2016 Big 12 Conference women's soccer season
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions | West Virginia |
| Tournament Champion | West Virginia |
| NCAA tournament | Kansas Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Tech West Virginia |
| Matches played | 154 (overall) 36 (conference) |
| Average goals/game | 2.14 (conference) |
| Top goalscorer | Michaela Abam (12 goals) |
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| No. 2 West Virginia †‡y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas y | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .750 | 11 | – | 6 | – | 4 | .619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .563 | 12 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma y | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .563 | 14 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State y | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU y | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .313 | 12 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech y | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .250 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .188 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 1 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2016 Rankings from NSCAA [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Big 12 Conference women's soccer season was the 21st season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.[2]
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the defending regular season champions, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders are the defending tournament champions.
Changes from 2015[edit]
- Kansas State added a women's soccer program for the start of the 2016 season. The team will eventually join the conference at a time to be determined.[3]
Teams[edit]
Stadia and locations[edit]
Regular season[edit]
Rankings[edit]
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| Baylor | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | – |
| Iowa State | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kansas | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 24 | – | – |
| Oklahoma | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 22 | – | – | 24 | – | 25 | – |
| Oklahoma State | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TCU | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Texas | C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Texas Tech | C | 19 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| West Virginia | C | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Postseason[edit]
Big 12 tournament[edit]
Bracket[edit]
| Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Final Sunday, Nov. 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas Tech | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | West Virginia | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | West Virginia | 3OT | ||||||||||||
| 7 | TCU | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Kansas | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | TCU | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Baylor | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Baylor | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 0 | ||||||||||||
NCAA tournament[edit]
| Seed | Region | School | First Round | Second Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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| 1 | WVU Region | West Virginia | Northern Kentucky, W 3–0 | Ohio State, W 1–0 2OT | #4 UCLA, T 1–1 (4–2 PKs) | #3 Duke, W 1–0 | #2 North Carolina, W 1–0 | #2 USC, L 1–3 |
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All-Big 12 awards and teams[edit]
| 2016 Big 12 Women's Soccer Individual Awards | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| Offensive Player of the Year | Michaela Abam, WVU Courtney Dike, Oklahoma State | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Kadeisha Buchanan, WVU | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Nikki Izzo-Brown, WVU | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Cyera Hintzen, Texas | |||||
| 2016 Big 12 Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
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| GK – Lauren Watson, Texas Tech, Sr. D – Rachel Ressler, OU, Sr. D – Kadeisha Buchanan, WVU, Sr. * D – Amandine Pierre-Louis, WVU, Jr. MF – Julie James, Baylor, So. MF – Ashley Lawrence, WVU, Sr. * MF – Carla Portillo, WVU, Jr. F – Grace Hagan, Kansas, So. F – Courtney Dike, OSU, Sr. F – Michaela Abam, WVU, Jr. U – Emma Heckendorn, TCU, Jr. |
GK – Rylee Foster, WVU, Fr. D – Kayla Morrison, Kansas, Jr. D – Paige Welch, OU, So. D – Natalie Calhoun, OSU, Sr. MF – Tayler Estrada, Kansas, Sr. MF – Hanna Kallmaier, Kansas, Sr. MF – Jemma Cota, Oklahoma, Sr. MF – Gwennie Puente, TX Tech, So. F – Liz Keester, Oklahoma, Sr. F – Michelle Prokof, TCU, Sr. F – Cyera Hintzen, Texas, Fr. U – Lauren Piercy, Baylor, So. U – Tori Bowman, Oklahoma, Jr. |
GK – Rylee Foster, WVU D – Addisyn Merrick, Kansas D – Cachet Lue, TCU MF – Hannah Cade, Iowa St MF – Kristina O'Donnell, OU MF – Jaci Jones, OSU MF – Jordie Harr, Texas Tech * F – Raegan Padgett, Baylor F – Katie McClure, Kansas * F – Cyera Hintzen, Texas * F – Jade King, Texas Tech * | ||||
| * Unanimous Selection, GK – Goalkeeper, D – Defender, MF – Midfielder, F – Forward, U – Utility | ||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 151–152. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- ^ "Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Big12Sports.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ "K-State to Discontinue Equestrian/Add Soccer". K-State Athletics. KStateSports.com. October 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ Big 12 Conference. "WVU, Tech Ranked In NSCAA Poll". Retrieved August 8, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ WVU Athletics. "Mountaineers No. 7 in NSCAA Poll". Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ^ WVU Athletics. "Mountaineers No. 4 in NSCAA Poll". Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "National – Week 3 Ranking – September 6, 2016". NSCAA. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ^ "National – Week 4 Ranking – September 13, 2016". NSCAA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ Big 12 Conference. "All Big-12 Soccer Awards". Retrieved November 1, 2016.
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