2016 WAC women's soccer tournament

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2016 WAC women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Site Durwood Soccer Stadium
Kansas City, MO
Champions Seattle (3rd title)
Winning coachJulie Woodward (3rd title)
MVP Natasha Howe (Seattle Redhawks)
BroadcastWAC Digital Network (All Games)
WAC women's soccer tournament
«2015   2017»
2016 WAC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Seattle  y700 1.0001461 .690
Cal State Bakersfield  421 .6438102 .450
UMKC  322 .5718104 .455
Grand Canyon*  322 .571792 .444
Utah Valley  331 .5001082 .550
New Mexico State  232 .4295132 .300
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  250 .2861081 .553
Chicago State  070 .0001160 .059
Conference champion
2016 WAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

* – Grand Canyon ineligible for postseason (D2 to D1 regulations)
As of 2016-11-14
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference to be held from November 3 to November 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at Durwood Soccer Stadium in Kansas City. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions are the Utah Valley Wolverines, who defeated the Seattle Redhawks 2–0 in the 2015 tournament. [1]

Contents

Bracket

[2] [3]

First round
Thursday, Nov. 3
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 4
Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
1 Seattle 2
4 Utah Valley 24 Utah Valley 1
5 New Mexico State 0 1 Seattle 2
3 UMKC 1
2 CSU Bakersfield 0
3 UMKC 43 UMKC 4
6 UTRGV 1

Schedule

First round

November 3, 2016 #4 Utah Valley 2–0 #5 New Mexico State Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT Lilly Weaver Soccerball shade.svg12'
Sheridan Fox Soccerball shade.svg59'
Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Dion Telting
November 3, 2016 #3 UMKC 4–1 #6 UTRGV Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT Niekie Pellens Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)
Lilly Cobb Soccerball shade.svg50'
Kara Priest Soccerball shade.svg57'
Lexie Howard Soccerball shade.svg71'
Report Marcela Ramirez Soccerball shade.svg78'Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Allen Chapman

Semifinals

November 4, 2016 #1 Seattle 2–1 #4 Utah Valley Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT Natasha Howe Soccerball shade.svg11'
Isabelle Butterfield Soccerball shade.svg14'
Report Sara Callister Soccerball shade.svg72'Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Allen Chapman
November 4, 2016 #2 CSU Bakersfield 0–4 #3 UMKC Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT Report Emily Herndon Soccerball shade.svg21', 49' (pen.)
Niekie Pellens Soccerball shade.svg40'
Abby Small Soccerball shade.svg54'
Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Dion Telting

Final

November 6, 2016 #1 Seattle 2–1 #3 UMKC Kansas City, MO
1:00 p.m. CT Karli White Soccerball shade.svg7'
Jessie Ray Soccerball shade.svg71'
Report Lexie Howard Soccerball shade.svg6'Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 337
Referee: Christopher Calderon

All-Tournament team

[4]

PlayerTeamPosition
Keneika WebsterCSU BakersfieldDF
Haley VicenteCSU BakersfieldFW
Libby WeberUtah ValleyMF
Linley BrownUtah ValleyDF
Lexie HowardUMKCFW
Emily HerndonUMKCMF
Niekie PellensUMKCDF
Karli WhiteSeattleFW
Brie HooksSeattleFW
Isabelle ButterfieldSeattleFW

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