2022 WAC women's soccer tournament

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2022 WAC women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,321
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
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2022 WAC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Utah Valley  y911 .8641453 .705
Seattle  812 .8181163 .625
New Mexico St  y722 .7271353 .690
Utah Tech  632 .6361062 .611
Grand Canyon  641 .5911172 .600
California Baptist  533 .591855 .583
Stephen F. Austin  560 .4556111 .361
Southern Utah  452 .455962 .588
Tarleton  272 .273693 .417
Sam Houston  281 .2273112 .250
UTRGV  173 .2273123 .250
Abilene Christian  083 .1364104 .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.

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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.

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Utah Valley 9–1–128
2 Seattle 8–1–226
3 New Mexico State 7–2–223
4 Utah Tech 6–3–220
5 Grand Canyon 6–4–119
6 California Baptist 5–3–318

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.)13 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

November 2 #3 New Mexico State 1–0 (a.e.t.) #6 California Baptist Seattle, WA
4:00 p.m. PT
  • Loma McNeese Yellow card.svg 30'
  • Landy Williams Yellow card.svg 68'
  • Sofia Beerworth Soccerball shade.svg98'
  • Sydnee Johnson Yellow card.svg 106'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 81' Ari Coronado
Stadium: Championship Field Stadium
Attendance: 124
Referee: Kelsey Harms
Assistant referees: Allen Johnson
Assistant referees: Christopher Calderon
Fourth official: Allen Johnson
November 2 #4 Utah Tech 0–3 #5 Grand Canyon Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PT Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg32' Leah Pirro
  • Soccerball shade.svg39' Ani Jensen
  • Soccerball shade.svg81' Gianna Gourley
  • Yellow card.svg 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

November 4 #2 Seattle 0–1 #3 New Mexico State Seattle, WA
4:00 p.m. PT
  • Kacey LaBoda Yellow card.svg 18' Yellow-red card.svg 85'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 45' Landy Williams
  • Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.) Tati Jerman
Stadium: Championship Field Stadium
Attendance: 370
Referee: Charlie Delgadillo
Assistant referees: Jesus Mejia
Assistant referees: Andrew Rogers
Fourth official: Baboucarr Jallow
November 4 #1 Utah Valley 3–2 (a.e.t.) #5 Grand Canyon Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • Heather Stainbrook Yellow card.svg 29'
  • Jenna Shepherd Yellow card.svg 53', Soccerball shade.svg84'
  • Faith Webber Soccerball shade.svg64', 108'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg21', 22' Bekah Valdez
  • Yellow card.svg 53' Leah Pirro
  • Yellow card.svg 96' Yellow-red card.svg 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

November 6 #1 Utah Valley 0–1 #3 New Mexico State Seattle, WA
1:00 p.m. PT
  • Faith Webber Yellow card.svg 79'
  • Megan Sullivan Yellow card.svg 90'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg44' Tati Jerman
  • Yellow card.svg 77' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 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]

PlayerTeam
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

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