2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament

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2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams10
Matches9
Attendance1,529
Site FAU Soccer Stadium
Boca Raton, Florida
Champions Old Dominion (1st title)
Winning coachAngie Hind (1st title)
MVP Carla Morich (Offensive)
Emily Roberts (Defensive) (Old Dominion)
Broadcast ESPN+
Conference USA women's soccer tournament
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2021 Conference USA women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Old Dominion  y611 .8131351 .711
Western Kentucky  521 .6881051 .656
Middle Tennessee  530 .6251081 .553
Florida Atlantic  422 .625675 .472
Charlotte  323 .563754 .563
FIU  152 .2502122 .188
Marshall  071 .0633112 .250
West
Southern Miss  413 .6881043 .676
Rice  431 .5631062 .611
UAB  431 .563793 .447
UTSA  323 .5631054 .632
North Texas  332 .500854 .588
Louisiana Tech  242 .375683 .441
UTEP  170 .1254120 .250
Conference champion
2021 C-USA Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Conference USA

The 2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from November 1 through November 7, 2021. The nine-match tournament took place at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Rice Owls. [1] Rice was unable to defend their title after being defeated by Middle Tennessee in the Quarterfinals. The Old Dominion Monarchs won the title by defeating Southern Miss in the final 1–0. [2] The conference championship was the first for the Old Dominion women's soccer program and first for head coach Angie Hind. [3] As tournament champions, Old Dominion earned C-USA's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Ten teams qualified for the 2021 tournament based on their regular season records. The top five teams in each division were selected for tournament play. The tournament was set up so the first round matched the fourth seed and fifth seed of each conference and the quarterfinals featured cross-conference play. One tiebreaker was required between Rice and UAB, both of which finished 4–3–1 and tied for second place in the West Region. Rice won the tiebreaker and was awarded the second seed in the West based on their 2–1 overtime victory over UAB on October 8. [4]

East Region
FinishTeamConference Record
1 Old Dominion 6–1–1
2 Western Kentucky 5–2–1
3 Middle Tennessee 5–3–0
4 Florida Atlantic 4–2–2
5 Charlotte 3–2–3
West Region
FinishTeamConference Record
1 Southern Miss 4–1–3
2 Rice 4–3–1
3 UAB 4–3–1
4 UTSA 3–2–3
5 North Texas 3–3–2

Bracket

Source: [5]

First Round
Monday, Nov. 1
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Nov. 3
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 5
Final
Sunday, Nov. 7
1E Old Dominion (a.e.t.)1
4W UTSA (a.e.t.)14W UTSA 0
5W North Texas 0 1E Old Dominion 2
3E Middle Tennessee 1
2W Rice 0 (3)
3E Middle Tennessee (pen.)0 (4)
1W Old Dominion 1
1E Southern Miss 0
2E Western Kentucky 0
4E Florida Atlantic (pen.)2 (5)3W UAB 1
5E Charlotte 2 (4) 1W Southern Miss 2
3W UAB 1
1W Southern Miss 2
4E Florida Atlantic 1

Schedule

First Round

November 1, 2021 #4W UTSA 1–0 (a.e.t.) #5W North Texas Boca Raton, FL
4:30 p.m. ET
  • Own Goal Soccerball shade gold.svg 107'
Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 179
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa
Assistant referees: Irvin Castilla-Quija
Fourth official: Jamie Herrera
November 1, 2021 #4E Florida Atlantic 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
#5E Charlotte Boca Raton, FL
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Miracle Porter Soccerball shade.svg13'
  • Emma Grissom Soccerball shade.svg54'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg50' Piper Biziorek
  • Soccerball shade.svg64' Haley Shand
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 312
Referee: Jamie Herrera
Assistant referees: Mauro Gonzalez
Assistant referees: Raidel Toledo Andino
Fourth official: Andres Pfefferkorn
Penalties
  • Sammy Vitols Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Bri Austin Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Emma Grisson Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Hailey Landrus Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Miracle Porter Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Maddison Krstec Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Mia Sennes Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Michaella Arteta
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Macey Bader
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Paige Rosenfeld
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Haley Shand
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Charlotte Harris
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kiara Pralle
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Emma Wakeman

