# 2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference held from October 31 through November 10, 2024. The first round and quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites hosted by the #3 and #4 seeds, while the semifinals and final took place at Tech Soccer Field in Cookeville, Tennessee. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Morehead State Eagles were the defending champions. The conference tournament title was the fourth for the Morehead State women's soccer program, and the first for head coach Chris Fox. This was Morehead State's first title since 2013. and were unable to defend their title as they lost to Lindenwood 3–2 in the Final. The conference tournament title was the first for the Lindenwood women's soccer program, and the first for head coach Dave Musso. As tournament champions, Lindenwood would have earned the Ohio Valley's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, but they were disqualified as they were in a "period of transition" from Division II to Division I. Therefore, runner-up, Morehead State earned the automatic bid for the second season in a row.

## Seeding

Eight of the ten teams in the Ohio Valley Conference qualified for the 2024 Tournament. The #1 seed was awarded as the host institution for the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament. The #1 and #2 seed received byes to the Semifinals, while the #4 and #5 seeds received byes to the Quarterfinals. Seems were seeded based on regular season records. A tiebreaker was needed to determine the second and third seeds as Lindenwood and Little Rock both finished with 4–1–4 regular season records. The two teams drew 0–0 during their October 20 regular season match-up. The second tiebreaker was record against teams above the tied teams in the standings. Little Rock defeated Tennessee Tech 1–0 during the regular season, while Lindenwood lost to Tech 0–2. Therefore, Little Rock earned the second seed and a bye into the Semifinals. A second tiebreaker was required as Southeast Missouri and UT Martin tied with nine regular season points each. The two teams met on the final day of the regular season, October 27, and Southeast Missouri won 2–0. Therefore, Southeast Missouri earned the seventh seed.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 1 | Tennessee Tech | 6–2–1 | 19 |
| 2 | Little Rock | 4–1–4 | 16 |
| 3 | Lindenwood | 4–1–4 | 16 |
| 4 | Southern Indiana | 4–2–3 | 15 |
| 5 | Morehead State | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 6 | Eastern Illinois | 3–3–3 | 12 |
| 7 | Southeast Missouri | 2–4–3 | 9 |
| 8 | UT Martin | 3–6–0 | 9 |

## Bracket

Source:
| First round Thursday, Oct. 31 | First round Thursday, Oct. 31 | First round Thursday, Oct. 31 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3 | 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 | Tennessee Tech | 0 (0) | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Morehead State (pen.) | 0 (3) | | | |
| | | | 4 | Southern Indiana | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Morehead State | 1 | 5 | Morehead State | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | UT Martin | 0 | | | | | | | 5 | Morehead State | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lindenwood | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Little Rock | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Lindenwood | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Lindenwood | 4 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Eastern Illinois | 1 | 7 | Southeast Missouri | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Southeast Missouri | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

## 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
* Mackenzie Compton – Lindenwood
* Hedda Ornberg – Morehead State
2 goals
* Anna Johnson – Lindenwood
1 goal
* Eva Boer – Southern Indiana
* Tasneem Dizdarevic – Lindenwood
* Anna Lohrer – Morehead State
* Justi Nelson – Southeast Missouri
* Georgia Pardalos – Lindenwood
* Elizabeth Rater – Southeast Missouri
* Alex Tetteh – Eastern Illinois
* Maddy Vasiloff – Lindenwood
1 own goal
* Lindenwood (vs. Morehead State)

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Mackenzie Compton | Lindenwood |
| Rachel Jackson | Lindenwood |
| Georgia Pardalos | Lindenwood |
| Eyglo Thosteinsdottir | Lindenwood |
| Camryn Jacobs | Little Rock |
| Abbie Smith | Little Rock |
| Gracen Houck | Morehead State |
| Anna Lohrer | Morehead State |
| Hedda Ornberg | Morehead State |
| Allison Lee | Tennessee Tech |
| Meredith Nye | Tennessee Tech |
MVP in bold