2021 CAA women's soccer tournament

2021 CAA women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	1,075
Site	Rudd Field Elon, NC
Champions	Hofstra (7th title)
Winning coach	Simon Riddiough (6th title)
MVP	Lucy Porter (Hofstra)
Broadcast	FloSports
CAA women's soccer tournament «2020   2022»

2021 Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
UNC Wilmington  ‍†‍‍	7	–	2	–	0		.778			11	–	4	–	1		.719
Hofstra  ‍‍‡‍y	6	–	2	–	1		.722			17	–	4	–	1		.795
James Madison  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0		.667			9	–	9	–	1		.500
Northeastern  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0		.556			9	–	9	–	1		.500
Elon  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	2		.556			9	–	6	–	2		.588
Towson  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			8	–	7	–	3		.528
William & Mary  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	3		.389			4	–	9	–	3		.344
Drexel  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	2		.333			6	–	8	–	3		.441
Delaware  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	2		.333			5	–	11	–	2		.333
College of Charleston  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	1		.278			3	–	12	–	3		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 CAA Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Colonial Athletic Association

The 2021 CAA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association held from November 4 through November 7, 2021. The tournament was held at Rudd Field in Elon, North Carolina. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Elon Phoenix, ^[1] who were unable to defend their title, after not qualifying for the tournament and finishing fifth in the regular season standings. The Hofstra Pride won the tournament by defeating Northeastern 2–1 in the final. ^[2] The conference tournament title was the seventh overall for the Hofstra women's soccer program and the sixth overall for head coach Simon Riddiough. Both Hofstra and Riddiough have won four of the last five CAA Tournaments. ^[3] As tournament champions, Hofstra earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

Four CAA schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished on a unique points total. ^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	UNC Wilmington	7–2–0	21
2	Hofstra	6–2–1	19
3	James Madison	6–3–0	18
4	Northeastern	5–4–0	15

Bracket

Source: ^[5]

	Semifinals Thursday, November 4					Final Sunday, November 7
	1	UNC Wilmington	0
	4	Northeastern	1
						4	Northeastern	1
						2	Hofstra	2
	2	Hofstra	1
	3	James Madison	0

Schedule

Semifinals

#1 UNC Wilmington v #4 Northeastern

November 4, 2021	#1 UNC Wilmington	0–1	#4 Northeastern	Elon, NC
4:00 p.m. EST		Report	23' Alexis Legowski 88' Kayla McCauley	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 315 Referee: Mark Remsa Assistant referees: Aaron Gallagher Assistant referees: Jude Carr Fourth official: Justin Howard

#2 Hofstra v #3 James Madison

November 4, 2021	#2 Hofstra	1–0	#3 James Madison	Elon, NC
7:30 p.m. EST	Miri Taylor  54' Lucy Shepherd 67'	Report	42' Team	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 413 Referee: JC Griggs Assistant referees: Forrest Ambrose Assistant referees: David McPhun Fourth official: Hudson Owens

Final

#2 Hofstra v #4 Northeastern

November 7, 2021	#2 Hofstra	2–1	#4 Northeastern	Elon, NC
1:00 p.m. EST	Lucy Shepherd 25' Miri Taylor 59' Olivia Pearse  74'	Report	18' Rose Kaefer  62' Kayla McCauley  79' Megan Putvinski	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 347 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer Assistant referees: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Heath Hixson Fourth official: Abbas Piran

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 5 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

2 goals

• Lucy Shepherd – Hofstra

1 goal

• Miri Taylor – Hofstra
• Rose Kaefer – Northeastern
• Kayla McCauley – Northeastern

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[6]

Player	Team
Lucy Porter	Hofstra
Jordan Littleboy
Lucy Shepherd
Miri Taylor
Alexis Legowski	Northeastern
Mikenna McManus
Julianne Ross
Audrey Harding	UNCW
Sophie Trepohl
Brittany Munson	James Madison
Lexi Vanderlinden

MVP in bold

References

1. Colonial Athletic Association. "2020 CAA Women's Soccer Championship" . Retrieved December 14, 2021.
2. Colonial Athletic Association. "2021 CAA Women's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
3. "CAA Women's Record Book" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association . Retrieved December 14, 2021.
4. "UNCW, Hofstra, James Madison, And Northeastern Comprise Field For 2021 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Presented By Primis". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. October 31, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
5. "2021 CAA Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
6. "Hofstra Bounces Back From Early Deficit To Capture Fourth CAA Women's Soccer Title In Last Five Seasons". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. November 7, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.