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2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament

The 2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 4 and 7, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at Anteater Stadium in Irvine, California. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Cal State Fullerton Titans.[2] The Titans won the tournament in 2019 and are classified as the defending champions because there was no tournament held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cal State Fullerton was unable to defend its crown, falling to Cal Poly in the Semifinals. The UC Irvine Anteaters won the title by defeating Cal Poly 1–0 in the final.[3] This was the second Big West tournament title for the UC Irvine program and the first for head coach Scott Juniper.[4] As tournament champions, UC Irvine earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance1,706
SiteAnteater Stadium
Irvine, California
ChampionsUC Irvine (2nd title)
Winning coachScott Juniper (1st title)
MVPMaddy Chavez[1] (UC Irvine)
BroadcastESPN+
Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
«2019 2022»
2021 Big West Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
UC Irvine  ‍†‍‡‍y 8 – 2 – 0   .800 16 – 6 – 0   .727
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 8 – 2 – 0   .800 13 – 8 – 0   .619
Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3 – 0   .700 10 – 10 – 0   .500
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 1   .650 8 – 9 – 3   .475
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 1   .650 9 – 7 – 2   .556
UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5 – 0   .500 10 – 8 – 0   .556
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 1   .389 5 – 10 – 2   .353
Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 2   .333 2 – 9 – 3   .250
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 1   .250 3 – 14 – 2   .211
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8 – 0   .200 3 – 17 – 0   .150
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 2   .200 4 – 11 – 2   .294
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 Big West Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big West Conference

Seeding

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Four Big West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine which school would be selected as the number one seed, and tournament host. UC Irvine and Cal Poly both finished the season with twenty four points, but UC Irvine was awarded the top seed by virtue of their 2–0 win over Cal Poly on October 31. A tiebreaker was also required to determine the fourth team in the tournament after both UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State after both teams finished the season with nineteen points. UC Santa Barbara defeated Long Beach State 2–1 on October 31, and therefore were awarded the fourth seed.[5]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 UC Irvine 8–2–0 24
2 Cal Poly 8–2–0 24
3 Cal State Fullerton 7–3–0 21
4 UC Santa Barbara 6–3–1 19

Bracket

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Source:[6]

Semifinals
Thursday, November 4 		Final
Sunday, November 7
      
1 UC Irvine 1
4 UC Santa Barbara 0
1 UC Irvine 1
2 Cal Poly 0
2 Cal Poly 2
3 Cal State Fullerton 0

Schedule

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Semifinals

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November 4, 2021 #2 Cal Poly 2–0 #3 Cal State Fullerton Irvine, CA
5:00 p.m. PST
  • Oliva Ortiz   14'
  • Cal State Fullterton   51' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 289
Referee: Karen DeLeon
Assistant referees: Vincent Brizzolara
Assistant referees: Loren Barnett
Fourth official: Magic Berenji
November 4, 2021 #1 UC Irvine 1–0 #4 UC Santa Barbara Irvine, CA
7:30 p.m. PST
  • Scarlett Camberos   46' (pen.)
 Report
  •   42' Team
  •   46'   90' Evann Smith
  •   65' Dylan Lewis
 Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 687
Referee: William Hoffman
Assistant referees: Magic Berenji
Assistant referees: Steve Skille
Fourth official: Vincent Brizzolara

Final

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November 7, 2021 #1 UC Irvine 1–0 #2 Cal Poly Irvine, CA
1:00 p.m. PST
  • Alex Jaquez   32'
 Report Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 730
Referee: Samantha Martinez
Assistant referees: Jaclyn Reilman
Assistant referees: Andrea Reyes
Fourth official: Alana Ethridge

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 4 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.33 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Cal State Fullteron (against Cal Poly)

References

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  1. ^ Big West Conference. "Top-seeded UC Irvine Wins The Big West 2021 Women's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Big West Conference. "2019 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Big West Conference. "2021 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Big West Women's Soccer Tournament Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Matchups Locked for The Big West 2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Big West Conference. October 31, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Big West 2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Big West Conference. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
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