2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament
| 2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,330 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites, hosted by Higher Seed | ||||
| Champions | UIC (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | David Nikolic (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Sara Sanabria (UIC) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake † | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .722 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .722 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 5 | .658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .611 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .600 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 8 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .450 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC ‡y | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belmont | 2 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .389 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 7 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 2 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .389 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNI | 1 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .222 | 4 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 Missouri Valley Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Missouri Valley Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 2 through November 9, 2025. The tournament was hosted at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting each game. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Bears, who were unsuccessful in defending their crown as they moved to CUSA during the offseason.[1][2][3] The sixth-seeded UIC Flames would go on to win the tournament in a penalty shoot-out over Illinois State.[4][5] The conference tournament title was the first for the UIC women's soccer program, and first Missouri Valley title for head coach David Nikolic.[6] As tournament champions, UIC earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
The top six of the ten Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer programs qualified for the 2025 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Illinois State and Southern Illinois both finished with thirteen regular season conference points. Illinois State earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 2–0 home win over Southern Illinois on September 28 during the regular season.[7]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Drake | 6–2–1 | 19 |
| 2 | Murray State | 5–1–3 | 18 |
| 3 | Indiana State | 4–2–3 | 15 |
| 4 | Illinois State | 3–2–4 | 13 |
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 4–4–1 | |
| 6 | UIC | 3–3–3 | 12 |
Bracket
Source:[8]
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 6 | Final Sunday, Nov. 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Illinois State (a.e.t.) | 2 | 4 | Illinois State | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 1 | 4 | Illinois State | 0 (1) | |||||||||
| 6 | UIC (pen.) | 0 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Murray State | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana State | 1 | 6 | UIC (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 6 | UIC | 2 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 2 | (3) Indiana State | 1–2 | (6) UIC | Terre Haute, IN |
| 12:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 276 |
| November 2 | (4) Illinois State | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | (5) Southern Illinois | Normal, IL |
| 1:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Adelaide Street Field Attendance: 315 |
Semifinals
| November 6 | (2) Murray State | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | (6) UIC | Murray, KY |
| 1:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Cutchin Field Attendance: 397 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Adam Herges Lucas Cross Fourth official: Mandy Love |
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| November 6 | (1) Drake | 0–1 | (4) Illinois State | Des Moines, IA |
| 3:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Mediacom Stadium Attendance: 342 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Sean Giza Vasilios Vouris Fourth official: Christian Vouris |
Final
| November 9 | (4) Illinois State | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p) | (6) UIC | Normal, IL |
| 1:00 p.m. CST |
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Report | Stadium: Adelaide Street Field Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Adrian Werbicki Shane Richards Fourth official: Michele Waldbeesser | |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 9 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.8 goals per match (as of November 9, 2025).
2 goals
- Chloe Cline – Illinois State
1 goal
- Abby Hall – Illinois State
- Tori Angelo – Indiana State
- Mary Hardy – Murray State
- Sophia Schlicklin – Southern Illinois
- Kaysey Castro – UIC
- Hannah Gryzik – UIC
- Katelyn Nardulli – UIC
All-Tournament team
Source:[9]
| Player | Team |
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| Mika Marolly | Drake |
| Madelyn Smith | |
| Chloe Cline | Illinois State |
| Abby Hall | |
| Madi Valenti | |
| Tori Angelo | Indiana State |
| Sydney Etter | Murray State |
| Natalie Miller | |
| Olivia Anderson | Southern Illinois |
| Kasey Castro | UIC |
| Hannah Gryzik | |
| Katelyn Nardulli | |
| Sara Sanabria |
MVP in bold
References
- ^ "CUSA Adds Missouri State" (Press release). Conference USA. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "2024 MVC Women's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- ^ Chiles, Mary Ellen (November 10, 2024). "Ticket punched: O'Keefe powers Missouri State to Valley Tournament title". sgfcitizen.org. Springfield Daily Citizen. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
- ^ "2025 MVC Women's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "A season to remember for UIC soccer programs". today.uic.edu. University of Illinois Chicago. November 17, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Missouri Valley Conference Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "Drake Claims MVC Regular Season Women's Soccer Title". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. October 30, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer championship" (PDF). mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 9, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "UIC Flames Make History, Advance to NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 9, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.