2018 WAC women's soccer tournament

2018 WAC women's soccer tournament
2018 WAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,792
Site	Clyde Field; Orem, Utah
Champions	Seattle (4th title)
Winning coach	Julie Woodward (4th title)
MVP	Ariana Romero (Seattle)
Broadcast	WAC Digital Network
WAC women's soccer tournament
«2017	2019»

The 2018 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from October 31 to November 4, 2018. The five match tournament took place at Clyde Field in Orem, Utah on the campus of Utah Valley University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Utah Valley Wolverines, but they failed to defend their title after losing 3–0 to the UMKC Kangaroos in the semifinals. The tournament champions were the Seattle Redhawks, who defeated UMKC 1–0 in the final.^[1]^[2] This was the fourth WAC women's soccer tournament championship for the Seattle women's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Julie Woodward.^[3]^[4]

2018 WAC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
UMKC ‍†‍‍	7	–	1	–	0	.875	16	–	5	–	0	.762
Texas–Rio Grande Valley ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	1	.813	12	–	6	–	3	.643
Seattle ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	1	–	1	.813	10	–	8	–	3	.548
California Baptist ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	12	–	5	–	1	.694
Grand Canyon ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	2	.500	6	–	13	–	2	.333
Cal State Bakersfield ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	6	–	10	–	2	.389
Utah Valley ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	5	–	14	–	2	.286
New Mexico State ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0	.125	2	–	16	–	0	.111
Chicago State ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0	.000	0	–	16	–	1	.029


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 14, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC

Bracket

Source:^[5]

First round Wednesday, Oct. 31			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 1			Final Sunday, Nov. 4

			1	Kansas City	3
4	Grand Canyon	1	5	Utah Valley	0
5	Utah Valley	2				1	Kansas City	0
						2	Seattle	1
			2	Seattle	2
3	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	0 (4)	3	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	0
6	Cal State Bakersfield	0 (3)

Schedule

First round

October 31, 2018	#3 Texas–Rio Grande Valley	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#6 Cal State Bakersfield	Orem, Utah
12:00 p.m.		Report	Aryana Harvey 19'	Stadium: Clyde Field Referee: Adriana Contreras Assistant referees: Spencer Stolworthy Assistant referees: Michael Anglin
	Penalties
	Sarah Bonney Tuva Nilsen Katherine Stokley Emily Zapata Kinga Szemik Diana Ansah		Evelyn Daly Sabrina Delgado Aminah Settles Aryana Harvey Caitlin Goetjen Coral Lake

October 31, 2018	#4 Grand Canyon	1–2	#5 Utah Valley	Orem, Utah
3:00 p.m.	Sandra Hill 41'	Report	Sara Callister 11' Sadie Brockbank 31'	Stadium: Clyde Field Attendance: 991 Referee: Kali Smith Assistant referees: Mike Allen Assistant referees: Marcelo Chaparro

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#3 Texas–Rio Grande Valley	0–2	#2 Seattle	Orem, Utah
3:00 p.m.	Diandra Aliaga 78'	Report	Rio Valley Own Goal 22' Laura Hooper 68' Jessie Ray 82'	Stadium: Clyde Field Referee: Kali Smith Assistant referees: Brayden Allen Assistant referees: Spencer Stolworthy

November 2, 2018	#1 Kansas City	3–0	#5 Utah Valley	Orem, Utah
6:00 p.m.	Kelsey Mothershead 16' Ryland Childers 55' Lexie Howard 65'	Report	Sadie Brockbank 10' Madeline Moore 53'	Stadium: Clyde Field Attendance: 624 Referee: Adriana Contreras Assistant referees: Brandon Major Assistant referees: David Wright

Final

November 4, 2018	#1 Kansas City	0–1	#2 Seattle	Orem, Utah
1:00 p.m.	Liz Mann 41'	Report	Kelsey Vogel 40' Laura Hooper 77'	Stadium: Clyde Field Attendance: 177 Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: Mike Allen Assistant referees: Marcelo Chaparro

Statistics

Goalscorers

1 Goal

Sadie Brockbank – Utah Valley
Sara Callister – Utah Valley
Ryland Childers – Kansas City
Sandra Hill – Grand Canyon
Lexie Howard – Kansas City
Kelsey Mothershead – Kansas City
Jessie Ray – Seattle
Kelsey Vogel – Seattle

Own Goals

Texas–Tio Grande Valley vs. Seattle

All-Tournament team

Source:^[2]

Player	Team
Sadie Brockbank	Utah Valley
Isabelle Butterfield	Seattle
Hannah Carrothers	Seattle
Jessie Ray	Seattle
Ariana Romero	Seattle (MVP)
Reighan Childers	Kansas City
Rylan Childers	Kansas City
Lexie Howard	Kansas City
Kelsey Mothershead	Kansas City
Sandra Hill	Grand Canyon
Kinga Szemik	UT Rio Grande Valley

References

^ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Western Athletic Conference. "2018 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved December 28, 2018.
^ "2018 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
^ "Julie Woodward Bio". Seattle University Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
^ "2018 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[2017_Tournament-1] Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

[2018_Tournament-2] Western Athletic Conference. "2018 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[Record_Book-3] "2018 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[Julie_Woodward-4] "Julie Woodward Bio". Seattle University Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[5] "2018 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

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