# 2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 4to November 10, 2024. The tournament was hosted at the Premier Sports Campus located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Memphis Tigers were the defending tournament champions. Memphis was unable to defend its title. They reached the Final but fell to East Carolina 1–0 in overtime. East Carolina's win was the program's first and also the first for third-year head coach Gary Higgins. As tournament champions, East Carolina earned the American's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

## Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Rice and UAB both finished with sixteen points in conference play. Rice earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over UAB on September 26. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and final seed in the tournament as Tulsa and UTSA both finished with 3–5–2 regular season records. Tulsa earned the final spot in the tournament by virtue of their 2–1 win over UTSA on October 10. USTA finished ninth and did not participate in the tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 1 | Memphis | 6–0–4 | 22 |
| 2 | South Florida | 6–1–3 | 21 |
| 3 | East Carolina | 5–2–3 | 18 |
| 4 | Rice | 5–4–1 | 16 |
| 5 | UAB | 4–2–4 | 16 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 3–2–5 | 14 |
| 7 | North Texas | 3–3–4 | 13 |
| 8 | Tulsa | 3–5–2 | 8 |

## Bracket

| First Round Monda, Nov. 4 | First Round Monda, Nov. 4 | First Round Monda, Nov. 4 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7 | Final Sunday, Nov. 10 | Final Sunday, Nov. 10 | Final Sunday, Nov. 10 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tulsa | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tulsa | 2 | 1 | Memphis | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Rice | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Rice | 2 | 4 | Rice | 1 | | | |
| 5 | UAB | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | UAB | 0 | | | | 1 | Memphis | 0 |
| | | | | | | 3 | East Carolina (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 3 | East Carolina (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | East Carolina (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Charlotte | 0 | 3 | East Carolina (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | |
| | | | 2 | South Florida | 1 (3) | | | |
| 2 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | South Florida | 1 (3) | | | |
| 7 | North Texas | 0 | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).
3 goals
* Ashley Henderson – Memphis
2 goals
* Anna Sutter – South Florida
* Momo Nakao – Memphis
1 goal
* Annabelle Abbott – East Carolina
* Leah Diaz – Tulsa
* Natalie Gorji – Rice
* Kaleigh Hart – Tulsa
* Anna Hauer – Memphis
* Jules Johnston – Rice
* Elise Perron – Memphis
* Erica Roberts – East Carolina
* Sydney Schnell – East Carolina
* Sophie Zhang – Rice

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Anabelle Abbott* | East Carolina |
| Maeve English^ | East Carolina |
| Erica Roberts | East Carolina |
| Sydney Schnell | East Carolina |
| Abby Sowa | East Carolina |
| Anna Hauer | Memphis |
| Ashley Henderson | Memphis |
| Finley Lavin | Memphis |
| Momo Nakao | Memphis |
| Sophie Zhang | Rice |
| Anna Sutter | South Florida |
* Offensive MVP  ^ Defensive MVP