# 2023 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2023 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from October 26 through November 5, 2023. The Opening round and Second round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Cownie Sports Complex in Des Moines, Iowa. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State, who were unsuccessful in defending their crown as they fell to Valparaiso in the Semifinals. Valparaiso would go on to win the tournament over top-seed Drake, 1–0 in the Final. The conference tournament title was the first for the Valparaiso women's soccer program, and first for head coach John Marovich. Valparaiso has won two conference titles previously, but they were not in the Missouri Valley Conference. As tournament champions, Valparaiso earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

## Seeding

Eight of the eleven Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer programs qualified for the 2023 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with unique regular season conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 1 | Drake | 8–1–1 | 25 |
| 2 | Missouri State | 7–0–3 | 24 |
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 6–4–0 | 18 |
| 4 | UIC | 5–3–2 | 17 |
| 5 | Murray State | 3–2–5 | 14 |
| 6 | Valparaiso | 3–3–4 | 13 |
| 7 | Belmont | 2–3–5 | 11 |
| 8 | Evansville | 1–3–6 | 9 |

## Bracket

| Opening Round Thursday, Oct. 26 | Opening Round Thursday, Oct. 26 | Opening Round Thursday, Oct. 26 | Second Round Sunday, Oct. 29 | Second Round Sunday, Oct. 29 | Second Round Sunday, Oct. 29 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2 | Final Sunday, Nov. 5 | Final Sunday, Nov. 5 | Final Sunday, Nov. 5 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Drake | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | UIC (pen.) | 0 (4) | 4 | UIC | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Murray State | 1 | 5 | Murray State | 0 (3) | | | | 1 | Drake | 0 |
| 8 | Evansville | 0 | | | | | | | 6 | Valparaiso | 1 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Missouri State | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Northern Iowa | 0 | 6 | Valparaiso (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Valparaiso | 1 | 6 | Valparaiso | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Belmont | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 1.14 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).
1 goal
* Angela Gutierrez – Drake
* Emma Nagel – Drake
* Mary Hardy – Murray State
* Makenna Maloy – UIC
* Allie Anderson – Valparaiso
* Lindsey Dusatko – Valparaiso
* Kelsie James – Valparaiso
* Abby White – Valparaiso

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Avery Nowak | Belmont |
| Maria Cervelló | Drake |
| Angela Gutierrez | Drake |
| Emma Nagel | Drake |
| Myia Danek | Evansville |
| Abby Couch | Missouri State |
| Maddie Schneiderhahn | Missouri State |
| Hannah Carter | Murray State |
| Ashley Harrington | Northern Iowa |
| Madison Ferris | UIC |
| Makenna Maloy | UIC |
| Allie Anderson | Valparaiso |
| Nikki Coryell | Valparaiso |
| Aubrey Ramey | Valparaiso |
| Abby White | Valparaiso |
MVP in bold