2021 Patriot League women's soccer tournament

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2021 Patriot League women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,358
SiteCampus Sites, Higher seed
Champions Bucknell (5th title)
Winning coachKelly Cook (3rd title)
MVP Teresa Deda (Bucknell)
Broadcast ESPN+
Patriot League women's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 Patriot League women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Boston University  612 .7781163 .625
Navy  621 .7221163 .625
Loyola (MD)  513 .722864 .556
Bucknell  y522 .6671183 .568
Lehigh  441 .5006101 .382
Colgate  342 .444782 .471
Army  342 .444793 .447
Lafayette  360 .3335100 .333
American  252 .333592 .375
Holy Cross  081 .0561151 .088
Conference champion
2021 Patriot League tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:Patriot League

The 2021 Patriot League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from October 31 through November 7, 2021. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeded team hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Navy Midshipmen, however they were unable to defend their crown, after losing to Bucknell in the Semifinals. [1] Bucknell went on to win the tournament, defeating Boston University, who were the #1 seed, 1–0 in the final. [2] The conference championship was the fifth for the Bucknell women's soccer program, three of which have come under head coach Kelly Cook. [3] As tournament champions, Bucknell earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

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Seeding

Seeding was based on regular season play with the top six teams qualifying for the tournament. The top two seeds received a bye to the Semifinals of the tournament and the higher seed hosted each match. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and final seed in the tournament as Army and Colgate finished with identical 3–4–2 records during the regular season. Army was awarded the sixth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over Colgate on October 9. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Boston University 6–1–220
2 Navy 6–2–119
3 Loyola (MD) 5–1–318
4 Bucknell 5–2–217
5 Lehigh 4–4–113
6 Army 3–4–211

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 31
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 4
Final
Sunday, Nov. 7
1 Boston University 1
4 Bucknell 26 Army 0
5 Lehigh 0 1 Boston University 0
4 Bucknell 1
2 Navy 0
3 Loyola (MD) 1 4 Bucknell (a.e.t.)1
6 Army (a.e.t.)2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 31, 2021 #4 Bucknell 2–0 #5 Lehigh Lewisburg, PA
1:10 p.m. ET
  • Hannah Stuck Soccerball shade.svg47', Yellow card.svg 64'
  • Paige Temple Yellow card.svg 54'
  • Claire Mensi Soccerball shade.svg79'
Report Stadium: Emmitt Field
Attendance: 535
Referee: Anelise Cimino
Assistant referees: Brendan Orino
Assistant referees: Mindy Malia
Fourth official: Michael Gorsenger
October 31, 2021 #3 Loyola (MD) 1–2 (a.e.t.) #6 Army Baltimore, MD
2:05 p.m ET
  • Sarah Mirr Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg54' Trinity Garay
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg 92' Jasmine Talley
Stadium: Ridley Athletic Complex
Attendance: 304
Referee: Mathew Richardson
Assistant referees: Sharon Gingrich
Assistant referees: Max Smith
Fourth official: Alla Stepanov

Semifinals

November 4, 2021 #2 Navy 0–1 (a.e.t.) #4 Bucknell Annapolis, MD
6:00 p.m. ET Report
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg 94' Teresa Deda
Stadium: Glenn Warner Soccer Facility
Attendance: 704
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Assistant referees: Rob Cordrey
Assistant referees: Marie Dunn
Fourth official: James Sadowski
November 4, 2021 #1 Boston University 1–0 #6 Army Boston, MA
7:05 p.m. ET
  • Marli Rajacich Soccerball shade.svg51'
Report Stadium: Nickerson Field
Attendance: 311
Referee: Jose Mendes
Assistant referees: Jessica Carnevale
Assistant referees: Syrus Ataii
Fourth official: Shaye Lane

Final

November 7, 2021 #1 Boston University 0–1 #4 Bucknell Boston, MA
1:05 p.m. ET
  • Ashley Raphael Yellow card.svg 39'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 33' Teresa Deda
  • Yellow card.svg 58' Paige Temple
  • Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g.) Boston U Own Goal
  • Yellow card.svg 85' Hannah Stuck
Stadium: Nickerson Field
Attendance: 504
Referee: Jason Pelletier
Assistant referees: Shannon Malloy
Assistant referees: Jill Canelli
Fourth official: Yves Jeanty

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

1 goal

  • Trinity Garay – Army
  • Jasmine Talley – Army
  • Marli Rajacich – Boston University
  • Teresa Deda – Bucknell
  • Claire Mensi – Bucknell
  • Hannah Stuck – Bucknell
  • Sarah Mirr – Loyola (MD)

1 own goal

  • Boston University (against Bucknell)

All-Tournament team

Source: [5]

PlayerTeam
Teresa DedaBucknell
Jenna Hall
Claire Mensi
Petie Nassetta
Gretchen BennettBoston University
Marli Rajacich
Julianna Stureman
Trinity GarayArmy
Emma Richey
Tatum KellyNavy
Sadie McCaleb

MVP in bold

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