# 2015 Big 12 Conference women's soccer season

The 2015 Big 12 Conference women's soccer season was the 20th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
The West Virginia Mountaineers claimed their fourth consecutive outright regular season championship, becoming the first time in Big 12 history to do so. The Texas Tech Red Raiders won their first Big 12 tournament title with a 1–0 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks in the final.

## 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 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
| Baylor | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Iowa State | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kansas | C | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oklahoma | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oklahoma State | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TCU | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Texas | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Texas Tech | C | 15 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 21 |
| West Virginia | C | 12 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |

## Postseason
### Big 12 tournament

Texas Tech claimed its first Big 12 tournament championship in 2015. Following an overtime win over Oklahoma, the Red Raiders eliminated the two-time defending tournament champions West Virginia, 1–0. Texas Tech outlasted Kansas in the final by the same score, claiming the league's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | West Virginia | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | West Virginia | 0 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Texas Tech | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1 | 5 | Texas Tech | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 2$^{OT}$ | | | | | | |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 2$^{OT}$ | | | | 5 | Texas Tech | 1 |
| | | | | | | 6 | Kansas | 0 |
| 2 | Baylor | 1 (7) | | | | | | | 6 | Kansas | 0 |
| 7 | Texas Christian | 1 (6) | | | | | | |
| 7 | Texas Christian | 1 (6) | 2 | Baylor | 0 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Kansas | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Texas | 1 | 6 | Kansas | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Kansas | 2 | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Championship |
| 2 | PSU Region | West Virginia | Duquesne, W 4–0 | Northwestern, W 4–0 | Loyola Marymount, W 5–2 | Penn State, L 0–2 | | |
| | FSU Region | Texas Tech | North Texas, W 1–0 | Auburn, L 2–3 | | | | |

## All-Big 12 awards and teams

2015 Big 12 Women's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Janine Beckie, Texas Tech |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Kadeisha Buchanan, WVU |
| Coach of the Year | Nikki Izzo-Brown, WVU |
| Newcomer of the Year | Lauren Piercy, Baylor Bianca St. Georges, WVU |
2015 Big 12 Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | All-Freshman Team |
| GK – Abby Smith, Texas, Sr. D – Bobbi Clemmer, TCU, Sr. D – Maggie Bedillion, WVU, Sr. D – Kadeisha Buchanan, WVU, Jr. * MF – Liana Salazar, Kansas, Sr. MF – Allie Stephenson, OSU, Sr. MF – Ashley Lawrence, WVU, Jr. F – Janine Beckie, Texas Tech, Sr. * F – Michaela Abam, WVU, Sr. F – Kailey Utley, WVU, Sr. U – Koree Willer, Iowa State, Jr. | GK – Hannah Steadman, WVU, Sr. D – Rachel Ressler, OU, Jr. D – Natalie Calhoun, OSU, Jr. D – Bianca St. Georges, WVU, Fr. MF – Michelle Prokof, TCU, Jr. MF – Alli Murphy, Texas Tech, Sr. MF – Amanda Hill, WVU, Sr. F – Lauren Piercy, Baylor, Fr. F – Courtney Dike, OSU, Jr. F – Emma Heckendorn, TCU, So. F – Alexa Adams, Texas, Fr. U – Carla Portillo, WVU, So. | D – Bianca St. Georges, WVU MF – Julie James, Baylor MF – Kaylee Dao, Oklahoma MF – Parker Roberts, Kansas F – Alexa Adams, Texas F – Amanda Hoglund, Baylor F – Lauren Piercy, Baylor F – Marlo Zoller, OSU F – Mikayla Flores, Texas F – Nia Gordon, WVU F – Sarah King, Baylor |
| * Unanimous Selection, GK – Goalkeeper, D – Defender, MF – Midfielder, F – Forward, U – Utility |||