2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament

2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament
2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	1,573
Site	Campus Sites, #1 seeds
Champions	Lipscomb (3rd title)
Winning coach	Kevin O'Brien (3rd title)
MVP	Shelby Craft (Lipscomb)
Broadcast	ESPN+
ASUN women's soccer tournament
«2020	2022»

The 2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from October 29 through November 6, 2021. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the Western Division champions and Eastern Division champions home stadiums. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Liberty Flames were the defending tournament champions, and unable to defend their title, losing to Eastern Kentucky in the Quarterfinals.^[1] The Lipscomb Bisons won the tournament after defeating Kennesaw State 1–0 in the final.^[2] It was their third title in four years, and third title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Kevin O'Brien.^[3] As tournament champions, Lipscomb earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 ASUN Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
East
Florida Gulf Coast ‍†‍‍	7	–	2	–	0	.778	10	–	7	–	1	.583
Liberty ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0	.667	11	–	7	–	1	.605
Kennesaw State ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2	.556	9	–	8	–	2	.526
Jacksonville ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	1	.278	7	–	8	–	3	.472
North Florida ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2	.556	9	–	4	–	3	.656
Stetson ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1	.389	6	–	10	–	2	.389
West
Lipscomb ‍†‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	0	.778	15	–	5	–	1	.738
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0	.667	9	–	9	–	0	.500
Eastern Kentucky ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	0	.444	9	–	10	–	0	.474
Bellarmine ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	2	.333	4	–	7	–	8	.421
Jacksonville State ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1	.389	7	–	10	–	2	.421
North Alabama ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1	.167	2	–	13	–	3	.194


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 ASUN tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches poll Source:ASUN Conference

Bracket

Source:^[4]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, October 29

Semifinals
Friday, October 31

Final
Sunday, November 6

1E

Florida Gulf Coast

1 (3)

4W

Bellarmine (pen.)

1 (4)

4W

Bellarmine

0

3E

Kennesaw State

1

2W

Central Arkansas

3

3E

Kennesaw State (a.e.t.)

4

3E

Kennesaw State

0

1W

Lipscomb

1

1W

Lipscomb

6

5W

Jacksonville State

0

1W

Lipscomb

4

3W

Eastern Kentucky

0

2E

Liberty

0

3W

Eastern Kentucky

1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 29, 2021	Lipscomb	6–0	Jacksonville State	Nashville, TN
2:00 p.m. CT	Cami Rogers 10', 25' Kammy McGee 14' Molly Grant 60' Noa Ganthier 84' Shadia Valenzuela 88'	Report		Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 135 Referee: Kayla Polonksy Assistant referees: Jarred Mosher Assistant referees: Tarik Veleder Fourth official: Shane Butler

October 29, 2021	Central Arkansas	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Kennesaw State	Fort Myers, FL
4:00 p.m. ET	Emma Hawkins 59', 62' Abby Gibson 67' Alyssa Fason 80'	Report	45', 58', 81' Macie Rainwater 72' Ebony Clarke 81' Aila Swinton 93' Tianna Rivera	Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 103 Referee: Richonne Clark Assistant referees: Edson Carvajal Assistant referees: Ivan Cid Cruz Fourth official: John Ocampo

October 29, 2021	Liberty	0–1	Eastern Kentucky	Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m. CT		Report	87' Maddy Lemery	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 115 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Carmelo LoFaro Assistant referees: Justin Higgins Fourth official: Kayla Polonsky

October 29, 2021	Florida Gulf Coast	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Bellarmine	Fort Myers, FL
7:00 p.m. ET	Malaya Melancon 31'	Report	89' Lauren Mackey	Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 291 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn Assistant referees: John Ocampo Assistant referees: Sergio Cabrera Fourth official: Richonne Clark
	Penalties
	Alyssa Abbondandolo Olivia Lindstedt Leah Scarpelli Louise Lillback Ashlee Brentlinger		Elise Markley Sarah Buse Sophie Bish Lauren Mackey

Semifinals

October 31, 2021	Kennesaw State	1–0	Bellarmine	Fort Myers, FL
1:00 p.m. ET	Macie Rainwater 74'	Report		Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 56 Referee: Jaime Herrera Assistant referees: Irvin Castilla-Ouijana Assistant referees: Raidel Toledo Andino Fourth official: Amiel Aleman

October 31, 2021	Lipscomb	4–0	Eastern Kentucky	Nashville, TN
1:00 p.m. CT	Molly Grant 51', 89' Logan McFadden 67' Emanuela Schurch 75'	Report	69' Maddy Lemery	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Kyle Johnston Assistant referees: Esteban Eordogh Assistant referees: Gerson Castellanos Fourth official: Matthew Drew

Final

November 6, 2021	Lipscomb	1–0	Kennesaw State	Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m. CT	Kammy McGee 22' Emanuela Schurch 25'	Report	34' Team 34' Kendall Higgs	Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 623 Referee: Esteban Rosano Assistant referees: Christopher Kloc Assistant referees: Esteban Eordogh Fourth official: Kiah Haslett

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.14 goals per match (as of November 6, 2021).

4 goals

Macie Rainwater – Kennesaw State

3 goals

Molly Grant – Lipscomb

2 goals

Emma Hawkins – Central Arkansas
Kammy McGee – Lipscomb
Cami Rogers – Lipscomb

1 goal

Lauren Mackey – Bellarmine
Abby Gibson – Central Arkansas
Maddy Lemery – Eastern Kentucky
Malaya Melancon – Florida Gulf Coast
Tianna Rivera – Kennesaw State
Noa Ganthier – Lipscomb
Logan McFadden – Lipscomb
Emanuela Schurch – Lipscomb
Shadia Valenzuela – Lipscomb

All-Tournament team

Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Shelby Craft	Lipscomb
CJ Graham
Logan McFadden
Kammy McGee
Aila Swinton	Kennesaw State
Dylan Pixton
Macie Rainwater
Elyssa Francis	Bellarmine
Sarah Kraus	Bellarmine
Nerea de Diego	Eastern Kentucky
Lucy Ream	Eastern Kentucky

MVP in bold

References

^ "2020 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "ASUN Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "Bisons Claim Program's Third Women's @ASUNSoccer Championship Title in Four Seasons". asunsports.com. The Atlantic Sun Conference. November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[1] "2020 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[2] "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[3] "ASUN Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[4] "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[5] "Bisons Claim Program's Third Women's @ASUNSoccer Championship Title in Four Seasons". asunsports.com. The Atlantic Sun Conference. November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

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