Quarterfinals

November 3, 2021 #2W Rice 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#3E Middle Tennessee Boca Raton, FL
11:00 a.m. ET
  • Allison Padron Yellow card.svg 71'
Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 135
Referee: Jorge Ramirez
Assistant referees: Jamie Willis
Fourth official: Alex Del Angel
Penalties
  • Delaney Schultz Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Bella Killgore Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Serena Pham Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Mariana Elizondo Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Catarina Albuquerque Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Shiloh Miller Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Eleanor Gough
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Carolina Manley
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Elizabeth Slavinsky
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kirstine Lykke
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Hannah Suder
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Alayna Lynchard
November 3, 2021 #1E Old Dominion 1–0 (a.e.t.) #4W UTSA Boca Raton, FL
1:30 p.m. ET
  • Riley Kennett Soccerball shade gold.svg 93'
Report Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 115
Referee: Alex Del Angel
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa
Assistant referees: William Torres
Fourth official: Jorge Ramirez
November 3, 2021 #2E Western Kentucky 0–1 #3W UAB Boca Raton, FL
4:30 p.m. ET
  • Katie Erwin Yellow card.svg 65'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg28' Lexxe Lipsey
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 123
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Raidel Toledo Andino
Assistant referees: Gerson Castellanos
Fourth official: Jamie Herrera
November 3, 2021 #1W Southern Miss 2–1 #4E Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, FL
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Sam Stiglmair Soccerball shade.svg2'
  • Blessing Kingsley Soccerball shade.svg39'
  • Ilana Izquierdo Yellow card.svg 42'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 2' Lauren Holland
  • Soccerball shade.svg89' Miracle Porter
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 233
Referee: Timothy Debysingh
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscana
Assistant referees: William Torres
Fourth official: Jamie Willis

Semifinals

November 5, 2021 #1E Old Dominion 2–1 #3E Middle Tennessee Boca Raton, FL
4:30 p.m.
  • Jasmine Crawley Yellow card.svg 5'
  • Ryan Parncutt Yellow card.svg 8'
  • Ece Turkoglu Soccerball shade.svg29'
  • Yuliia Khrystiuck Soccerball shade.svg57'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg5' (pen.) Peyton DePriest
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 104
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Irvin Castilla-Quijano
Assistant referees: Jamie Willis
Fourth official: Timothy Debysingh
November 5, 2021 #1W Southern Miss 2–1 #3W UAB Boca Raton, FL
7:00 p.m.
  • Madisyn Flammia Soccerball shade.svg55', Yellow card.svg 67'
  • Alice Campos Yellow card.svg 79'
  • Ariel Diaz Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg16' Morgan Halliwill
  • Yellow card.svg 43' Lucy Thrasher
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 167
Referee: Cory Rockwell
Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa
Assistant referees: William Torres
Fourth official: Alex Del Angel

Final

November 7, 2021 #1W Southern Miss 0–1 #1E Old Dominion Boca Raton, FL
1:00 p.m. ET Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg20' Morgan Hall
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Yuliia Khrystiuk
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 161
Referee: Matthew Thompson
Assistant referees: William Torres
Assistant referees: Gerson Castellanos
Fourth official: Timothy Debysingh

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.89 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

2 goals

  • Miracle Porter – Florida Atlantic

1 goal

  • Piper Biziorek – Charlotte
  • Haley Shand – Charlotte
  • Emma Grissom – Florida Atlantic
  • Peyton DePriest – Middle Tennessee
  • Morgan Hall – Old Dominion
  • Riley Kennett – Old Dominion
  • Yuliia Khrystiuck – Old Dominion
  • Ece Turkoglu – Old Dominion
  • Ariel Diaz – Southern Miss
  • Madisyn Flammia – Southern Miss
  • Blessing Kingsley – Southern Miss
  • Sam Stiglmair – Southern Miss
  • Morgan Halliwill – UAB
  • Lexxe Lipsey – UAB

1 own goal

  • North Texas (vs. UTSA)

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Carla Morich*Old Dominion
Emily Roberts^
Kasey Perry
Ece Turkoglu
Peyton DePriestMiddle Tennessee
Caroline Manley
Ariel DiazSouthern Miss
Ilana Izquierdo
Kendell Mindnich
Morgan HalliwillUAB
Lexxe Lipsey


* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

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