2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer team

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2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer
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Co-WCC Champions
Conference West Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
Record17–4–3 (8–1–0 WCC)
Head coach
Home stadium South Field
Uniform
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Seasons
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2021 West Coast Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 BYU  ‍†‍‍y8–1–0 .88917–4–3 .771
No. 4 Santa Clara  ‍†‍‍y8–1–0 .88915–5–3 .717
No. 13 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y6–2–1 .72217–4–1 .795
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍5–4–0 .55615–5–0 .750
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍4–3–2 .55610–4–4 .667
Portland  ‍‍‍4–4–0 .5008–8–0 .500
Pacific  ‍‍‍2–4–2 .37510–5–3 .639
San Francisco  ‍‍‍2–6–0 .2506–9–2 .412
San Diego  ‍‍‍1–6–1 .1886–10–1 .382
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍0–9–0 .0000–19–0 .000
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:West Coast Conference

The 2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represented Brigham Young University during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars were coached for a 27th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars have made the NCAA tournament in 21 of the 26 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson (5th season) [1] and Steve Magleby (4th season) [2] with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen (7th season) and McKinzie Young (9th season). The Cougars come off of a season where they were second in the WCC and went 11–4–1, 7–1–1 in the WCC. Their lone conference loss came to eventual national champion Santa Clara, whom the Cougars beat in Santa Clara in a non-conference match. For the 2021 season BYU returned 10 starters, including defending WCC Offensive Player of the Year Mikayla Colohan, who was drafted by the Orlando Pride. Cameron Tucker, who recorded eight goals and eight assists in 2020–21, also returned. The others returning due to an extra year of eligibility granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic include goalkeeper Cassidy Smith, Grace Johnson and Mikaylie Call. The incoming class features six new athletes and no new transfers. The Cougars went on to share the WCC crown, advance to their first ever College Cup, and tied in the championship with Florida State before losing on penalties to finish as national runner–up.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

No.PositionPlayerHeightHometownYear
1 GK Haven Empey5'9" American Fork, UT Freshman
2 MF, D Olivia Smith5'6" Eagle, ID RS Freshman
3 MF, F Makaylie Moore5'5" Auburn, WA Senior
4 D Grace Johnson5'10" Centerville, UT Senior
5 F, MF Brecken Mozingo 5'6" Sandy, UT Sophomore
6 MF Ashton Johnson5'10" Provo, UT Junior
7 D Brooke Hale5'10" Danville, CA Freshman
8 MF Mikayla Colohan 5'8" Fruit Heights, UT Senior
10 MF, F Olivia Wade5'8" Kaysville, UT Sophomore
11 MF, F Ellie Maughan5'8" North Ogden, UT Sophomore
12 MF Jamie Shepherd5'7" American Fork, UT Sophomore
13 F, MF Lytiana Akinaka5'6" Maui, HI Junior
15 D Zoe Jacobs5'5" Kaysville, UT Sophomore
16 MF, D Kendell Petersen5'8" South Weber, UT Sophomore
18 F, MF Paola Garcia5'3" Mapleton, UT Freshman
19 F Addie Gardner5'7" Highland, UT Freshman
20 F Cameron Tucker 5'9" Highland, UT Senior
21 D Tara Warner5'6" Springville, UT Freshman
22 F, MF Bella Folino5'6" Aliso Viejo, CA RS Sophomore
23 F Ruby Hladek5'7" Ladera Ranch, CA Freshman
24 MF Josie Shepherd5'6" American Fork, UT Freshman
25 MF, F Jacey Wood5'6" Las Vegas, NV Freshman
26 D Laveni Vaka 5'6" Sandy, UT Sophomore
27 F Daviana Vaka5'7" Sandy, UT RS Freshman
28 D Natalee Wells5'7" Alpine, UT Junior
29 MF, D Abbie Kotter5'9" Providence, UT Freshman
32 GK Cassidy Smith5'9" Alpine, UT RS Senior
33 MF, F Rachel McCarthy5'7" American Fork, UT Sophomore
34 GK Kelsey Hoopes5'7" Livermore, CA Freshman
66 GK Savanna Empey5'10" American Fork, UT Freshman

Media

Television & Internet Streaming

Most BYU women's soccer will have a TV broadcast or internet video stream available. BYUtv and WCC Network will once again serve as the primary providers. Information on these television and streaming broadcasts can be found under each individual match.

Nu Skin BYU Sports Network

For an eighth consecutive season the BYU Sports Network will air BYU Cougars women's soccer games. Greg Wrubell will provide play-by-play for most games with Jason Shepherd filling-in when Wrubell has football or basketball duties. BYU Radio's KUMT station 107.9 FM will act as the flagship stations for women's soccer, though the BYU Sports App will carry a few games exclusively. For the national semifinal and championship SiriusXM's BYU Radio 143 station was added to provide a nationwide broadcast.

Affiliates [3]

Schedule and results

2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer Game Log [4] [5]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Canceled      Bold = BYU team member
Regular season (13–4–1)
Postseason (4–0–2)
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from the United Soccer Coaches Poll on the date of the contest.

Announcers

Rankings

Regular season Polls
PollPre-
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Postseason		Final
United Soccer Coaches 15 [6] 24 [7] 14 [8] 22 [9] 18(RV)(RV)2015121112132
Top Drawer Soccer 1215122018NRNRNRNR24191917 (1st Round)
12 (2nd Rd, Sweet 16)
6 (Elite 8)
3 (Final 4)		2
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