2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament

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2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance1,573
SiteCampus Sites, #1 seeds
Champions Lipscomb (3rd title)
Winning coachKevin O'Brien (3rd title)
MVP Shelby Craft (Lipscomb)
Broadcast ESPN+
ASUN women's soccer tournament
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2021 ASUN Conference women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Florida Gulf Coast  720 .7781071 .583
Liberty  630 .6671171 .605
Kennesaw State  432 .556982 .526
Jacksonville  261 .278783 .472
North Florida  432 .556943 .656
Stetson  351 .3896102 .389
West
Lipscomb  y720 .7781551 .738
Central Arkansas  630 .667990 .500
Eastern Kentucky  450 .4449100 .474
Bellarmine  252 .333478 .421
Jacksonville State  351 .3897102 .421
North Alabama  171 .1672133 .194
Conference champion
2021 ASUN tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches poll
Source:ASUN Conference

The 2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from October 29 through November 6, 2021. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the Western Division champions and Eastern Division champions home stadiums. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Liberty Flames were the defending tournament champions, and unable to defend their title, losing to Eastern Kentucky in the Quarterfinals. [1] The Lipscomb Bisons won the tournament after defeating Kennesaw State 1–0 in the final. [2] It was their third title in four years, and third title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Kevin O'Brien. [3] As tournament champions, Lipscomb earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Bracket

Source: [4]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, October 29
Semifinals
Friday, October 31
Final
Sunday, November 6
         
1E Florida Gulf Coast 1 (3)
4W Bellarmine (pen.)1 (4)
4W Bellarmine 0
3E Kennesaw State 1
2W Central Arkansas 3
3E Kennesaw State (a.e.t.)4
3E Kennesaw State 0
1W Lipscomb 1
1W Lipscomb 6
5W Jacksonville State 0
1W Lipscomb 4
3W Eastern Kentucky 0
2E Liberty 0
3W Eastern Kentucky 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 29, 2021 Lipscomb 6–0 Jacksonville State Nashville, TN
2:00 p.m. CT
  • Cami Rogers Soccerball shade.svg10', 25'
  • Kammy McGee Soccerball shade.svg14'
  • Molly Grant Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • Noa Ganthier Soccerball shade.svg84'
  • Shadia Valenzuela Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 135
Referee: Kayla Polonksy
Assistant referees: Jarred Mosher
Assistant referees: Tarik Veleder
Fourth official: Shane Butler
October 29, 2021 Central Arkansas 3–4 (a.e.t.) Kennesaw State Fort Myers, FL
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Emma Hawkins Soccerball shade.svg59', 62'
  • Abby Gibson Soccerball shade.svg67'
  • Alyssa Fason Yellow card.svg 80'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg45', 58', 81' Macie Rainwater
  • Yellow card.svg 72' Ebony Clarke
  • Yellow card.svg 81' Aila Swinton
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg93' Tianna Rivera
Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex
Attendance: 103
Referee: Richonne Clark
Assistant referees: Edson Carvajal
Assistant referees: Ivan Cid Cruz
Fourth official: John Ocampo
October 29, 2021 Liberty 0–1 Eastern Kentucky Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m. CT Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg87' Maddy Lemery
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 115
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: Carmelo LoFaro
Assistant referees: Justin Higgins
Fourth official: Kayla Polonsky
October 29, 2021 Florida Gulf Coast 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Bellarmine Fort Myers, FL
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Malaya Melancon Soccerball shade.svg31'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg89' Lauren Mackey
Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex
Attendance: 291
Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn
Assistant referees: John Ocampo
Assistant referees: Sergio Cabrera
Fourth official: Richonne Clark
Penalties
  • Alyssa Abbondandolo Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Olivia Lindstedt Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Leah Scarpelli Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Louise Lillback Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Ashlee Brentlinger Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Elise Markley
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Sarah Buse
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Sophie Bish
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Lauren Mackey

Semifinals

October 31, 2021 Kennesaw State 1–0 Bellarmine Fort Myers, FL
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Macie Rainwater Soccerball shade.svg74'
Report Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex
Attendance: 56
Referee: Jaime Herrera
Assistant referees: Irvin Castilla-Ouijana
Assistant referees: Raidel Toledo Andino
Fourth official: Amiel Aleman
October 31, 2021 Lipscomb 4–0 Eastern Kentucky Nashville, TN
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Molly Grant Soccerball shade.svg51', 89'
  • Logan McFadden Soccerball shade.svg67'
  • Emanuela Schurch Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 69' Maddy Lemery
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kyle Johnston
Assistant referees: Esteban Eordogh
Assistant referees: Gerson Castellanos
Fourth official: Matthew Drew

Final

November 6, 2021 Lipscomb 1–0 Kennesaw State Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m. CT
  • Kammy McGee Soccerball shade.svg22'
  • Emanuela Schurch Yellow card.svg 25'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 34' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 34' Kendall Higgs
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 623
Referee: Esteban Rosano
Assistant referees: Christopher Kloc
Assistant referees: Esteban Eordogh
Fourth official: Kiah Haslett

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.14 goals per match (as of November 6, 2021).

4 goals

  • Macie Rainwater – Kennesaw State

3 goals

  • Molly Grant – Lipscomb

2 goals

  • Emma Hawkins – Central Arkansas
  • Kammy McGee – Lipscomb
  • Cami Rogers – Lipscomb

1 goal

  • Lauren Mackey – Bellarmine
  • Abby Gibson – Central Arkansas
  • Maddy Lemery – Eastern Kentucky
  • Malaya Melancon – Florida Gulf Coast
  • Tianna Rivera – Kennesaw State
  • Noa Ganthier – Lipscomb
  • Logan McFadden – Lipscomb
  • Emanuela Schurch – Lipscomb
  • Shadia Valenzuela – Lipscomb

All-Tournament team

Source: [5]

PlayerTeam
Shelby CraftLipscomb
CJ Graham
Logan McFadden
Kammy McGee
Aila SwintonKennesaw State
Dylan Pixton
Macie Rainwater
Elyssa FrancisBellarmine
Sarah Kraus
Nerea de DiegoEastern Kentucky
Lucy Ream

MVP in bold

References

  1. "2020 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  3. "ASUN Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  4. "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  5. "Bisons Claim Program's Third Women's @ASUNSoccer Championship Title in Four Seasons". asunsports.com. The Atlantic Sun Conference. November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.