The 2021 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was held from November 3 to November 7, 2021. The six-match tournament took place at the Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas. The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Southeastern Louisiana Lions, but they were unable to defend their title falling in the Semifinals to Northwestern State 1–0.[1] Northwestern State went on to win the tournament, defeating Incarnate Word 1–0 in the Final.[2] The title was the fifth overall for the Northwestern State program, and first under head coach Stuart Gore.[3] As tournament champions, Northwestern State earned the Southland Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
| 2021 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 7 | ||||
| Matches | 6 | ||||
| Attendance | 946 | ||||
| Site | Dugan Stadium Corpus Christi, Texas | ||||
| Champions | Northwestern State (5th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Stuart Gore (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Acelya Aydogmus (Northwestern State) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State †‡y | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .833 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .792 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .625 | 9 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .476 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 5 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .458 | 7 | – | 11 | – | 1 | .395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .458 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 4 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .333 | 4 | – | 14 | – | 1 | .237 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 0 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .000 | 0 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Southland Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Southland Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding
editAll seven Southland Conference teams participated in the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference records. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique number of points in conference play.[4][5]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Northwestern State | 10–2–0 | 30 |
| 2 | McNeese State | 9–2–1 | 28 |
| 3 | Incarnate Word | 7–4–1 | 22 |
| 4 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 5–6–1 | 16 |
| 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4–5–3 | 15 |
| 6 | Houston Baptist | 4–8–0 | 12 |
| 7 | Nicholls | 0–12–0 | 0 |
Bracket
editSource:[6]
| First Round Wednesday, November 3–4 | Semifinals Friday, November 5 | Final Sunday, November 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Northwestern State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Texas A&M–CC | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Northwestern State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Incarnate Word | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | McNeese State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Nicholls | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | McNeese State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Incarnate Word | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Incarnate Word | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston Baptist | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
editFirst Round
edit| November 3, 2021 | #2 McNeese State | 2–0 | #7 Nicholls | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
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Report | Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 77 Referee: Arturo Ibarra Assistant referees: Chris Gordon Janae Thompson Fourth official: Alex DeRostaing |
| November 3, 2021 | #3 Incarnate Word | 4–0 | #6 Houston Baptist | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 4:00 p.m. CT |
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Report | Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 133 Referee: Alex DeRostaing Assistant referees: Jacobo Zuniga Rebekah Jandron Fourth official: April Castellanos |
| November 4, 2021 | #4 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 0–1 | #5 Southeastern Louisiana | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 9:30 a.m. CT | Report |
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Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 268 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Janae Thompson Jacobo Zuniga Fourth official: April Castellanos |
Semifinals
edit| November 5, 2021 | #2 McNeese State | 0–1 | #3 Incarnate Word | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 4:00 p.m. CT | Report |
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Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 127 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Janae Thompson April Castellanos Fourth official: Jacobo Zuniga |
| November 5, 2021 | #1 Northwestern State | 1–0 | #5 Southeastern Louisiana | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 7:00 p.m. CT |
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Report | Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 144 Referee: Fevzi Demirhan Assistant referees: Chris Gordon Arturo Ibarra Fourth official: Alex DeRostaing |
Final
edit| November 7, 2021 | #1 Northwestern State | 1–0 | #3 Incarnate Word | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
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Report | Stadium: Dugan Stadium Attendance: 197 Referee: Alex DeRostaing Assistant referees: Chris Gordon April Castellanos Fourth official: Jacobo Zuniga |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere were 10 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).
3 goals
- Isabella Beletic – Incarnate Word
1 goal
- Eve Clarkson – Incarnate Word
- Sierra Wannamaker – Incarnate Word
- Jillian Bech – McNeese State
- Keely Morrow – McNeese State
- Faith Adams – Northwestern State
- Olivia Draguicevich – Northwestern State
- Ellie Williams – Southeastern Louisiana
All-Tournament team
editSource:[7]
| Player | Team |
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| Acelya Aydogmus | Northwestern State |
| Nicole Henry | |
| Olivia Draguicevich | |
| Delaney Wells | |
| Eve Clarkson | Incarnate Word |
| Sierra Wannamaker | |
| Isabella Beletic | |
| Keely Morrow | McNeese State |
| Anna Watson | |
| Darby Gillette | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Jamie Raines |
MVP in bold
References
edit- ^ "2020 Southland Conference soccer tournament". southland.org. Southland Conference. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Southland Conference soccer tournament". southland.org. Southland Conference. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). southland.org. Southland Conference. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Southland Conference soccer tournament Seeds Finalized". southland.org. Southland Conference. October 29, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Soccer Tie-Breaking Procedures". southland.org. Southland Conference. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Southland Conference soccer tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ "No. 1 Northwestern State Claims Southland Tournament Title Over No. 3 UIW on Faith Adams' Winner". southland.org. Southland Conference. November 7, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.