2023 Conference USA women's soccer tournament

2023 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,242
SiteRobert Mack Caruthers Field
Ruston, Louisiana
ChampionsLiberty (1st title)
Winning coachLang Wedemeyer (1st title)
MVPRachel DeRuby (Offensive)
Ainsley Leja (Defensive) (Liberty)
BroadcastESPN+
Conference USA women's soccer tournament
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2023 Conference USA women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 6 0 2   .875 10 6 3   .605
Liberty  ‍‍y 5 2 1   .688 16 3 1   .825
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 4 2 2   .625 6 5 7   .528
FIU  ‍‍‍ 3 2 3   .563 8 6 4   .556
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍ 3 3 2   .500 6 7 4   .471
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 2 4 2   .375 6 11 3   .375
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 2 5 1   .313 6 9 3   .417
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 1 4 3   .313 2 11 4   .235
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 1 5 2   .250 6 9 2   .412
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 C-USA Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: Conference USA

The 2023 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA (CUSA) held from November 1–5, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at Robert Mack Caruthers Field in Ruston, Louisiana. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions, the UTSA Roadrunners,[1] could not defend their title as they moved to the American Athletic Conference in July 2023.[2] The Liberty Lady Flames won the title by defeating New Mexico State 2–1 in the final.[3] The conference championship in Liberty's first CUSA season was the eighth overall for the program, with six having been won in the Big South Conference and one in the Atlantic Sun Conference,[4] and the first for head coach Lang Wedemeyer.[5] As tournament champions, Liberty earned CUSA's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.[6]

  1. ^ Conference USA. "2022 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "American Announces Entrance Agreements With Incoming Members for 2023-24 Season" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  3. ^ Conference USA. "2023 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "Liberty Wins Conference USA Women's Soccer Title With a 2-1 Victory over New Mexico State" (Press release). Liberty University Athletics. November 5, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "Conference USA Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  6. ^ Garcia, Emilio (November 5, 2023). "NM State women's soccer falls to Liberty in CUSA Championship". KTSM-TV. Retrieved December 20, 2023.