2022 WAC men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:WAC
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:3,911
Venue:CBU Soccer Field
City:Riverside, California
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Coe Michaelson
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Nolan Premack

The 2022 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 9 to November 13, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at CBU Soccer Field in Riverside, California on the campus of California Baptist 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 .[1] Seattle was unable to defend their crown, falling 4–0 to in the Semifinals. went on to win the title in a penalty shoot-out against San Jose State.[2] This was California Baptist's first WAC Tournament victory in program history and first for head coach Coe Michaelson.[3] As tournament champions, California Baptist earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding

Six of the ten Western Athletic Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as both and finished with identical 5–4–0 records during the regular season. Seattle earned the third seed by virtue of their 1–0 victory over Utah Valley on October 21 during the regular season. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds after and Grand Canyon finished with identical 4–3–2 regular season records. The two teams tied their regular season match, 0–0 on October 9. California Baptist earned the fifth seed while Grand Canyon was the sixth seed.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
17–1–122
25–2–217
35–4–015
45–4–015
54–3–214
6Grand Canyon4–3–214

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[5]

Player Team
Thomas Beecham
Antonio Gomez
Leo Mendez
Nolan Premack
Shaun JoashGrand Canyon
Anthony Guzman
Kasper Poulsgaard
Finlay Wood
Peter Kingston
Taketo Onodera
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament. March 5, 2022. Western Athletic Conference.
  2. Web site: California Baptist University men’s soccer team captures WAC tournament title. The Press-Enterprise. November 13, 2022. July 22, 2023. Dennis. Pope.
  3. Web site: 2022 Men's Soccer Record Book. July 22, 2023. Western Athletic Conference.
  4. Web site: WACMSoc22Release12. wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 8, 2022. July 22, 2023.
  5. Web site: No. 5 CBU Wins 2022 WAC Men's Soccer Championship. wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 13, 2022. July 22, 2023.