2016 WAC women's soccer tournament

The 2016 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference to be held from November 3 to November 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at Durwood Soccer Stadium in Kansas City. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions are the Utah Valley Wolverines, who defeated the Seattle Redhawks 2–0 in the 2015 tournament.[1]

2016 WAC women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteDurwood Soccer Stadium
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsSeattle (3rd title)
Winning coachJulie Woodward (3rd title)
MVPNatasha Howe (Seattle Redhawks)
BroadcastWAC Digital Network (All Games)
WAC women's soccer tournament
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2016 WAC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Seattle  ‍y 7 0 0   1.000 14 6 1   .690
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 4 2 1   .643 8 10 2   .450
UMKC  ‍‍‍ 3 2 2   .571 8 10 4   .455
Grand Canyon*  ‍‍‍ 3 2 2   .571 7 9 2   .444
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 3 3 1   .500 10 8 2   .550
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 2 3 2   .429 5 13 2   .300
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍ 2 5 0   .286 10 8 1   .553
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 0 7 0   .000 1 16 0   .059
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2016 WAC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

* – Grand Canyon ineligible for postseason (D2 to D1 regulations)
As of 2016-11-14
Rankings from NSCAA

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, Nov. 3
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 4
Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
1 Seattle 2
4 Utah Valley 2 4 Utah Valley 1
5 New Mexico State 0 1 Seattle 2
3 UMKC 1
2 CSU Bakersfield 0
3 UMKC 4 3 UMKC 4
6 UTRGV 1

Schedule

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First round

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November 3, 2016 #4 Utah Valley 2–0 #5 New Mexico State Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT Lilly Weaver   12'
Sheridan Fox   59'
Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Dion Telting
November 3, 2016 #3 UMKC 4–1 #6 UTRGV Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT Niekie Pellens   30' (pen.)
Lilly Cobb   50'
Kara Priest   57'
Lexie Howard   71'
Report Marcela Ramirez   78' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Allen Chapman

Semifinals

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November 4, 2016 #1 Seattle 2–1 #4 Utah Valley Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT Natasha Howe   11'
Isabelle Butterfield   14'
Report Sara Callister   72' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Allen Chapman
November 4, 2016 #2 CSU Bakersfield 0–4 #3 UMKC Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT Report Emily Herndon   21', 49' (pen.)
Niekie Pellens   40'
Abby Small   54'
Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Dion Telting

Final

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November 6, 2016 #1 Seattle 2–1 #3 UMKC Kansas City, MO
1:00 p.m. CT Karli White   7'
Jessie Ray   71'
Report Lexie Howard   6' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 337
Referee: Christopher Calderon

All-Tournament team

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Player Team Position
Keneika Webster CSU Bakersfield DF
Haley Vicente CSU Bakersfield FW
Libby Weber Utah Valley MF
Linley Brown Utah Valley DF
Lexie Howard UMKC FW
Emily Herndon UMKC MF
Niekie Pellens UMKC DF
Karli White Seattle FW
Brie Hooks Seattle FW
Isabelle Butterfield Seattle FW

References

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  1. ^ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Women's soccer results". Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Western Athletic Conference. "Seattle U Wins 2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.