2024 WAC men's soccer tournament

2024 WAC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,725
Site	GCU Stadium Phoenix, Arizona
Champions	Seattle University (6th title)
Winning coach	Nate Daligcon (1st title)
MVP	Demian Alvarez (Seattle University)
Broadcast	ESPN+
WAC men's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	5	–	3
Seattle U ‡	7	–	1	–	1			12	–	4	–	3
Cal Baptist	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	8	–	5
Utah Valley	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	6	–	4
San Jose State	3	–	3	–	3			6	–	8	–	7
Utah Tech	3	–	4	–	2			4	–	10	–	4
UNLV	2	–	2	–	5			5	–	7	–	5
UTRGV	2	–	3	–	4			4	–	7	–	5
Grand Canyon	2	–	6	–	1			5	–	10	–	3
Air Force	1	–	8	–	0			1	–	15	–	1
‡ – 2024 WAC tournament Champion + – At-large invitation to the 2024 NCAA tournament As of November 16, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: WAC Due to uneven number of matches played, standings based on points per game. [1]

The 2024 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 10 to November 16, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at GCU Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona on the campus of Grand Canyon 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 Cal Baptist Lancers. ^{[2] [3]} California Baptist was unable to successfully defend their title as the third overall seed, losing to Seattle University in the Semifinals. Seattle would go on to win the tournament, defeating fifth seed San Jose State 3–0 in the Final. ^{[4] [5]} This was Seattle's sixth WAC Tournament victory in program history, the most in conference history. It was the first title for second-year head coach Nate Daligcon. ^[6] As tournament champions, Seattle earned the WAC's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six of the ten Western Athletic Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season points per game due to an uneven number of games being played by each team. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical points per game. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a different points per game. ^{[7] [8]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points	Points per game
1	San Diego State	7–0–1	22	2.75
2	Seattle University	7–1–1	22	2.44
3	Cal Baptist	4–4–1	13	1.44
4	Utah Valley	3–3–2	11	1.38
5	San Jose State	3–3–3	12	1.33
6	Utah Tech	3–4–2	11	1.22

Bracket

Source: ^[9]

	First round Sunday, Nov. 10					Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13					Final Sunday, Nov. 16
						1	San Diego State	2
	4	Utah Valley	0			5	San Jose State	3
	5	San Jose State	1								5	San Jose State	0
											2	Seattle University	3
						2	Seattle University	3
	3	Cal Baptist	1			3	Cal Baptist	1
	6	Utah Tech	0

Schedule

First round

#4 Utah Valley v #5 San Jose State

November 10, 2024	#4 Utah Valley	0–1	#5 San Jose State	Phoenix, AZ
4:00 p.m. MST	Gilles Aurelien  2' Abel Mendoz  9' Omar Yehya  42' Ben Ortiz  43' Tom Dobek-Pietrowski  53' Ben Williams  89'	Report	22' Angel Fernandez 83' (pen.) Angel Iniguez  83' Diogo Baptista	Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 327 Referee: Killian Richardson Assistant referees: Jason Ulrich Assistant referees: Mario Cross Fourth official: Cody Lofgren

#3 Cal Baptist v #6 Utah Tech

November 10, 2024	#3 Cal Baptist	1–0	#6 Utah Tech	Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. MST	Dominic De Almeida  7' David Cordes  61' Blake D'Agostino 62',  74' Alex Henderson  72'	Report	53' Austin Wallace  76'  90' Sami Cuevas	Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 287 Referee: Robi Hunter Assistant referees: Paul Nothman Assistant referees: Edwin Jimenez Fourth official: Sam McConnell

Semifinals

#1 San Diego State v #5 San Jose State

November 13, 2024	#1 San Diego State	2–3	#5 San Jose State	Phoenix, AZ
4:00 p.m. MST	Andre Puente 1', 51',  48'  76' Cianole Nguepissi  66' Robbie Matei  67'	Report	46' Gilberto Rivera 61' Cameron Cook 64', 78' Angel Iniguez  79' Team	Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 171 Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Mersha Kisiel Assistant referees: Ben Scott Fourth official: Ashton Ching

#2 Seattle University v #3 Cal Baptist

November 13, 2024	#2 Seattle University	3–1	#3 Cal Baptist	Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. MST	Demian Alvarez  20' Edgar Leon 27', 78' Richy Lapointe-Guevara 42' Mo Mohamed  48'	Report	40' Tizian Marth  57' Stavros Charalampous 60' Leo Mendez  77' Dominic De Almeida  90' Luka Kozomara	Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 195 Referee: Killian Richardson Assistant referees: Jeff Vance Assistant referees: Nicholas Gastelum Fourth official: Mark Novosel

Final

#2 Seattle University v #5 San Jose State

November 16, 2024	#2 Seattle University	3–0	#5 San Jose State	Phoenix, AZ
6:00 p.m. MST	Luke Hammond 22' Davis Mungomba 30' Demian Alvarez 61' Edgar Leon  73'	Report		Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 745 Referee: Travis Haight Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Ryan Minturn Fourth official: Anthony Bersano

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

3 goals

• Angel Iniguez – San Jose State

2 goals

• Edgar Leon – Seattle University
• Andre Puente – San Diego State

1 goal

• Demian Alvarez – Seattle University
• Cameron Cook – San Jose State
• Blake D'Agostino – Cal Baptist
• Luke Hammond – Seattle University
• Richy Lapointe-Guevara – Seattle University
• Leo Mendez – Cal Baptist
• Davis Mungomba – Seattle University

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[10]

Player	Team
Blake D'Agostino	Cal Baptist
Andre Puente	San Diego State
Cameron Cook	San Jose State
Angel Iniguez
Gilberto Rivera
Demian Alvarez	Seattle University
Luke Hammond
Charlie Lanphier
Edgar Leon
Mo Mohamed
Titus Washington

MVP in bold

References

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2. Western Athletic Conference. "2023 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament" . Retrieved February 16, 2024.
3. Zeigler, Mark (November 16, 2023). "Cal Baptist ends USD's soccer season with penalty shootout win". The San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved February 16, 2024.
4. Western Athletic Conference. "2024 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament" . Retrieved February 27, 2025.
5. "Seattle U men's soccer clinches berth to NCAA tournament" . The Seattle Times . November 16, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
6. Western Athletic Conference. "2024 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved February 27, 2025.
7. "Utah Valley's match at San Diego State canceled". gouvu.com. Utah Valley Wolverines Athletics. November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
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