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2018 SEC women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams10
Matches9
SiteOrange Beach Sportsplex
Orange Beach, Alabama
ChampionsLSU (1st title)
Winning coachBrian Lee (1st title)
MVPCaroline Brockmeier (LSU)
BroadcastSEC Network
SEC women's soccer tournament
«2017  2019»
2018 SEC women's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 13 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 8 1 1   .850 15 3 1   .816
No. 10 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 14 2 1   .853
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 14 4 3   .738
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 12 7 1   .625
No. 18 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 14 5 1   .725
No. 16 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 15 4 1   .775
No. 19 LSU  ‍‍y 5 4 1   .550 13 6 3   .659
Florida  ‍‍‍ 4 4 2   .500 7 10 4   .429
Auburn  ‍‍‍y 4 5 1   .450 12 6 2   .650
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 3 6 1   .350 6 11 2   .368
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 8 8 3   .500
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 2 6 2   .300 9 7 2   .556
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 4 9 5   .361
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 1 9 0   .100 5 14 0   .263
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 SEC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 13, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: SEC

The 2018 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the SEC. The Texas A&M Aggies were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2018 tournament with a 2–1 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks in the quarterfinals. The LSU Tigers won the tournament title via a penalty kick shootout win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the final.[1][2] This was the first SEC women's soccer tournament title for LSU, and the first for coach Brian Lee.[3]

The top ten teams earned a berth into the SEC Tournament. The tournament is held at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.

First round
Sunday, October 28
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, October 30
Semifinals
Friday, November 2
Championship
Sunday, November 4
            
2 Tennessee 1 (6)
7 LSU 1 (7)
7 LSU 32OT
10 Missouri 2
7 LSU 1
6 South Carolina 0
3 Texas A&M 1
6 South Carolina 2
7 LSU 1 (4)
4 Arkansas 1 (1)
1 Vanderbilt 0
8 Florida 1
8 Florida 1 (2)
9 Auburn 1 (1)
8 Florida 0
4 Arkansas 1OT
4 Arkansas 4
5 Ole Miss 0

All matches are played at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.[4]

There were 21 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

3 goals

  • Alex Thomas – LSU

2 goals

  • Taylor Malham – Arkansas
  • Madison Alexander – Florida
  • Shannon Cooke – LSU
  • Julissa Cisneros – Missouri

1 goal

  • Tori Cannata – Arkansas
  • Reece Christopherson – Arkansas
  • Kayla McKeon – Arkansas
  • Taylor Troutman – Auburn
  • Lauren Chang – South Carolina
  • Luciana Zullo – South Carolina
  • Bunny Shaw – Tennessee
  • Emily Bates – Texas A&M

1 own goal

  • South Carolina against LSU
  • Ole Miss against Arkansas

All-Tournament team

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MVP in bold
Source:[5]

Player Team
Julia Lester Florida
Kaylan Marckese
Rebecca Koch South Carolina
Simone Wark
Stefanie Doyle Arkansas
Kayla McKeon
Haley VanFossen
Caroline Brockmeier LSU
Shannon Cooke
Adrienne Richardson
Alex Thomas
  1. ^ "2017 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 SEC Soccer Championship". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Southeastern Conference Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "Championships – Soccer". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "SEC Women's Soccer Weekly Release" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. November 20, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2018.