The 2024 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from November 3 to November 10, 2024. The tournament was held at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex in Pensacola, Florida. The twelve-team single elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Georgia Bulldogs are the defending champions.[1][2] The Bulldogs were unable to defend their crown as the seventh seed, losing to second seed Arkansas in the Quarterfinals. third seed Texas went on to win the tournament with a 2–1 overtime victory over Arkansas in the final.[3][4] The conference championship is the first SEC title for the Texas women's soccer program, and first for head coach Angela Kelly. However, Kelly has won four previous SEC tournament titles with Tennessee. This is Texas' fourth overall conference title, as the won three Big 12 tournament titles before moving to the SEC.[5] As tournament champions, Texas earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Qualification
The top twelve teams in the conference qualified for the 2024 Tournament. The top four teams were awarded byes into the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded based on regular season records.[6] A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Auburn and Vanderbilt both finished with 4–2–4 records. The two teams tied their regular season meeting 2–2. The second tiebreaker was points against common opponents. Vanderbilt earned 15 points while Auburn 12, so Vanderbilt was the fifth seed and Auburn was the sixth. A second tiebreaker was required for the eighth and ninth seeds as Georgia and Kentucky finished tied with 3–3–4 regular season records. The two teams tied their regular season match-up 1–1. In the points against common opponents tiebreaker, Georgia prevailed 12 points to 9 points, and was therefore the seventh seed. A three-way tiebreaker was required for the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth seeds as Alabama, LSU and Texas A&M all earned eleven conference regular season points. Since all three teams did not play in the regular season, the tiebreaker was determined by points versus common opponents. Texas A&M earned six points and was the tenth seed. LSU earned four points and was the eleventh seed. Alabama earned three points and was the twelfth and final seed.[7]
