2021 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament

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2021 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,318
Site Mickey Cochrane Stadium (Semifinals and Final)
Bowling Green, Ohio
Champions Bowling Green (6th title)
Winning coachMatt Fannon (4th title)
MVP Lacee Bethea (Bowling Green)
BroadcastNone
Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
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2021 Mid-American Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Bowling Green  y821 .7731163 .625
Kent State  713 .7731353 .690
Ohio  713 .7731153 .658
Buffalo  623 .6821343 .725
Central Michigan  641 .591981 .528
Toledo  542 .5451064 .600
Miami (OH)  560 .455883 .500
Ball State  452 .455692 .412
Western Michigan  470 .3646120 .333
Northern Illinois  272 .2735122 .316
Eastern Michigan  182 .1822133 .194
Akron  191 .1363151 .184
Conference champion
2021 MAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Mid-American Conference

The 2021 Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from October 31 through November 7, 2021. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Mickey Cochrane Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio, home of the Bowling Green Falcons, the regular season conference champions. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Bowling Green Falcons were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Kent State in the final. [1] [2] The title was the sixth for the Bowling Green women's soccer program and the fourth for head coach Matt Fannon. [3] [4] As tournament champions, Bowling Green earned the Mid-American's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

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Seeding

Six Mid-American Conference schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds in the tournament as Ohio and Kent State finished tied in the rankings with an identical 7–1–3 record. The regular season match-up between the teams finished in a 0–0 tie on October 28, the final day of the regular season. As a second tiebreaker, conference goal differential was used. Ohio had the better goal differential and was awarded the second seed and first round bye. [5] [6]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Bowling Green 8–2–125
2 Ohio 7–1–324
3 Kent State 7–1–324
4 Buffalo 6–2–321
5 Central Michigan 6–4–119
6 Toledo 5–4–217

Bracket

Source: [7]

Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 31
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 4
Final
Saturday, Nov. 5
1 Bowling Green 1
4 Buffalo (a.e.t.)24 Buffalo 0
5 Central Michigan 1 1 Bowling Green 3
3 Kent State 0
2 Ohio 2
3 Kent State 43 Kent State 3
6 Toledo 2

Schedule

First Round

October 31, 2021 #4 Buffalo 2–1 (a.e.t.) #5 Central Michigan Buffalo, NY
1:00 p.m. EST
  • Marcy Barberic Soccerball shade.svg9' (pen.)
  • Andrea Judasz Yellow card.svg 72'
  • Payton Robertson Soccerball shade gold.svg 105'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg16' (pen.) Samantha Kaye-Toral
Stadium: UB Stadium
Attendance: 171
October 31, 2021 #3 Kent State 4–2 #6 Toledo Kent, OH
1:00 p.m. EST
  • Siena Stambolich Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Giulia Giovinazzi Soccerball shade.svg79'
  • Karly Hellstrom Soccerball shade.svg83' (pen.)
  • Cameron Shedenhelm Yellow card.svg 88', Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg16' Ellie Pool
  • Yellow card.svg 60' Claire Cahalan
  • Soccerball shade.svg75' Betsy Lueck
  • Yellow card.svg 82' Sissy Novak
Stadium: Dix Stadium
Attendance: 215
Referee: Quinton McFarlen
Assistant referees: Aaron Mitchell
Assistant referees: Brandon Klepach
Fourth official: John Safar

Semifinals

November 4, 2021 #1 Bowling Green 1–0 #4 Buffalo Bowling Green, Ohio
4:00 p.m. EST
  • Lacee Bethea Soccerball shade.svg27'
  • Mackenzie Reuber Yellow card.svg 61'
Report Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium
Attendance: 487
Referee: Kevin Fikar
Assistant referees: Noah Matos
Assistant referees: Michael Nickerson
Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou
November 4, 2021 #2 Ohio 2–3 #3 Kent State Bowling Green, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EST
  • Madison Clayton Soccerball shade.svg3'
  • Paige Knorr Yellow card.svg 64'
  • Regan Berg Soccerball shade.svg68'
  • Team Red card.svg 90'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 30' Khyla Porter
  • Soccerball shade.svg44' Cameron Shedenhelm
  • Soccerball shade.svg54', Soccerball shade.svg86' (pen.) Karly Hellstrom
  • Yellow card.svg 56' Keyosha Donkor
  • Red card.svg 73' Sarah Melen
Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium
Attendance: 692
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
Assistant referees: Noah Hartman
Assistant referees: Sean West
Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

Final

November 7, 2021 #1 Bowling Green 3–0 #3 Kent State Bowling Green, Ohio
1:00 p.m. EST
  • Nikki Cox Soccerball shade.svg7'
  • Audrey Shea Soccerball shade.svg70'
  • Lacee Bethea Soccerball shade.svg76'
  • Mackenzie Reuber Yellow card.svg 85'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 48' Karly Hellstrom
  • Yellow card.svg 81' Luca Ralph
Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium
Attendance: 753
Referee: Dimitri Katsimingos
Assistant referees: Adam Herges
Assistant referees: Courtney Hayworth
Fourth official: Ted Grigoriou

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

3 goals

  • Karly Hellstrom – Kent State

2 goals

  • Lacee Bethea – Bowling Green
  • Cameron Shedenhelm – Kent State

1 goal

  • Nikki Cox – Bowling Green
  • Audrey Shea – Bowling Green
  • Marcy Barberic – Buffalo
  • Payton Robertson – Buffalo
  • Samantha Kaye-Toral – Central Michigan
  • Giulia Giovinazzi – Kent State
  • Siena Stamboich – Kent State
  • Regan Berg – Ohio
  • Madison Clayton – Ohio
  • Betsy Lueck – Toledo
  • Ellie Pool – Toledo

All-Tournament team

Source: [8]

PlayerTeam
Nikki CoxBowling Green
Lacee Bethea
Audrey Shea
Madi Wolfbauer
Cameron ShendenhelmKent State
Karly Hellstrom
Giulia Giovinazzi
Madison ClaytonOhio
Regan Berg
Payton RobertsonBuffalo
Kaya Schultz

MVP in bold

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