# 2023 SEC women's soccer tournament

The 2023 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from October 29 to November 5, 2023. The tournament was held at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex in Pensacola, Florida. The ten-team single elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Carolina Gamecocks are the defending champions. The Gamecocks were unable to defend their crown, losing to Texas A&M in the Quarterfinals. Georgia won the tournament with a 1–0 victory over Arkansas in the final. The conference championship is the first for the Georgia women's soccer program, and first for second-year head coach Keidane McAlpine. As tournament champions, Georgia earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

## Qualification

The top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the 2023 Tournament. The top six teams were awarded byes into the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded based on regular season records, with the Eastern and Western Division champions being awarded the top two seeds. A tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and ninth seeds as Auburn and Tennessee finished with identical 3–4–3 regular season records. The two teams did not meet in the regular season so a second tiebreaker of points earned against common opponents was used. Auburn won this tiebreaker eleven points to eight and was therefore awarded the eighth seed. A three-way tiebreaker was required to determine the tenth, and last seed, of the tournament as LSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt all finished with identical 3–5–2 regular season records. Since all teams did not play each other during the regular season the second tiebreaker of points earned against common opponents was used. LSU and Vanderbilt earned four points, while Ole Miss only earned one point. Therefore, Ole Miss was eliminated. LSU and Vanderbilt did not meet during the regular season, and points earned against common opponents was again used to break the tie. LSU earned ten points while Vanderbilt earned eight points. Therefore, LSU was the tenth and final seed for the tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Conference Points |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8–1–1 | 25 |
| 2 | Georgia* | 4–3–3 | 15* |
| 3 | South Carolina | 5–0–5 | 20 |
| 4 | Mississippi State | 5–3–2 | 17 |
| 5 | Alabama | 5–4–1 | 16 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 4–3–3 | 15 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 3–3–4 | 13 |
| 8 | Auburn | 3–4–3 | 12 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 3–4–3 | 12 |
| 10 | LSU | 3–5–2 | 11 |
(*: division winners are automatically given the top two seeds).

## Bracket

Source:
| First Round Sunday, Oct. 29 | First Round Sunday, Oct. 29 | First Round Sunday, Oct. 29 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, Oct. 31 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, Oct. 31 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, Oct. 31 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 2 | Final Sunday, Nov. 5 | Final Sunday, Nov. 5 | Final Sunday, Nov. 5 |
| | | | 2 | Georgia | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kentucky (pen.) | 0 (4) | 7 | Kentucky | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | LSU | 0 (2) | | | | 2 | Georgia (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Texas A&M | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | South Carolina | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Texas A&M | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Georgia | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Arkansas | 0 |
| | | | 1 | Arkansas | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Auburn | 2 | 8 | Auburn | 0 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Tennessee | 1 | | | | 1 | Arkansas | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Mississippi State | 0 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Mississippi State (pen.) | 1 (2) | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Alabama | 1 (0) | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match (as of November 5, 2023).
2 goals
* Morgan White – Arkansas
* Croix Bethune – Georgia
1 goal
* Brooke Steere – Alabama
* Kate Carter – Arkansas
* Bea Franklin – Arkansas
* Anna Podojil – Arkansas
* Ava Tankersley – Arkansas
* Becky Contreras – Auburn
* Haley Duca – Auburn
* Mallie McKenzie – Georgia
* Nicole Vernis – Georgia
* Hannah White – Georgia
* Úlfa Úlfarsdóttir – Kentucky
* Aitana Martinez-Montoya – Mississippi State
* Kameron Simmonds – Tennessee
* Sydney Becerra – Texas A&M
* Taylor Jernigan – Texas A&M
* Jazmine Wilkinson – Texas A&M
1 own goal
* Arkansas (vs. Georgia)

## All-Tournament team

| Player | Team |
| Bea Franklin | Arkansas |
| Makenzie Malham | Arkansas |
| Ava Tankersley | Arkansas |
| Jordan Brown | Georgia |
| Croix Bethune | Georgia |
| Mallie McKenzie | Georgia |
| Hannah White | Georgia |
| Maddy Anderson | Mississippi State |
| Rylie Combs | Mississippi State |
| Sydney Becerra | Texas A&M |
| Carolyn Calzada | Texas A&M |
MVP in bold Source: