2021 Horizon League women's soccer tournament

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2021 Horizon League women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,324
Site Engelmann Field
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Semifinals & Final)
Champions Milwaukee (14th title)
Winning coachTroy Fabiano (4th title)
MVP Lesley Kiesling (Milwaukee)
Broadcast ESPN+
Horizon League women's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 Horizon League women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Milwaukee  y1100 1.0001810 .947
Oakland  911 .8641191 .548
Northern Kentucky  740 .6361082 .550
Green Bay  425 .591836 .647
Cleveland State  551 .5006112 .368
Purdue Fort Wayne  452 .455586 .421
Wright State  362 .3645103 .361
IUPUI  362 .3644113 .306
Youngstown State  254 .3642115 .250
Robert Morris  263 .3186103 .395
Detroit Mercy  272 .2733132 .222
UIC  272 .2732123 .206
Conference champion
2021 Horizon League Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Horizon League

The 2021 Horizon League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from October 31 through November 6, 2021. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Engelmann Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Milwaukee Panthers were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title by beating the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2–0 in the final. [1] [2] This was the fourteenth overall title for Milwaukee and fourth for head coach Troy Fabiano. This was also Milwaukee's fourth consecutive title. [3] As tournament champions, Milwaukee earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament, and teams were seeded by conference record. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique points total. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Milwaukee 11–0–033
2 Oakland 9–1–128
3 Northern Kentucky 7–4–021
4 Green Bay 4–2–517
5 Cleveland State 5–5–116
6 Purdue Fort Wayne 4–5–214

Bracket

Semifinal matchups were determined by the results of the quarterfinals. The #1 seed would play the lowest-remaining seed, while the #2 seed would play the other quarterfinal winner. [5]

Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 31
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 4
Final
Saturday, Nov. 5
1 Milwaukee 2
4 Green Bay 44 Green Bay 0
5 Cleveland State 0 1 Milwaukee 2
2 Oakland 0
2 Oakland 3
3 Northern Kentucky (a.e.t.)13 Northern Kentucky 1
6 Purdue Fort Wayne 0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 31, 2021 #3 Northern Kentucky 1–0 (a.e.t.) #6 Purdue Fort Wayne Highland Heights, KY
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Megan Sullivan Soccerball shade gold.svg 97'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 82' Morgan Reitano
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Kelsey Gallagher
Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 267
Referee: Kevin Fikar
Assistant referees: Noah Matos
Assistant referees: James Duling
Fourth official: Brandon Cusmano
October 31, 2021 #4 Green Bay 4–0 #5 Cleveland State Green Bay, WI
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Emily Murphy Soccerball shade.svg10', 39'
  • McKayla Kertscher Soccerball shade.svg35'
  • Morgan Myers Yellow card.svg 75'
  • Hannah Bennett Soccerball shade.svg79'
Report Stadium: Aldo Santaga Stadium
Attendance: 147
Referee: Art Arustamyan
Assistant referees: Sean West
Assistant referees: Tim Csuri
Fourth official: Anthony Voulgaris

Semifinals

November 4, 2021 #1 Milwaukee 2–0 #4 Green Bay Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Lesley Kiesling Soccerball shade.svg25'
  • Rachel Phillpotts Soccerball shade.svg85'
Report Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 341
Referee: Brian Miller
Assistant referees: Ali Zolgharnian
Assistant referees: Ryan Slack
Fourth official: Quinton McFarlen
November 4, 2021 #2 Oakland 3–1 #3 Northern Kentucky Milwaukee, WI
4:00 p.m. CT
  • Maggie Rimer Soccerball shade.svg15'
  • Sharon Sampson Soccerball shade.svg34'
  • Ashley Postma Soccerball shade.svg59'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg55' Lydia Self
  • Yellow card.svg 82' Lindsey Meyer
  • Yellow card.svg 84' Emma McSwigan
Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 138
Referee: Heber Estada
Assistant referees: Shane Richards
Assistant referees: Khalef Al-Latayfeh
Fourth official: Quinton McFarlen

Final

November 6, 2021 #1 Milwaukee 2–0 #2 Oakland Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Maggy Henschler Soccerball shade.svg24'
  • Lesley Kiesling Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 38' Brooke Honeycutt
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Vera Asare
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Sami Lopez
Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 431
Referee: Nicholas Balcer
Assistant referees: Steve Besk
Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak
Fourth official: Quinton McFarlen

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 6, 2021).

2 goals

  • Emily Murphy – Green Bay
  • Lesley Kiesling – Milwaukee

1 goal

  • Hannah Bennett – Green Bay
  • McKayla Kertscher – Green Bay
  • Maggy Henschler – Milwaukee
  • Rachel Philpotts – Milwaukee
  • Lydia Self – Northern Kentucky
  • Megan Sullivan – Northern Kentucky
  • Ashley Postma – Oakland
  • Sharon Sampson – Oakland
  • Maggie Rimer – Oakland

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Lesley KieslingMilwaukee
Elaina LaMacchia
Maggy Henschler
Rachel Phillpotts
Sami LopezOakland
Sophie Wilsey
Kendra Zak
Savanna HayesGreen Bay
Emily Murphy
Lydia SelfNorthern Kentucky
Megan Sullivan

MVP in bold

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