2022 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

2022 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	7,138
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds Campus Sites
Semifinals site	Lower.com Field Columbus, Ohio
Finals site	Lower.com Field Columbus, Ohio
Champions	Penn State (9th title)
Winning coach	Erica Dambach (9th title)
MVP	Ally Schlegel (offensive) Katherine Asman (defensive) (Penn State)
Broadcast	BTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament «2021  2023»

2022 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 15 Michigan State  ‍†‍‍y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			17	–	3	–	3		.804
No. 11 Northwestern  ‍‍‍y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			16	–	5	–	2		.739
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1		.650			11	–	5	–	3		.658
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2		.600			8	–	7	–	5		.525
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			11	–	6	–	3		.625
No. 13 Penn St  ‍‍‡‍y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			15	–	5	–	3		.717
Rutgers  ‍‍‍y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			13	–	5	–	2		.700
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			8	–	8	–	3		.500
Iowa  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	5		.450			5	–	6	–	7		.472
Illinois  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Maryland  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			4	–	8	–	5		.382
Michigan  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			7	–	8	–	3		.472
Indiana  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			3	–	7	–	7		.382
Purdue  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	3		.150			3	–	11	–	3		.265
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Big Ten

The 2022 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2022 season. It was held from October 30 to November 6, 2022. As the tournament champion, Penn State, earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Eight Big Ten schools will participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Michigan State	9–0–1
2	Northwestern	7–2–1
3	Wisconsin	6–3–1
4	Nebraska	5–3–2
5	Ohio State	5–3–2
6	Penn State	5–3–2
7	Rutgers	5–3–2
8	Minnesota	4–4–2

Bracket

	Quarterfinals October 30					Semifinals November 3					Championship November 6
	1	Michigan State	2
	8	Minnesota	1
						1	Michigan State	2
						4	Nebraska	1
	4	Nebraska	4
	5	Ohio State	0
											1	Michigan State	2
											6	Penn State	3
	3	Wisconsin	0
	6	Penn State	1
						6	Penn State	2
						2	Northwestern	0
	2	Northwestern	2
	7	Rutgers	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#2 Northwestern v #7 Rutgers

October 30	#2 Northwestern	2–1	#7 Rutgers	Evanston, IL
1:00 p.m. ET	Rowan Lapi 22' Nicole Doucette 53'	Report	8',  73' Riley Tiernan	Stadium: Martin Stadium Attendance: 782 Referee: Chico Grajeda Assistant referees: Adrian Werbicki Assistant referees: Vitali Hantsevich Fourth official: Michael Kennedy

#4 Nebraska v #5 Ohio State

October 30	#4 Nebraska	4–0	#5 Ohio State	Lincoln, NE
1:00 p.m. ET	Eleanor Dale 9', 57' Abbey Schwarz 19',  61' Sarah Weber 63' Sadie Waite  82' Maggie Altman  86'	Report		Stadium: Hibner Field Attendance: 1,519 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Brent Wilson Assistant referees: Matt Seem Fourth official: Bobby Simetich

#1 Michigan State v #8 Minnesota

October 30	#1 Michigan State	2–1	#8 Minnesota	East Lansing, MI
4:00 p.m. ET	Jordyn Wickes 55', 67' Camryn Evans  56' Allie Mairn  87'	Report	5' McKenna Buisman	Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,838 Referee: Scarlet Agrawal Assistant referees: Andrew Bigelow Assistant referees: Sean West Fourth official: Nicole Green

#3 Wisconsin v #6 Penn State

October 30	#3 Wisconsin	0–1	#6 Penn State	Madison, WI
5:00 p.m. ET	Ashley Martinez  29'	Report	75' Ally Schlegel	Stadium: McClimon Field Attendance: 647 Referee: Christopher Koloffon Assistant referees: Jas Zahirovic Assistant referees: Brian McKay Fourth official: Maxwell Unger

Semifinals

#1 Michigan State v #4 Nebraska

November 3	#1 Michigan State	2–1	#4 Nebraska	Columbus, OH
2:00 p.m. ET	Camryn Evans 22' Courtney Koehler 66'	Report	36' Eleanor Dale	Stadium: Lower.com Field Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Max Campbell Assistant referees: Michael Gorsegner Fourth official: Kevin Fikar

#2 Northwestern v #6 Penn State

November 3	#2 Northwestern	0–2	#6 Penn State	Columbus, OH
4:30 p.m. ET		Report	3' Kate Wiesner 19' Payton Linnehan  62' Penelope Hocking  84' Mieke Schiemann	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 327 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Maggie Short Assistant referees: Courtney Hayworth Fourth official: Laura Snyder

Final

#1 Michigan State v #6 Penn State

November 3	#1 Michigan State	2–3	#6 Penn State	Columbus, OH
2:00 p.m. ET	Penn State Own Goal 5' (o.g.) Lauren DeBeau 75'	Report	38' Kaitlyn MacBean 54', 82' Ally Schlegel	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 1,025 Referee: Donovan Noocha Assistant referees: Adam Herges Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen Fourth official: Audra Fullen

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

3 goals

• Eleanor Dale – Nebraska
• Ally Schlegel – Penn State

2 goals

• Jordyn Wickes – Michigan State

1 goal

• Abbey Schwarz – Nebraska
• Sarah Weber – Nebraska
• Nicole Doucette – Northwestern
• Rowan Lapi – Northwestern
• Lauren DeBeau – Michigan State
• Camryn Evans – Michigan State
• Courtney Koehler – Michigan State
• McKenna Buisman – Minnesota
• Payton Linnehan – Penn State
• Kaitlyn MacBean – Penn State
• Kate Wiesner – Penn State
• Riley Tiernan – Rutgers

1 own goal

• Penn State (vs. Michigan State)

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
Lauren DeBeau	Michigan State
Justina Gaynor
Gabbie Cesarone	Minnesota
Eleanor Dale	Nebraska
Rowan Lapi	Northwestern
Sydney Jones	Ohio State
Katherine Asman^	Penn State
Cori Dyke
Ally Schlegel*
Becci Fluchel	Rutgers
Aidan McConnell	Wisconsin

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

External links

• Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer
• Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Central