2021 WAC women's soccer tournament

2021 WAC women's soccer tournament
2021 WAC women's soccer tournament
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+
WAC women's soccer tournament
«2020	2022»

2021 WAC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
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

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.

Seeding

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]

Southwest Region
Finish	Team	Conference Record
1	Stephen F. Austin	8–2–0
2	Lamar	6–2–2
3	Sam Houston State	6–4–0

West Region
Finish	Team	Conference Record
1	Grand Canyon	7–1–2
2	Utah Valley	6–2–2
3	New Mexico State	5–5–0

Bracket

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

First round

November 3	SW #2 Lamar	1–0	W #3 New Mexico State	Abilene, TX
4:00 p.m.	Eva Karen 47'	Report		Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Referee: Chris Greer Assistant referees: Joel Mckell Assistant referees: Hans Soland Fourth official: Aaron Donahoe

November 3	W #2 Utah Valley	6–1	SW #3 Sam Houston	Abilene, TX
7:00 p.m.	Nicole Olanda 9' Sadie Brockbank 30', 65' Breanna Eves 45' Katie Haskins 65' Amber Tripp 71' Manthy Brady 77'	Report	54' Summer Knox	Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Attendance: 58 Referee: Matthew Buckman Assistant referees: Tony Obas Assistant referees: Habeeb Hooshmand Fourth official: Gloria Martinez Resendiz

Semifinals

November 5 Semifinal 1	Grand Canyon	2–1	Lamar	Abilene, TX
	Marleen Schimmer 26' Lindsey Prokop 79'	Report	52' Laura Linares	Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium

November 5 Semifinal 2	Stephen F. Austin	0–1	Utah Valley	Abilene, TX
	Paige Kanipes 90'	Report	Katie Haskins 76' Juliana Carter 90'	Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium

Final

November 7	Grand Canyon	3–0	Utah Valley	Abilene, TX
	44' Lindsey Prokop 70' Camryn Larson 88' Dani Babb	Report	Sadie Brockbank 48'	Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium

Statistics

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

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Sadie Brockbank	Utah Valley
Breanna Eves
Amber Tripp
Eva Karen	Lamar
Nicole Panis	Lamar
Dani Babb	Grand Canyon
Hannah Edwards
Jordan Ferguson
Camryn Larson
Marleen Schimmer
Lindsey Prokop