2022 WAC women's soccer tournament

2022 WAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,321
Site	Championship Field Stadium Seattle, Washington
Champions	New Mexico State (1st title)
Winning coach	Rob Baarts (1st title)
MVP	Makenna Gottschalk (New Mexico State)
Broadcast	ESPN+
WAC women's soccer tournament «2021   2023»

2022 WAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Utah Valley  ‍†‍‍y	9	–	1	–	1		.864			14	–	5	–	3		.705
Seattle  ‍‍‍	8	–	1	–	2		.818			11	–	6	–	3		.625
New Mexico St  ‍‍‡‍y	7	–	2	–	2		.727			13	–	5	–	3		.690
Utah Tech  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	2		.636			10	–	6	–	2		.611
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	1		.591			11	–	7	–	2		.600
California Baptist  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	3		.591			8	–	5	–	5		.583
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			6	–	11	–	1		.361
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			9	–	6	–	2		.588
Tarleton  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	2		.273			6	–	9	–	3		.417
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	1		.227			3	–	11	–	2		.250
UTRGV  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	3		.227			3	–	12	–	3		.250
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	3		.136			4	–	10	–	4		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC

The 2022 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 2 to November 6, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at Championship Field Stadium in Seattle, Washington on the campus of Seattle University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season divisional conference play. The defending champions were the Grand Canyon. ^[1] Grand Canyon was unable to defend their crown, falling 3–2 against Utah Valley in the Semifinal. New Mexico State would go on to defeat Utah Valley in the Final, 1–0 to win the tournament. ^[2] This was the first WAC Tournament victory in New Mexico State program history as well as the first victory for head coach Rob Baarts. ^[3] As tournament champions, New Mexico State earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams from regular season play qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and the top two seeds earned a bye into the semifinal round. No tiebreakers were required as each of the top six teams finished with unique conference records.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Utah Valley	9–1–1	28
2	Seattle	8–1–2	26
3	New Mexico State	7–2–2	23
4	Utah Tech	6–3–2	20
5	Grand Canyon	6–4–1	19
6	California Baptist	5–3–3	18

Bracket

Source: ^[2]

	First round Wednesday, Nov. 2					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 6
						2	Seattle	0
	3	New Mexico State (a.e.t.)	1			3	New Mexico State	1
	6	California Baptist	0								3	New Mexico State	1
											1	Utah Valley	0
						1	Utah Valley (a.e.t.)	3
	4	Utah Tech	0			5	Grand Canyon	2
	5	Grand Canyon	3

Matches

First round

#3 New Mexico State v #6 California Baptist

November 2	#3 New Mexico State	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#6 California Baptist	Seattle, WA
4:00 p.m. PT	Loma McNeese  30' Landy Williams  68' Sofia Beerworth 98' Sydnee Johnson  106'	Report	81' Ari Coronado	Stadium: Championship Field Stadium Attendance: 124 Referee: Kelsey Harms Assistant referees: Allen Johnson Assistant referees: Christopher Calderon Fourth official: Allen Johnson

#4 Utah Tech v #5 Grand Canyon

November 2	#4 Utah Tech	0–3	#5 Grand Canyon	Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PT		Report	32' Leah Pirro 39' Ani Jensen 81' Gianna Gourley  90' Grace Bartlett	Stadium: Championship Field Stadium Attendance: 214 Referee: Charlie Delgadillo Assistant referees: Will Niccolls Assistant referees: Cephalon Quartson Fourth official: Hunter Zachwieja

Semifinals

#2 Seattle v #3 New Mexico State

November 4	#2 Seattle	0–1	#3 New Mexico State	Seattle, WA
4:00 p.m. PT	Kacey LaBoda  18'  85'	Report	45' Landy Williams 85' (pen.) Tati Jerman	Stadium: Championship Field Stadium Attendance: 370 Referee: Charlie Delgadillo Assistant referees: Jesus Mejia Assistant referees: Andrew Rogers Fourth official: Baboucarr Jallow

#1 Utah Valley v #5 Grand Canyon

November 4	#1 Utah Valley	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#5 Grand Canyon	Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PT	Heather Stainbrook  29' Jenna Shepherd  53', 84' Faith Webber 64', 108'	Report	21', 22' Bekah Valdez  53' Leah Pirro  96'  104' AJ Loera	Stadium: Championship Field Stadium Attendance: 448 Referee: Kelsey Harms Assistant referees: Chris Turner Assistant referees: Aidan Velasco Fourth official: Raymond Moffat Jr.

Final

#1 Utah Valley v #3 New Mexico State

November 6	#1 Utah Valley	0–1	#3 New Mexico State	Seattle, WA
1:00 p.m. PT	Faith Webber  79' Megan Sullivan  90'	Report	44' Tati Jerman  77' Team  89' Sofia Beerworth	Stadium: Championship Field Stadium Attendance: 165 Referee: Karen Callado Assistant referees: Will Niccolls Assistant referees: Baboucarr Jallow Fourth official: Juan Colazo

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match (as of November 6, 2022).

2 goals

• Bekah Valdez – Grand Canyon
• Tati Jerman – New Mexico State
• Faith Webber – Utah Valley

1 goal

• Gianna Gourley – Grand Canyon
• Ani Jensen – Grand Canyon
• Leah Pirro – Grand Canyon
• Sofia Beerworth – New Mexico State
• Jenna Shepherd – Utah Valley

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[4]

Player	Team
Sofia Beerworth	New Mexico State
Makenna Gottschalk
Xitlaly Hernandez
Tati Jerman
Loma McNeese
Jenna Shepherd	Utah Valley
Heather Stainbrook
Faith Webber
Gianna Gourley	Grand Canyon
Leah Pirro
Noa Schumacher	California Baptist

MVP in bold

References

1. Western Athletic Conference. "2021 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament" . Retrieved October 31, 2021.
2. Western Athletic Conference. "2022 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament" . Retrieved June 12, 2023.
3. Western Athletic Conference. "2022 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved June 12, 2023.
4. "2022 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament: Championship Sunday". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 12, 2023.