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 edit
The 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 edit
Source:[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 edit
First round edit
| November 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 edit
| November 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 edit
| November 7 | Grand Canyon | 3–0 | Utah Valley | Abilene, TX |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium |
Statistics edit
There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
2 goals
Lindsey Prokop – Grand Canyon- Sadie Brockbank – Utah Valley
1 goal
- Dani Babb – Grand Canyon
- Camryn Larson – Grand Canyon
Marleen Schimmer – Grand Canyon
Eva Karen – Lamar
Laura Linares – Lamar- Summer Knox – Sam Houston State
- Manthy Brady – Utah Valley
- Breanna Eves – Utah Valley
- Katie Haskins – Utah Valley
- Nicole Olanda – Utah Valley
- Amber Tripp – Utah Valley
All-Tournament team edit
Source:[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.