2021 Summit League women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Summit League
Gender:women's
Teams:4
Matches:3
Attendance:793
Venue:UD Soccer Stadium
City:Denver, Colorado
Champions:South Dakota State
Titlecount:6th
Coach:Brock Thompson
Coachcount:2nd
Broadcast:Online (TheSummitLeague.org)
Mvp:Rachel Preston
Mvpteam:South Dakota State

The 2021 Summit League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 4 and 6, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at University of Denver Soccer Stadium in Denver, Colorado. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Denver Pioneers were the defending champions, and were unable to defend their title losing to South Dakota State in the final.[1] [2] The tournament win was South Dakota State's sixth as a member of the conference, and the second for coach Brock Thompson. South Dakota State has now won two of the past three Summit League tournaments.[3] As tournament champions, South Dakota State earned the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

The top four of the ten teams competing during the regular season qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference records. No tiebreakers were required as the top four teams each finished with unique conference records.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Denver8–0–124
2South Dakota State6–2–119
3Omaha6–3–018
4South Dakota5–3–116

Bracket

Source:[5]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player Team
Rachel PrestonSouth Dakota State
Katherine Jones
Karlee Manding
Katie Zabel
Sydney SharpDenver
Devan McSwain
Brittney Lewis
Grace OstergaardOmaha
Jordyn West
Maddison SullivanSouth Dakota
Joana Zanin
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship. thesummitleague.com. Summit League. January 19, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2021 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship. thesummitleague.com. Summit League. January 19, 2022.
  3. Web site: Summit League Women's Soccer Record Book. thesummitleague.com. Summit League. January 19, 2022.
  4. Web site: 2021 #SummitWSOC Championship Bracket Set. thesummitleague.org. Summit League. October 31, 2021. January 19, 2022.
  5. Web site: 2021 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship. thesummitleague.com. Summit League. January 19, 2022.
  6. Web site: South Dakota State captures #SummitWSOC Championship. thesummitleague.com. Summit League. November 6, 2021. January 19, 2022.