2020 WAC women's soccer tournament
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The 2020 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament, delayed due to COVID-19 until Spring, 2021, was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from April 13 to April 17, 2021. The five match tournament took place at GCU Stadium in Phoenix, AZ on the campus of Grand Canyon University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The No. 1 seed Utah Valley defeated No. 2 seed Seattle Redhawks 1–0 in the final.[1]
| 2020 WAC women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | GCU Stadium Phoenix, AZ | ||||
| Champions | Utah Valley (3rd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Chris Lemay (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Cassidy McCormick (Utah Valley) | ||||
| Broadcast | WAC Digital Network | ||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle † | 10 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .786 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley ‡y | 10 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .786 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist | 8 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .643 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .625 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 1 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTRGV | 7 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .536 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 4 | – | 9 | – | 1 | .321 | 5 | – | 12 | – | 2 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dixie State* | 3 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .292 | 3 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 0 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .000 | 0 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * ineligible for the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to transition from Division II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 20, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bracket
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| First round Tuesday, Apr. 13 | Semifinals Thursday, Apr. 15 | Final Saturday, Apr. 17 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Utah Valley | 12OT, 4PK | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UTRGV | 0 | 5 | NMSU | 1 3PK | |||||||||
| 5 | NMSU | 3 | 1 | Utah Valley | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Seattle | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Grand Canyon | 5 | 3 | Grand Canyon | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Chicago State | 2 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament team
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| Player | Team |
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| Corey Kizer | NM State |
| Hannah Leitner | |
| Jaycee Iranshad | Grand Canyon |
| Raeanne Jones | |
| Michele Adam | Seattle |
| Ava Benedetti | |
| Hallie Bergford | |
| Isabel Jones-Dawe | Utah Valley |
| Anna Pickering | |
| Heather Stainbrook | |
| Cassidy McCormick |
MVP in bold
References
edit- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2020-21 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "2020-21 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. p. 17. Retrieved October 31, 2021.