2021 Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer tournament

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2021 Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance3,153
Site Baujan Field
Dayton, Ohio
Champions Saint Louis Billikens (6th title)
Winning coachKatie Shields (4th title)
MVP Mattyn Summers (Saint Louis)
Broadcast ESPN+
Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
VCU  910 .9001340 .765
Dayton  820 .8001262 .650
Saint Louis  y730 .7001391 .587
UMass  532 .6001164 .619
St. Bonaventure  541 .550784 .474
Rhode Island  541 .550692 .412
Richmond  550 .5007101 .417
Saint Joseph's  550 .5006122 .350
La Salle  451 .450692 .412
George Mason  451 .4506111 .361
George Washington  361 .3503122 .235
Duquesne  271 .2504102 .313
Fordham  271 .2504122 .278
Davidson  073 .1504104 .333
Conference champion
2021 Atlantic 10 Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:A10 Conference

The 2021 Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference held from October 30 through November 7, 2021. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Baujan Field in Dayton, Ohio. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending tournament champions were the Saint Louis Billikens, who successfully defended their championship as the third seed, defeating fourth seed UMass in the final. [1] [2] This was the Billikens' sixth overall tournament title, and coach Katie Shields' fourth title. Shields and Saint Louis have won four straight Atlantic 10 Tournaments in a row. [3] As tournament champions, Saint Louis earned the Atlantic 10's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Bracket

Source: [4]

Quarterfinals
Oct. 30-31
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 5
Final
Sunday, Nov. 7
         
1 VCU 0
8 Saint Joseph's 1
8 Saint Joseph's 0
4 UMass 2
4 UMass 5
5 St. Bonaventure 1
4 UMass 1
3 Saint Louis 4
2 Dayton 3
7 Richmond 1
2 Dayton 2
3 Saint Louis 4
3 Saint Louis (a.e.t.)2
6 Rhode Island 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 30, 2021 #3 Saint Louis 2–1 (a.e.t.) #6 Rhode Island St. Louis, MO
2:00 p.m. CT
  • Brionna Halverson Soccerball shade.svg86'
  • Lyndsey Heckel Soccerball shade gold.svg 103'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg53' Claire Ross
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Kelly Fitzgerald
Stadium: Hermann Stadium
Attendance: 648
Referee: Velimir Milovic
Assistant referees: Don Huber
Assistant referees: Saul Gonzalez
Fourth official: Vernon Gano
October 30, 2021 #1 VCU 0–1 #8 Saint Joseph's Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. EST Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg3' Erica Behr
  • Yellow card.svg 68' Izzy Greene
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 375
Referee: Shaun Papperman
Assistant referees: Anthony Tribotti
Assistant referees: James Conlee
Fourth official: Spencer Adamson
October 31, 2021 #2 Dayton 3–1 #7 Richmond Dayton, OH
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Marlee Taylor Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Laney Huber Soccerball shade.svg62'
  • Itala Gemelli Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg25' Emma Coleman
  • Yellow card.svg 40' Catie Groves
  • Yellow card.svg 89' Gianna Lucchesi
Stadium: Baujan Field
Attendance: 503
Referee: Eric Tattersall
Assistant referees: Tre Gaither
Assistant referees: Benjamin Travini
Fourth official: Doug Palomaki
October 31, 2021 #4 UMass 5–1 #5 St. Bonaventure Amherst, MA
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Ashley Lamond Soccerball shade.svg12'
  • Serena Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg30'
  • Mia Carazza Soccerball shade.svg56'
  • Olivia Gouldsbury Soccerball shade.svg84'
  • Lauren Robles Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg5' McKenna Robinson
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Christine Napoli
Stadium: Rudd Field
Attendance: 379
Referee: Daniel Shenk-Moreno
Assistant referees: Michele Beagan
Assistant referees: Katherine Mitchell-Moreno
Fourth official: Jeff Ardis

Semifinals

November 5, 2021 #4 UMass 2–0 #8 Saint Joseph's Dayton, OH
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Ashley Lamond Soccerball shade.svg21'
  • Lauren Bonavita Soccerball shade.svg65', Yellow card.svg 90'
Report Stadium: Baujan Field
Attendance: 143
November 5, 2021 #2 Dayton 2–4 #3 Saint Louis Dayton, OH
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Laney Huber Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Alexa Holl Soccerball shade.svg37'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg1' (o.g.) Own Goal
  • Soccerball shade.svg28' Caroline Kelly
  • Yellow card.svg 34' Anna Walsh
  • Soccerball shade.svg50' Mattyn Summers
  • Soccerball shade.svg52' (o.g.) Own Goal
Stadium: Baujan Field
Attendance: 538

Final

November 7, 2021 #3 Saint Louis 4–1 #4 UMass Dayton, OH
Noon ET
  • Hannah Friedrich Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Lyndsey Heckel Soccerball shade.svg61'
  • Emily Gaebe Soccerball shade.svg68'
  • Abbie Miller Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg54' Ashley Lamond
Stadium: Baujan Field
Attendance: 567
Referee: Ashley Cedro
Assistant referees: Tre Gaither
Assistant referees: Anthony Frizzell
Fourth official: Kendra Dalton-Landrum

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 27 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.86 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

3 goals

  • Ashley Lamond – UMass

2 goals

  • Laney Huber – Dayton
  • Lyndsey Heckel – Saint Louis

1 goal

  • Itala Gemelli – Dayton
  • Alexa Holl – Dayton
  • Marlee Taylor – Dayton
  • Claire Ross – Rhode Island
  • Emma Coleman – Richmond
  • McKenna Robinson – Saint Bonaventure
  • Erica Behr – Saint Joseph's
  • Hannah Friedrich – Saint Louis
  • Emily Gaebe – Saint Louis
  • Brionna Halverson – Saint Louis
  • Caroline Kelly – Saint Louis
  • Abbie Miller – Saint Louis
  • Mattyn Summers – Saint Louis
  • Serena Ahmed – UMass
  • Lauren Bonavita – UMass
  • Mia Carazza – UMass
  • Olivia Gouldsbury – UMass
  • Lauren Robles – UMass

2 own goals

  • Dayton (Against Saint Louis)
  • Dayton (Against Saint Louis)

All Tournament Team

Source: [5]

PlayerTeam
Mattyn SummersSaint Louis
Emily Puricelli
Hannah Friedrich
Lyndsey Heckel
Caroline Kelly
Brionna Halverson
Ashley LamondUMass
Bella Recinos
Ava Jouvenal
Fiona Kane
Laney HuberDayton

MVP in bold

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