2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	12,273
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	Yurcak Field; Piscataway, New Jersey
Finals site	Yurcak Field; Piscataway, New Jersey
Champions	Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jennifer Klein (1st title)
MVP	Raleigh Loughman (offensive); Alia Martin (defensive) (Michigan)
Broadcast	BTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament
«2020	2022»

The 2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2021 season held from October 31 to November 7, 2021. The seven-match tournament took place at the home side of the higher seeded team and teams were seeded based on regular season conference play. Michigan won the title by defeating Rutgers 1–0 in the final.^[1] As the tournament champion, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament. This was the third overall title for Michigan and first for head coach Jennifer Klein.^[2]

2021 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Rutgers ‍†‍‍^y	10	–	0	–	0	1.000	19	–	3	–	2	.833
No. 24 Purdue ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0	.800	15	–	4	–	3	.750
No. 7 Michigan ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	2	–	2	.700	18	–	4	–	3	.780
Michigan State ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	10	–	5	–	3	.639
Iowa ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	12	–	6	–	2	.650
No. 23 Penn State ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	12	–	8	–	1	.595
Ohio State ‍‍‍^y	3	–	4	–	2	.444	9	–	9	–	2	.500
Wisconsin ‍‍‍^y	3	–	3	–	4	.500	10	–	6	–	6	.591
Indiana ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3	.450	9	–	5	–	4	.611
Minnesota ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0	.400	8	–	6	–	3	.559
Nebraska ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	7	–	9	–	2	.444
Northwestern ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1	.389	7	–	9	–	1	.441
Illinois ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1	.150	5	–	11	–	1	.324
Maryland ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	3	.150	4	–	9	–	5	.361


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:2021 Women's Soccer Standings

Seeding

Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine which school would host a Quarterfinal between Michigan State and Iowa as both teams finished the regular season with 16 points. Michigan State won the tiebreaker by virtue of their 2–1 victory at Iowa on October 23.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference	Points
1	Rutgers	10–0–0	30
2	Purdue	8–2–0	24
3	Michigan	6–2–2	20
4	Michigan State	5–4–1	16
5	Iowa	5–4–1	16
6	Penn State	5–5–0	15
7	Ohio State	4–4–2	14
8	Wisconsin	3–3–4	13

Bracket

Quarterfinals October 31^[4]			Semifinals November 4			Championship November 7

1	Rutgers	1

8	Wisconsin	0
			1	Rutgers	2

			5	Iowa	0
4	Michigan State	0

5	Iowa	1
						1	Rutgers	0

						3	Michigan	1
3	Michigan	3

6	Penn State	1
			3	Michigan	4

			2	Purdue	1
2	Purdue	1

7	Ohio State	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 31	#4 Michigan State	0–1	#5 Iowa	East Lansing, MI
1:00 p.m.		Report	69' Alyssa Walker	Stadium: DeMartin Stadium Attendance: 1,988

October 31	#3 Michigan	3–1	#6 Penn State	Ann Arbor, MI
1:00 p.m.	Nicki Hernandez 10' Raleigh Loughman 21' Kacey Lawrence 90'	Report	86' Ally Schlegel	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 801 Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Jaafar Rasul Assistant referees: Ramiro Talavera Fourth official: Tomas Zarco

October 31	#2 Purdue	1–0	#7 Ohio State	West Lafayette, IN
3:00 p.m.	Sarah Griffith 55'	Report	56' Kitty Jones-Black 68' Caitlin Foley	Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 940 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: David Avignone Assistant referees: Sergio Alvarez Fourth official: Nick Thompson

October 31	#1 Rutgers	1–0	#8 Wisconsin	Piscataway, NJ
3:30 p.m.	Sarah Brocious 33' Allison Lowrey 37' Riley Tiernan 58'	Report	78' Joyelle Washington	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Ernest Zielinski Assistant referees: Nick Zegestowsky Fourth official: Pete Mandell

Semifinals

November 4	#1 Rutgers	2–0	#5 Iowa	Piscataway, NJ
1:30 p.m.	Allison Lowrey 67' Amirah Ali 82'	Report	33' Kenzie Roling 48' Alyssa Walker	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Donocan Noocha Assistant referees: Keith Fisher Assistant referees: Ernest Zielinski Fourth official: Pete Mandell

November 4	#2 Purdue	1–4	#3 Michigan	Piscataway, NJ
4:00 p.m.	Nicole Kevdzija 56' Callie Ingram 84'	Report	23' Emily Leyson 27' Meredith Haakenson 40' Hannah Blake 56' (pen.) Danielle Wolfe 58' Nicki Hernandez	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Michael McBride Fourth official: Daun White

Final

November 17	#1 Rutgers	0–1	#3 Michigan	Piscataway, NJ
2:00 p.m.		Report	27' Raleigh Loughman 80' Avery Kalitta 85' Sydney Shepherd	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Rachel Smith Assistant referees: Scarlet Keane Fourth official: Maggie Short

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.14 goals per match.

2 goals

Nicki Hernandez – Michigan
Raleigh Loughman – Michigan

1 goal

Alyssa Walker – Iowa
Hannah Blake – Michigan
Meredith Haakenson – Michigan
Kacey Lawrence – Michigan
Danielle Wolfe – Michigan
Ally Schlegel – Penn State
Sarah Griffith – Purdue
Callie Ingram – Purdue
Amirah Ali – Rutgers
Sarah Brocious – Rutgers
Allison Lowrey – Rutgers

All-Tournament team

Player	Team^[5]
Riley Whitaker	Iowa
Hillary Beall	Michigan
Raleigh Loughman*
Alia Martin^
Ava Cook	Michigan State
Bailey Kolinski	Ohio State
Sam Coffey	Penn State
Sarah Griffith	Purdue
Amirah Ali	Rutgers
Gabby Provenzano	Rutgers
Emma Jaskaniec	Wisconsin

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

^ "2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament". Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. October 24, 2021. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. October 24, 2021. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Michigan Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten Conference. November 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

External links

[1] "2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament". Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[2] "2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[3] "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. October 24, 2021. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[4] "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. October 24, 2021. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[5] "Michigan Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten Conference. November 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

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