# 2016 Big 12 Conference women's soccer season

The 2016 Big 12 Conference women's soccer season was the 21st season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the defending regular season champions, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders are the defending tournament champions.

## Changes from 2015

* Kansas State added a women's soccer program for the start of the 2016 season. The team will eventually join the conference at a time to be determined.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Baylor Lady Bears | Waco, Texas | Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field | 1,500 |
| Iowa State Cyclones | Ames, Iowa | Cyclone Sports Complex | 1,500 |
| Kansas Jayhawks | Lawrence, Kansas | Rock Chalk Park | 2,500 |
| Oklahoma Sooners | Norman, Oklahoma | OU Soccer Complex | 3,500 |
| Oklahoma State Cowgirls | Stillwater, Oklahoma | Cowgirl Soccer Complex | 1,450 |
| TCU Horned Frogs | Fort Worth, Texas | Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium | 1,500 |
| Texas Longhorns | Austin, Texas | Mike A. Myers Stadium | 20,000 |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | Lubbock, Texas | John Walker Soccer Complex | 1,500 |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | Morgantown, West Virginia | Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium | 1,650 |

## Regular season
### Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Final |
| Baylor | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | – |
| Iowa State | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kansas | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 24 | – | – |
| Oklahoma | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 22 | – | – | 24 | – | 25 | – |
| Oklahoma State | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TCU | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Texas | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Texas Tech | C | 19 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| West Virginia | C | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Postseason
### Big 12 tournament
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Final Sunday, Nov. 6 | Final Sunday, Nov. 6 | Final Sunday, Nov. 6 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Texas Tech | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Texas Tech | 0 | 1 | West Virginia | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Oklahoma | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 2 | 4 | Oklahoma | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Iowa State | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Iowa State | 0 | | | | 1 | West Virginia | 3$^{OT}$ |
| | | | | | | 7 | TCU | 2 |
| 2 | Kansas | 0 | | | | | | | 7 | TCU | 2 |
| 7 | TCU | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | TCU | 1 | 7 | TCU | 3$^{OT}$ | | | |
| | | | 3 | Baylor | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Baylor | 1 | 3 | Baylor | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 0 | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | First Round | Second Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 1 | WVU Region | West Virginia | Northern Kentucky, W 3–0 | Ohio State, W 1–0 $^{2OT}$ | #4 UCLA, T 1–1 (4–2 PKs) | #3 Duke, W 1–0 | #2 North Carolina, W 1–0 | #2 USC, L 1–3 |
| | SC Region | Kansas | Missouri, W 1–0 $^{2OT}$ | at #2 North Carolina, L 0–2 | – | – | – | – |
| | SC Region | Oklahoma | SMU, W 1–0 | vs. #4 BYU, L 1–2 | – | – | – | – |
| | SC Region | Oklahoma State | at Colorado, L 1–3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Florida Region | TCU | Texas A&M, L 0–1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Florida Region | Texas Tech | at Utah, L 0–1 | – | – | – | – | – |

## All-Big 12 awards and teams

2016 Big 12 Women's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Michaela Abam, WVU Courtney Dike, Oklahoma State |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Kadeisha Buchanan, WVU |
| Coach of the Year | Nikki Izzo-Brown, WVU |
| Freshman of the Year | Cyera Hintzen, Texas |
2016 Big 12 Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| GK – Lauren Watson, Texas Tech, Sr. D – Rachel Ressler, OU, Sr. D – Kadeisha Buchanan, WVU, Sr. * D – Amandine Pierre-Louis, WVU, Jr. MF – Julie James, Baylor, So. MF – Ashley Lawrence, WVU, Sr. * MF – Carla Portillo, WVU, Jr. F – Grace Hagan, Kansas, So. F – Courtney Dike, OSU, Sr. F – Michaela Abam, WVU, Jr. U – Emma Heckendorn, TCU, Jr. | GK – Rylee Foster, WVU, Fr. D – Kayla Morrison, Kansas, Jr. D – Paige Welch, OU, So. D – Natalie Calhoun, OSU, Sr. MF – Tayler Estrada, Kansas, Sr. MF – Hanna Kallmaier, Kansas, Sr. MF – Jemma Cota, Oklahoma, Sr. MF – Gwennie Puente, TX Tech, So. F – Liz Keester, Oklahoma, Sr. F – Michelle Prokof, TCU, Sr. F – Cyera Hintzen, Texas, Fr. U – Lauren Piercy, Baylor, So. U – Tori Bowman, Oklahoma, Jr. | GK – Rylee Foster, WVU D – Addisyn Merrick, Kansas D – Cachet Lue, TCU MF – Hannah Cade, Iowa St MF – Kristina O'Donnell, OU MF – Jaci Jones, OSU MF – Jordie Harr, Texas Tech * F – Raegan Padgett, Baylor F – Katie McClure, Kansas * F – Cyera Hintzen, Texas * F – Jade King, Texas Tech * |
| * Unanimous Selection, GK – Goalkeeper, D – Defender, MF – Midfielder, F – Forward, U – Utility |||