:00 p.m. CST	Julia Kristensen 22' Maggie O'Keefe 36'	Report	6' Kate Virtel  88' Kaitlyn Elliott	Stadium: Allison South Stadium Attendance: 278 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Tim Wagner Assistant referees: Scottie Stiles Fourth official: Shadd Delmez

Final

#1 Missouri State v #2 Drake

November 10, 2024	#1 Missouri State	4–0	#2 Drake	Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST	Julia Kristensen 5' Lillie Rasmussen  17' Grace O'Keefe 36', 58' Kaeli Benedict 80'	Report	19' Angela Gutierrez	Stadium: Allison South Stadium Attendance: 742 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Zachery Richter Assistant referees: Anthony Sobolevsky Fourth official: Dan Ortega

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

3 goals

• Maggie O'Keefe – Missouri State

2 goals

• Mackenzie Kent – Indiana State
• Julia Kristensen – Missouri State

1 goal

• Kaeli Benedict – Missouri State
• Eve Blakey – Drake
• Kaysey Castro – UIC
• Riley Collett – UIC
• Kaityln Elliott – Belmont
• Hannah Gryzik – UIC
• Eiley Henderson – Illinois State
• Makenna Maloy – UIC
• Maycie Massingill – Southern Illinois
• Aniya Seymore – Illinois State
• Kerika Wells – Illinois State

All-Tournament team

Source:^[9]

Player	Team
Allison Brockelman	Belmont
Kate Virtel
Caite Johnson	Drake
Lily Overstreet
Madeline Smith
Erika Wells	Illinois State
Mackenzie Kent	Indiana State
Jenna Anderson	Missouri State
Camielle Day
Julia Kristensen
Grace O'Keefe
Sophia Balistreri	Northern Iowa
Lucy Horn	Southern Illinois
Riley Collett	UIC
Emmy Higgins

MVP in bold

References

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2. Opinker, Grace (November 10, 2023). "Valparaiso women's soccer ready for its first NCAA Tournament since 2014". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
3. "2024 MVC Women's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
4. Chiles, Mary Ellen (November 10, 2024). "Ticket punched: O'Keefe powers Missouri State to Valley Tournament title". sgfcitizen.org. Springfield Daily Citizen. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
5. "2024 Missouri Valley Conference Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
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