The 2021 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 3 to November 7, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at Elmer Gray Stadium in Abilene, TX on the campus of Abilene Christian University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season divisional conference play. The defending champions were the Utah Valley Wolverines.[1] Utah Valley was unable to defend their crown, falling 3–0 against Grand Canyon in the final.[2] This was Grand Caynon's first WAC Tournament victory in program history as well as the first victory for head coach Chris Cissell.[3] As tournament champions, Grand Canyon earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
2021 WAC women's soccer tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Teams | 6 | ||||
Matches | 5 | ||||
Site | Elmer Gray Stadium Abilene, TX | ||||
Champions | Grand Canyon (1st title) | ||||
Winning coach | Chris Cissell (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Lindsey Prokop (Grand Canyon) | ||||
Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin † | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .800 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .450 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 1 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .250 | 6 | – | 12 | – | 2 | .350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago State | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .200 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 1 | .147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Canyon †‡y | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 16 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .773 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Valley | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 13 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .500 | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California Baptist* | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dixie State* | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .250 | 6 | – | 13 | – | 1 | .325 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seattle | 1 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .250 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA Tournament due to transition from Division II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC |
Seeding
editThe top three teams from each division qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and the top seed from each conference earned a bye into the semifinal round. No tiebreakers were required as each of the top three teams in each conference finished with unique conference records.[4]
Finish | Team | Conference Record |
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1 | Stephen F. Austin | 8–2–0 |
2 | Lamar | 6–2–2 |
3 | Sam Houston State | 6–4–0 |
Finish | Team | Conference Record |
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1 | Grand Canyon | 7–1–2 |
2 | Utah Valley | 6–2–2 |
3 | New Mexico State | 5–5–0 |
Bracket
editSource:[5]
First round Wednesday, Nov. 3 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 5 | Final Sunday, Nov. 7 | ||||||||||||
W 1 | Grand Canyon | 2 | ||||||||||||
SW 2 | Lamar | 1 | SW 2 | Lamar | 1 | |||||||||
W 3 | New Mexico State | 0 | W 1 | Grand Canyon | 3 | |||||||||
W 2 | Utah Valley | 0 | ||||||||||||
SW 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 0 | ||||||||||||
W 2 | Utah Valley | 6 | W 2 | Utah Valley | 1 | |||||||||
SW 3 | Sam Houston | 1 |
Matches
editFirst round
editNovember 3 | SW #2 Lamar | 1–0 | W #3 New Mexico State | Abilene, TX |
4:00 p.m. |
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Report | Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Referee: Chris Greer Assistant referees: Joel Mckell Hans Soland Fourth official: Aaron Donahoe |
November 3 | W #2 Utah Valley | 6–1 | SW #3 Sam Houston | Abilene, TX |
7:00 p.m. |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Attendance: 58 Referee: Matthew Buckman Assistant referees: Tony Obas Habeeb Hooshmand Fourth official: Gloria Martinez Resendiz |
Semifinals
editNovember 5 Semifinal 1 | Grand Canyon | 2–1 | Lamar | Abilene, TX |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium |
November 5 Semifinal 2 | Stephen F. Austin | 0–1 | Utah Valley | Abilene, TX |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium |
Final
editNovember 7 | Grand Canyon | 3–0 | Utah Valley | Abilene, TX |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium |
Statistics
editThere were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
All-Tournament team
editSource:[6]
Player | Team |
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Sadie Brockbank | Utah Valley |
Breanna Eves | |
Amber Tripp | |
Eva Karen | Lamar |
Nicole Panis | |
Dani Babb | Grand Canyon |
Hannah Edwards | |
Jordan Ferguson | |
Camryn Larson | |
Marleen Schimmer | |
Lindsey Prokop |
MVP in bold
References
edit- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2020-21 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2021 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2021 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "WAC Announces Bracket for 2021-22 Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. October 31, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "2021 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "2021 WAC All-Tournament team Women's Soccer". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2021.