2020–21 BYU Cougars women's soccer team explained

Sport:women's soccer
Year:2020
Team:BYU Cougars
Conference:West Coast Conference
Short Conf:WCC
Record:11–4–1
Conf Record:7–1–1
Head Coach:Jennifer Rockwood
Hc Year:26th
Stadium:South Stadium
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The 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represents BYU during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars are coached for a 26th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars have made the NCAA tournament in 20 of the 25 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson (4th season)[1] and Steve Magleby (3rd season)[2] with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen (6th season) and McKinzie Young (8th season). The Cougars came off of a season where they were first in the WCC and went 21–1–1, 8–0–1 in the WCC with the only loss coming to eventual College Cup Champion Stanford. The Cougars were picked to finish as champs by the WCC media.[3] Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the women's soccer team practiced during the fall of 2020 and are playing a spring 2021 season with the NCAA Tournament also taking place in spring 2021.

Media

Television & Internet Streaming

Most BYU women's soccer will have a TV broadcast or internet video stream available. BYUtv and WCC Network (the new name for TheW.tv) will once again serve as the primary providers. Information on these television broadcasts can be found under each individual match.

Nu Skin BYU Sports Network

See also: 2020 BYU Cougars football team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team and 2021 BYU Cougars softball team. For a seventh consecutive season the BYU Sports Network will air BYU Cougars women's soccer games. Greg Wrubell provided play-by-play for most games with Jason Shepherd filling-in when Wrubell had basketball duties. BYU Radio's KUMT station 107.9 FM acted as the flagship stations for women's soccer, though the BYU Sports App carried a few games exclusively.

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Schedule

Post season

Roster

No.PositionPlayerHeightHometownYear
1GKHaven EmpeyAmerican Fork, UT
2MF, DOlivia SmithEagle, ID
3MF, FMakaylie CallAuburn, WA
4DGrace JohnsonCenterville, UT
5F, MFBrecken MozingoSandy, UT
6MFAshton JohnsonProvo, UT
7DBrooke HaleDanville, CA
8MFMikayla ColohanFruit Heights, UT
10MF, FOlivia WadeKaysville, UT
11MF, FEllie MaughanNorth Ogden, UT
12MFJamie ShepherdAmerican Fork, UT
13F, MFLytiana AkinakaMaui, HI
14DJosie GelilachMurrieta, CA
15DZoe JacobsKaysville, UT
16MF, DKendell PetersenSouth Weber, UT
18F, MFPaola GarciaMapleton, UT
19F, MFNatalie ClarkMesa, AZ
20FCameron TuckerHighland, UT
22F, MFBella FolinoAliso Viejo, CA
26DLaveni VakaSandy, UT
27FDaviana VakaSandy, UT
28DNatalee WellsAlpine, UT
29MF, DAbbie KotterProvidence, UT
32GKCassidy SmithAlpine, UT
33MF, FRachel McCarthyAmerican Fork, UT
66GKSavanna EmpeyAmerican Fork, UT

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New BYU women’s assistant soccer coach hired. The Daily Universe. January 13, 2017.
  2. Web site: Magleby hired as assistant women's soccer coach. Deseret News. January 25, 2018.
  3. Web site: BYU women's soccer picked to win WCC. Daily Herald. January 28, 2021.
  4. Web site: BYU Sports Network Affiliates. BYUcougars.com. September 1, 2018. September 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902152022/http://cougarclub.com/sponsorship/byu-athletic-corporate-sponsorships. dead.
  5. Top Drawer Soccer Rankings . Top Drawer Soccer . February 1, 2021 . February 1, 2021.