2021 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament

2021 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,126
Site	Corcoran Field (Semifinals and Finals) Cincinnati, Ohio
Champions	Georgetown (5th title)
Winning coach	Dave Nolan (5th title)
MVP	Sydney Cummings (Offensive) Julia Leas (Defensive) (Georgetown)
Broadcast	Big East Network (Quarterfinals and Semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final)
Big East Conference women's soccer tournament «2020   2022»

2021 Big East Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 19 Xavier  ‍†‍‍y	9	–	1	–	0		.900			16	–	3	–	1		.825
No. 22 Georgetown  ‍‍‡‍y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			14	–	2	–	6		.773
Butler  ‍‍‍y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			15	–	5	–	1		.738
St. John's  ‍‍‍y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			13	–	7	–	3		.630
Providence  ‍‍‍y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			10	–	7	–	3		.575
UConn  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			9	–	8	–	1		.528
Marquette  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			9	–	8	–	0		.529
DePaul  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			7	–	11	–	0		.389
Creighton  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1		.150			7	–	10	–	2		.421
Villanova  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			7	–	11	–	0		.389
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			6	–	12	–	0		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Big East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big East Conference

The 2021 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from October 31 through November 7, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at Xavier University's Corcoran Field in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Semifinals and Finals, while the Quarterfinals were hosted by the higher seeded team. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas. ^[1] They successfully defended their title by defeating St. John's in the final 1-0. ^[2] This is the fifth title in program history for Georgetown and head coach Dave Nolan. All five of their titles have come in the last six years. ^[1] As tournament champions, Georgetown earned the Big East's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. No tiebreakers were required as each of the top six teams finished with unique point totals. The Semifinals and Finals of the tournament were hosted by the first seed, Xavier.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Xavier	9–1–0	27
2	Georgetown	7–1–2	23
3	Butler	7–2–1	22
4	St. John's	6–3–1	19
5	Providence	5–3–2	17
6	UConn	5–4–1	16

Bracket

Source: ^[3]

	First round Sunday, Oct. 31					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 7
						1	Xavier	0
	4	St. John's (a.e.t.)	2			4	St. John's	1
	5	Providence	1								4	St. John's	0
											2	Georgetown	1
						2	Georgetown	2
	3	Butler (a.e.t.)	1			3	Butler	1
	6	UConn	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Butler v #6 UConn

October 31, 2021	#3 Butler	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#6 UConn	Indianapolis, IN
1:00 p.m. EST	Abigail Isger 107'	Report	43' Isabelle Lynch	Stadium: Sellick Bowl Attendance: 292 Referee: Mark Buda Assistant referees: Aaron Rawlins Assistant referees: Jason Gordon Fourth official: Anthony Frizzell

#4 St. John's v #5 Providence

October 31, 2021	#4 St. John's	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#5 Providence	New York, NY
1:00 p.m. EST	Frederique St. Jean 31' Nicole Gordon  76' Maia Cabrera  90' Isabelle Aviza 91'	Report	27', 79' Amber Birchwell	Stadium: Belson Stadium Attendance: 334 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Assistant referees: Keith Fisher Fourth official: Alexandru Focea

Semifinals

#1 Xavier v #4 St. John's

November 4, 2021	#1 Xavier	0–1	#4 St. John's	Cincinnati, OH
5:00 p.m. EST		Report	57' Nicole Gordon 61' Zsanett Kaján	Stadium: Corcoran Field Attendance: 663 Referee: Richonne Clark Assistant referees: Maggie Short Assistant referees: Chad Collins Fourth official: Cole Druck

#2 Georgetown v #3 Butler

November 4, 2021	#2 Georgetown	2–1	#3 Butler	Cincinnati, OH
7:30 p.m. EST	Eliza Turner 60' Kaitlyn Parcell 66'	Report	82' Katie Soderstrom	Stadium: Corcoran Field Attendance: 663 Referee: David Breckner Assistant referees: Michael Kinder Assistant referees: Dean Morgan Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist

Final

#2 Georgetown v #4 St. John's

November 7, 2021	#2 Georgetown	1–0	#4 St. John's	Cincinnati, OH
1:30 p.m. EST	Sydney Cummings 64'	Report	72' Angelina Scoma  78' Athina Sofroniou	Stadium: Corcoran Field Attendance: 174 Referee: Karl Kummer Assistant referees: Kyle Maust Assistant referees: Andrew Castel Fourth official: Michael Samour

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.8 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

1 goal

• Abigail Isger – Butler
• Katie Soderstrom – Butler
• Sydney Cummings – Georgetown
• Kaitlyn Parcell – Georgetown
• Eliza Turner – Georgetown
• Amber Birchwell – Providence
• Isabelle Aviza – St. John's
• Zsanett Kaján – St. John's
• Frederique St. Jean – St. John's

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[4]

Player	Team
Julia Leas^	Georgetown
Sydney Cummings*
Maya Fernandez-Powell
Kelly Ann Livingstone
Shannon Aviza	St. John's
Michell Money
Katherine Turner
Molly McLaughlin	Xavier
Sonia Vargas
Abby Isger	Butler
Katie Soderstrom

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

1. "2021 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
2. "2021 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
3. "Bracket Finalized For The 2021 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship Presented by JEEP". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. October 28, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
4. "Georgetown Wins 2021 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.