2021 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 3 through 12, 2021. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the higher seeds home stadium. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the UC Davis Aggies.[2] The Aggies won the tournament in 2019 and are classified as the defending champions because there was no tournament held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] UC Davis was unable to defend its crown, falling to UC Santa Barbara in the Semifinals. UC Santa Barbara would go on to win the title, defeating UC Irvine 4–0 in the final.[4] This was the second Big West tournament title for the UC Santa Barbara program, both of which have come under head coach Tim Vom Steeg.[5] As tournament champions, UC Santa Barbara earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
ChampionsUC Santa Barbara (2nd title)
Winning coachTim Vom Steeg (2nd title)
MVPFinn Ballard McBride[1] (UC Santa Barbara)
BroadcastESPN+
Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
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2021 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UC Santa Barbara 6 1 2 12 5 4
UC Irvine 6 1 2 8 8 4
Cal Poly 5 1 3 7 6 4
Cal State Bakersfield 5 4 0 6 10 1
UC Davis 4 4 1 9 10 1
UC Riverside 3 4 2 9 7 3
Sacramento State 3 4 2 5 10 3
Cal State Northridge 3 5 1 4 13 1
UC San Diego # 2 7 0 5 11 0
Cal State Fullerton 1 7 1 3 11 3
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big West

Seeding

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The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. The first and second seeds earned a bye into the Semifinals, and hosted their Semifinal game. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds after UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine finished the regular season with identical 6–1–2 records. Their regular season match ended in a tie and the teams had identical goal differential, and therefore goals scored in conference play was used as the tiebreaker. UC Santa Barbara won the tiebreaker and was awarded the first seed and UC Irvine was the second seed. UC Riverside and Sacramento State tied for sixth in the regular season standings with identical 3–4–2 records. UC Riverside earned the sixth and final seed by beating Sacramento State 2–0 in the team's regular season matchup.[6]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 UC Santa Barbara 6–1–2 20
2 UC Irvine 6–1–2 20
3 Cal Poly 5–1–3 18
4 Cal State Bakersfield 5–4–0 15
5 UC Davis 4–4–1 13
6 UC Riverside 3–4–2 11

Bracket

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Source:[7]

First round
Wednesday, Nov. 3
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 6
Final
Saturday, Nov. 12
1 UC Santa Barbara (a.e.t.) 1
4 Cal State Bakersfield 1 5 UC Davis 0
5 UC Davis 3 1 UC Santa Barbara 4
2 UC Irvine 0
2 UC Irvine (pen.) 2 (4)
3 Cal Poly 0 6 UC Riverside 2 (2)
6 UC Riverside 1

Schedule

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First Round

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November 3, 2021 #4 Cal State Bakersfield 1–3 #5 UC Davis Bakersfield, CA
6:00 p.m. PT
  • Tom Shepherd   19'
  • Niall Owens   20'
  • Peter McKiernan   87'
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Stadium: Main Soccer Field
Attendance: 785
Referee: Rene Nunez
Assistant referees: Ivan De Christofaro
Assistant referees: Kevin Zelaya
Fourth official: Richard Heron
November 3, 2021 #3 Cal Poly 0–1 #6 UC Riverside San Luis Obispo, CA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • Carlos Arce-Hurtado   54'
  • Jacob Glass   83'
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  •   54' Leopoldo Hernandez
  •   54' Carlos Osorio-Castro
Stadium: Alex G. Spanos Stadium
Attendance: 612
Referee: Ian Anderson
Assistant referees: Gustavo Barrinetos
Assistant referees: John Pranjic
Fourth official: Adam Zarrin

Semifinals

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November 6, 2021 #1 UC Santa Barbara 1–0 (a.e.t.) #5 UC Davis Santa Barbara, CA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • Nemo Philipp   107'
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  •   51' Emmanuel Doherty
Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 1,267
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
Assistant referees: Ivan De Cristofaro
Assistant referees: Salma Perez
Fourth official: Luis Gutierrez
November 6, 2021 #2 UC Irvine 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
#6 UC Riverside Irvine, CA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • UC Riverside Own Goal   67' (o.g.)
  • Mario Anaya   71'
  • Francesco Montanile   77'
Report
  •   21' Federico Ucar
  •   40' Freymar Omarsson
  •   72' Jonick Pineda
  •   86',   87' Roberto Garcia-Vargas
  •   106' Adolfo Magana
Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 566
Referee: Sean Wright
Assistant referees: Trevor Rappleye
Assistant referees: Jorge Partida
Fourth official: Yoel Miller
Penalties
  • Lawrence Yamaguchi  
  • Jake Means  
  • Beto Alvarenga  
  • Victor Sandsmark-Evensen  
  •   Leopoldo Hernandez
  •   Brendan Clark
  •   Oscar Penate
  •   Josue Varela

Final

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November 12, 2021 #1 UC Santa Barbara 4–0 #2 UC Irvine Santa Barbara, CA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • Ramses Martinez   15'
  • Salvador Aguilar   44'
  • Henry Davies   54'
  • Finn Ballard McBride   66'
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  •   21'   45' Oscar Cervantes
  •   44' Gordon Botterill
  •   45' Team
  •   54' Beto Alvarenga
Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 2,209
Referee: Ronald Hoffman
Assistant referees: Trevor Wiseman
Assistant referees: Trevor Rappleye
Fourth official: Magic Berenji

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 12, 2021).

2 goals

  • Robert Mejia – UC Davis

1 goal

  • Tom Shepherd – Cal State Bakersfield
  • Maximilian Arfsten – UC Davis
  • Francesco Montanile – UC Irvine
  • Roberto Garcia-Vargas – UC Riverside
  • Leopoldo Hernandez – UC Riverside
  • Jonick Pineda – UC Riverside
  • Salvador Aguilar – UC Santa Barbara
  • Henry Davies – UC Santa Barbara
  • Ramses Martinez – UC Santa Barbara
  • Finn Ballard McBride – UC Santa Barbara
  • Nemo Philipp – UC Santa Barbara

1 own goal

  • UC Riverside (against UC Irvine)

References

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  1. ^ Big West Conference (November 13, 2021). "Top-Seeded UC Santa Barbara Wins The Big West 2021 Men's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "UC Davis Wins First Men's Soccer Tourney Title". bigwest.org. November 15, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Big West Cancels Fall Sports". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. December 10, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  4. ^ Big West Conference. "2021 BIG WEST MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Big West Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Tournament Field Set For The Big West 2021 Men's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. October 31, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Big West 2021 Men's Soccer Championship". Big West Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2022.