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 | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | Durwood Soccer Stadium Kansas City, MO | ||||
| Champions | Seattle (3rd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Julie Woodward (3rd title) | ||||
| MVP | Natasha Howe (Seattle Redhawks) | ||||
| Broadcast | WAC Digital Network (All Games) | ||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
edit| 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
editFirst round
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Women's soccer results". Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "Seattle U Wins 2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.