2021 Mountain West Conference women's soccer tournament

2021 Mountain West Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,239
Site	Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex Boise, Idaho
Champions	New Mexico (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rob Baarts (1st title)
MVP	Zaria Katesigwa (New Mexico)
Broadcast	MountainWest Sports Network
Mountain West Conference women's soccer tournament «2020   2022»

2021 Mountain West Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
New Mexico  ‍†‍‡‍y	7	–	2	–	2		.727			14	–	5	–	2		.714
Fresno State  ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	1		.682			9	–	6	–	4		.579
San Diego State  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	2		.545			7	–	11	–	2		.400
Utah State  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	2		.545			13	–	6	–	3		.659
Colorado State  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	1		.500			6	–	8	–	3		.441
Boise State  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	3		.500			11	–	7	–	4		.591
Colorado College  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	3		.500			5	–	10	–	3		.361
UNLV  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			12	–	8	–	0		.600
Nevada  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			5	–	11	–	2		.333
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	1		.409			7	–	11	–	1		.395
Wyoming  ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0		.364			8	–	10	–	1		.447
Air Force  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	1		.318			6	–	10	–	2		.389
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 MW Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Mountain West Conference

The 2021 Mountain West Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mountain West Conference held from November 1 through November 6, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex in Boise, Idaho. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. Boise State won the tournament in 2019 and are classified as the defending champions because there was no tournament held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Mexico were the regular season champions in 2020. ^[1] Boise State was unable to defend their crown, losing to Fresno State on penalties in the Semifinals. New Mexico then defeated Fresno State in the finals 2–1 to win the title. ^[2] This was the second tournament championship for New Mexico, their first since 2011. It was the first title for head coach Rob Baarts. ^[3] As tournament champions, New Mexico earned the Mountain West's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams from regular season play qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine seeds if teams were tied on regular season record. ^[4] San Diego State and Utah State tied for third in the regular season standings. San Diego State earned the third seed in the tournament by virtue of their 2–0 win over Utah State on October 3. Boise State and Colorado College tied for sixth during the regular season and the final tournament spot. The teams tied their regular season match-up on October 14. Boise State won the second tiebreaker and earned the final spot in the tournament. ^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	New Mexico	7–2–2	23
2	Fresno State	7–3–1	22
3	San Diego State	5–4–2	17
4	Utah State	5–4–2	17
5	Colorado State	5–5–1	16
6	Boise State	4–4–3	15

Bracket

Source: ^[6]

	Quarterfinals Monday, Nov. 1					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 4					Final Saturday, Nov. 6
						1	New Mexico (a.e.t.)	2
	4	Utah State	1			4	Utah State	1
	5	Colorado State	0								1	New Mexico (a.e.t.)	2
											6	Boise State	1
						2	Fresno State	1 (5)
	3	San Diego State	0			6	Boise State (pen.)	1 (6)
	6	Boise State	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#4 Utah State v #5 Colorado State

November 1, 2021	#4 Utah State	1–0	#5 Colorado State	Boise, Idaho
11:00 a.m. MT	Ashley Cardozo 50' Sammie Murdock  89'	Report	85' Kenady Leighton	Stadium: Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Kali Smith Assistant referees: Jason Steiner Assistant referees: Robert Farmer Fourth official: Nicole Steiner

#3 San Diego State v #6 Boise State

November 1, 2021	#3 San Diego State	0–1	#6 Boise State	Boise, Idaho
2:00 p.m. MT	Anna Toohey  51'	Report	23',  48' Morgan Miles  51' Abby Bivens  73' Macie Nelson  86' Reese Bodas	Stadium: Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex Attendance: 350 Referee: Sly Yates Assistant referees: Nicole Steiner Assistant referees: Brian Weiss Fourth official: Jason Steiner

Semifinals

#1 New Mexico v #4 Utah State

November 4, 2021	#1 New Mexico	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#4 Utah State	Boise, Idaho
11:00 a.m. MT	Myah Isais  44' Jadyn Edwards 69' Zaria Katesigwa 102'	Report	85' Whitney Lopez 90' Kami Warner	Stadium: Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex Attendance: 165 Referee: Jamie Padilla Assistant referees: Brian Weiss Assistant referees: Eli Asanti Fourth official: Kristin Patterson

#2 Fresno State v #6 Boise State

November 4, 2021	#2 Fresno State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	#6 Boise State	Boise, Idaho
2:00 p.m. MT	Kaelyn Miller 17' Robyn McCarthy  109'	Report	28',  30' Aubree Chatterton  30' Grace Kaufman-Fuller	Stadium: Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex Attendance: 324 Referee: Kristin Patterson Assistant referees: Robert Farmer Assistant referees: Nicole Steiner Fourth official: Jaime Padilla
	Penalties
	Katie Dohnel Kassandra Ceja Jordan Brown Shantay Tamez Jaylyn Wright Kaelyn Miller		Morgan Miles Sydney Smith Morgan Stone Abby Bivens Jocelyn Stephens Michaela Jusitniani

Final

#1 New Mexico v #6 Boise State

November 6, 2021	#1 New Mexico	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#6 Boise State	Boise, Idaho
12:00 p.m. MT	Madi Hirschman 33' Paige Satterlee  62' Jadyn Edwards 91'	Report	79' Morgan Stone	Stadium: Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,200

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of November 6, 2021).

2 goals

• Jadyn Edwards – New Mexico

1 goal

• Aubree Chatterton – Boise State
• Morgan Miles – Boise State
• Morgan Stone – Boise State
• Kaelyn Miller – Fresno State
• Madi Hirschman – New Mexico
• Zaria Katesigwa – New Mexico
• Ashley Cardozo – Utah State
• Kami Warner – Utah State

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[7]

Player	Team
Zaria Katesigwa	New Mexico
Jadyn Edwards
Karlee Maes
Alexa Kirton
Aubree Chatterton	Boise State
Macie Nelson
Sydney Smith
Kaelyn Miller	Fresno State
Robyn McCarthy
Ashley Cardozo	Utah State
Kelsey Steed-Kaufusi

MVP in bold

References

1. "2020-21 Mountain West Championships". themw.com. Mountain West Conference . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
2. "2021 Mountain West Women's Soccer Championship". themw.com. Mountain West Conference . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
3. "2021 Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). themw.com. Mountain West Conference . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
4. "2021 Mountain West Women's Soccer Tiebreaker Procedures" (PDF). themw.com. Mountain West Conference . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
5. "Mountain West Unveils 2021 Women's Soccer Championship Bracket". themw.com. Mountain West Conference. October 28, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
6. "2021 Mountain West Women's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). themw.com. The Mountain West. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
7. "New Mexico Claims 2021 MW Women's Soccer Championship Title in Overtime Thriller". themw.com. Mountain West Conference. November 6, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.