The 2016 Big 12 Conference women's soccer season was the 21st season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the defending regular season champions, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders are the defending tournament champions.
Changes from 2015
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.
Teams
Stadia and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Baylor Lady Bears Waco, Texas Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field Iowa State Cyclones Ames, Iowa Cyclone Sports Complex Kansas Jayhawks Lawrence, Kansas Rock Chalk Park Oklahoma Sooners Norman, Oklahoma OU Soccer Complex Oklahoma State Cowgirls Stillwater, Oklahoma Cowgirl Soccer Complex TCU Horned Frogs Fort Worth, Texas Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium Texas Longhorns Austin, Texas Mike A. Myers Stadium Texas Tech Red Raiders Lubbock, Texas John Walker Soccer Complex West Virginia Mountaineers Morgantown, West Virginia Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Regular season
Rankings
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 FinalBaylor 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
Big 12 tournament
Bracket
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School First Round Second Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 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 SC Region Kansas Missouri, W 1–0 2OT at #2 North Carolina, L 0–2 SC Region Oklahoma SMU, W 1–0 vs. #4 BYU, L 1–2 SC Region Oklahoma State at Colorado, L 1–3 Florida Region TCU Texas A&M, L 0–1 Florida Region Texas Tech at Utah, L 0–1
All-Big 12 awards and teams
2016 Big 12 Women's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the YearMichaela Abam, WVUCourtney Dike, Oklahoma StateDefensive Player of the YearKadeisha Buchanan, WVUCoach of the YearNikki Izzo-Brown, WVUFreshman of the YearCyera Hintzen, Texas
2016 Big 12 Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Rookie Team 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, WVUD – Addisyn Merrick, KansasD – Cachet Lue, TCUMF – Hannah Cade, Iowa StMF – Kristina O'Donnell, OUMF – Jaci Jones, OSUMF – Jordie Harr, Texas Tech *F – Raegan Padgett, BaylorF – 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 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season 2016 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
References