2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team

2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
Record13–5–1 (8–1–0 WCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSouth Stadium
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2018 West Coast Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 24 BYU  ‍‍‍y 8 1 0   .889 13 5 1   .711
No. 7 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍y 7 2 0   .778 17 3 1   .833
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 6 1 2   .778 11 6 2   .632
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 5 2 2   .667 10 4 4   .667
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 4 3 2   .556 11 7 2   .600
Portland  ‍‍‍ 4 5 0   .444 11 9 0   .550
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 4 5 0   .444 8 9 1   .472
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 2 6 1   .278 7 10 2   .421
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 1 7 1   .167 3 13 4   .250
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 0 9 0   .000 2 16 0   .111
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 14, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:West Coast Conference

The 2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represents BYU during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars are coached for a 24th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars have made the NCAA tournament in 18 of the 23 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson (2nd season)[1] and Steve Magleby (1st season)[2] with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen (5th season) and McKinzie Young 7th season). The Cougars came off of a season were they fourth in the WCC and went 7–8–4, 4–4–1 in the WCC. The Cougars were picked to finish third by the WCC media.[3] The Cougars stunned the conference and went 8–1 to win the WCC Championship and return to the NCAA Playoffs where they lost to TCU in the first round. The Cougars finished the season 13–5–1.

  1. ^ "New BYU women's assistant soccer coach hired". The Daily Universe. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Magleby hired as assistant women's soccer coach". Deseret News. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "SANTA CLARA EDGES PEPPERDINE IN WCC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL". WCC Sports. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.