2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Conference USA
Gender:women's
Teams:10
Matches:9
Attendance:1,529
Venue:FAU Soccer Stadium
City:Boca Raton, Florida
Champions:Old Dominion
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Angie Hind
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Carla Morich (Offensive)
Emily Roberts (Defensive)
Mvpteam:Old Dominion

The 2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from November 1 through November 7, 2021. The nine-match tournament took place at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Rice Owls.[1] Rice was unable to defend their title after being defeated by Middle Tennessee in the Quarterfinals. The Old Dominion Monarchs won the title by defeating Southern Miss in the final 1–0.[2] The conference championship was the first for the Old Dominion women's soccer program and first for head coach Angie Hind.[3] As tournament champions, Old Dominion earned C-USA's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

Ten teams qualified for the 2021 tournament based on their regular season records. The top five teams in each division were selected for tournament play. The tournament was set up so the first round matched the fourth seed and fifth seed of each conference and the quarterfinals featured cross-conference play. One tiebreaker was required between Rice and UAB, both of which finished 4–3–1 and tied for second place in the West Region. Rice won the tiebreaker and was awarded the second seed in the West based on their 2–1 overtime victory over UAB on October 8.[4]

East Region
1Old Dominion6–1–1
2Western Kentucky5–2–1
3Middle Tennessee5–3–0
4Florida Atlantic4–2–2
5Charlotte3–2–3
West Region
1Southern Miss4–1–3
2Rice4–3–1
3UAB4–3–1
4UTSA3–2–3
5North Texas3–3–2

Bracket

Source:[5]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player Team
Carla Morich*Old Dominion
Emily Roberts^
Kasey Perry
Ece Turkoglu
Peyton DePriestMiddle Tennessee
Caroline Manley
Ariel DiazSouthern Miss
Ilana Izquierdo
Kendell Mindnich
Morgan HalliwillUAB
Lexxe Lipsey

^ Defensive MVP

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Women's Soccer Championship. December 15, 2021. Conference USA.
  2. Web site: 2021 Women's Soccer Championship. December 15, 2021. Conference USA.
  3. Web site: Conference USA Women's Soccer Record Book. Conference USA. December 15, 2021.
  4. Web site: WSOC: 2021 Championship Bracket Set. conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. October 29, 2021. December 15, 2021.
  5. Web site: 2019 CONFERENCE USAWOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP. conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. December 26, 2010.
  6. Web site: WSOC: Old Dominion Wins First C-USA Title With 1-0 Victory Over Southern Miss. conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 7, 2021. December 15, 2021.