2021 Patriot League women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Patriot League
Gender:women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,358
Venue:Campus Sites, Higher seed
Champions:Bucknell
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Kelly Cook
Coachcount:3rd
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Teresa Deda
Mvpteam:Bucknell

The 2021 Patriot League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from October 31 through November 7, 2021. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeded team hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Navy Midshipmen, however they were unable to defend their crown, after losing to Bucknell in the Semifinals.[1] Bucknell went on to win the tournament, defeating Boston University, who were the #1 seed, 1–0 in the final.[2] The conference championship was the fifth for the Bucknell women's soccer program, three of which have come under head coach Kelly Cook.[3] As tournament champions, Bucknell earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

Seeding was based on regular season play with the top six teams qualifying for the tournament. The top two seeds received a bye to the Semifinals of the tournament and the higher seed hosted each match. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and final seed in the tournament as Army and Colgate finished with identical 3–4–2 records during the regular season. Army was awarded the sixth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over Colgate on October 9.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Boston University6–1–220
2Navy6–2–119
3Loyola (MD)5–1–318
4Bucknell5–2–217
5Lehigh4–4–113
6Army3–4–211

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[5]

Player Team
Teresa DedaBucknell
Jenna Hall
Claire Mensi
Petie Nassetta
Gretchen BennettBoston University
Marli Rajacich
Julianna Stureman
Trinity GarayArmy
Emma Richey
Tatum KellyNavy
Sadie McCaleb
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-21 Women's Soccer Championship. January 5, 2022. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  2. Web site: 2021 Women's Soccer Championship. January 5, 2022. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  3. Web site: 2021 Patriot League Women’s Soccer Record Book. January 5, 2022. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  4. Web site: 2021 Patriot League Women’s Soccer Championship Field Set (10.27.21). patriotleague.org. Patriot League. October 27, 2021. January 5, 2021.
  5. Web site: No. 4 Bucknell Crowned 2021 Patriot League Women’s Soccer Champions (11.7.21) . patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 7, 2021. January 5, 2022.