American college soccer tournament
| 2016 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Matches | 7 | ||||
| Site | Foley Sports Complex Foley, Alabama | ||||
| Champions | South Alabama (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Graham Winkworth (4th title) | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Alabama †‡ | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 15 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Little Rock | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 12 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .450 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .400 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 3 | .425 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .400 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .400 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .300 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 Sun Belt Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-14 Rankings from NSCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The seven-match tournament will be held at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The eight team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Alabama Jaguars are the defending tournament champions after defeating the Georgia State Panthers in the championship match.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Final Sunday, Nov. 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Arkansas State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Little Rock | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Little Rock | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisiana–Monroe | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coastal Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Alabama | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Appalachian State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Alabama | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Appalachian State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Troy | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
#2 Coastal Carolina v #7 Arkansas State| November 2, 2016 | #2 Coastal Carolina | 3–0 | #7 Arkansas State | Foley, Alabama |
| 10:00 a.m. CST | Ellie Taylor  53'Daniella Famili 62'Brooke Horist 76' |
Report | Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Andrew Musashe |
| November 2, 2016 | #3 Little Rock | 2–0 | #6 Louisiana–Monroe | Foley, Alabama |
| 1:00 p.m. CST | Quin Wilkes 31' Doro Greulich 34' |
Report | Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Jennifer Politz |
| November 2, 2016 | #4 Appalachian State | 3–0 | #5 Louisiana–Lafayette | Foley, Alabama |
| 4:00 p.m. CST | Jackie Nieradka 58' Erin Settle 66'Maggie Hanusek 77' |
Report | Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: David Faye |
| November 2, 2016 | #1 South Alabama | 1–0 | #8 Troy | Foley, Alabama |
| 7:00 p.m. CST | Ashlynn Jones 79' |
Report | Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Randall Kelley |
Semifinals
#2 Coastal Carolina v #3 Little Rock| November 4, 2016 | #2 Coastal Carolina | 2–0 | #3 Little Rock | Foley, Alabama |
| 4:00 p.m. CST | Kylie Bostick 50' Amber Adams 54' |
Report | Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Brian Marshall |
| November 4, 2016 | #1 South Alabama | 6–0 | #4 Appalachian State | Foley, Alabama |
| 7:00 p.m. CST | Jemma Purfield 20' Team 24' (o.g.)Ashlynn Jones 27'Charde Hannah 45'Hannah Godfrey 52'Rio Hardy 76' |
Report | Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Andrew Musashe |
Final
#1 South Alabama v #2 Coastal Carolina| November 6, 2016 | #1 South Alabama | 2–0 | #2 Coastal Carolina | Foley, Alabama |
| 1:00 p.m. CST | Jemma Purfield 57', 85' |
Report | Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Referee: Ashlee Varnson |
References
| Sun Belt Conference | ||
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| Full members |
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| Beach volleyball-only members | ||
| Men's soccer-only members | ||
| Championships and awards | ||
| 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season | |
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| Regular season | |
| Conference tournaments | |
| National tournaments | |
| Rankings | Rankings |