2021 SWAC women's soccer tournament

2021 SWAC women's soccer tournament
2021 SWAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	824
Site	PVA&M Soccer Stadium; Prairie View, Texas
Champions	Prairie View A&M (2nd title)
Winning coach	Sonia Curvelo (2nd title)
MVP	Savannah Powell (Prairie View A&M)
Broadcast	SWAC Digital Network
SWAC women's soccer tournament
«2020	2022»

The 2021 SWAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference held November 4–7, 2021. The seven-match tournament took place at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Alabama State Hornets, however they were unable to defend their title, losing 3–0 to the Prairie View A&M Panthers in the Semifinals.^[1] Prairie View A&M went on to win the tournament, defeating Grambling State in a penalty shoot-out in the Final.^[2] The conference tournament title was the second in the history of the Paririe View A&M women's soccer program, both of which have come under head coach Sonia Curvelo.^[3] As tournament champions, Prairie View A&M earned the SWAC's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 SWAC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Prairie View A&M ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	1	–	0	.889	11	–	4	–	2	.706
Alabama A&M ‍†‍‍	8	–	1	–	0	.889	10	–	8	–	1	.553
Grambling State ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	1	.722	9	–	7	–	2	.556
Alabama State ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1	.611	7	–	9	–	3	.447
Texas Southern ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	3	.611	5	–	7	–	3	.433
Jackson State ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3	.500	4	–	11	–	3	.306
Southern ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1	.389	5	–	9	–	2	.375
Arkansas–Pine Bluff ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	0	.222	6	–	13	–	0	.316
Alcorn State ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1	.167	3	–	14	–	2	.211
Mississippi Valley State ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0	.000	1	–	12	–	0	.077


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 SWAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SWAC

Seeding

Eight of the ten teams that compete in women's soccer qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference play. A tiebreaker was required to determine the number one and number two seeds in the tournament as Prairie View A&M and Alabama A&M both finished with identical 8–1–0 conference records. Prairie View A&M earned the first seed by virtue of their victory over Alabama A&M on October 1.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Prairie View A&M	8–1–0	24
2	Alabama A&M	8–1–0	24
3	Grambling State	6–2–1	19
4	Alabama State	5–3–1	16
5	Texas Southern	4–2–3	15
6	Jackson State	3–3–3	12
7	Southern	3–5–1	10
8	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	2–7–0	6

Bracket

Source:^[5]

Quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 4			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 5			Final Sunday, Nov. 7

1	Prairie View A&M	4

8	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	0
			1	Prairie View A&M	3

			4	Alabama State	0
4	Alabama State	3

5	Texas Southern	0
						1	Prairie View A&M (pen.)	1 (3)

						3	Grambling State	1 (2)
3	Grambling State	2

6	Jackson State	1
			3	Grambling State	2

			2	Alabama A&M	0
2	Alabama A&M (a.e.t.)	1

7	Southern	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 4, 2021	#1 Prairie View A&M	4–0	#8 Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Prairie View, Texas
11:00 a.m. CT	JoJo Bernal 15' Savannah Powell 62', 65' Andrea Nugent 66' (pen.)	Report	31' Erin Fite 55' Natalie Freeman 66' Brisha Musungu	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 176 Referee: Jordan Gray Assistant referees: Estefania Estrada Assistant referees: Jalen Gray Fourth official: Deepak Lumba

November 4, 2021	#4 Alabama State	3–0	#5 Texas Southern	Prairie View, Texas
2:00 p.m. CT	Grace Norbury 6', 45' McKenna Wiscombe 49' (pen.), 62' Kayleigh ONeal 57' Kassandra Schoen 77'	Report	63' Hayden McMillan	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Wes Caouette Assistant referees: Ricardo Hernandez Assistant referees: Sean Caoutte Fourth official: Albert Kyei-Mensah

November 4, 2021	#3 Grambling State	2–1	#6 Jackson State	Prairie View, Texas
5:00 p.m. CT	Kaydeen Jack 29' Lindsay Jaiyesimi 77' Miranda Urbizu 84'	Report	4', 11' Annalise Brunson 8' Maya-Joy Thompson 17' Olivia Cobb	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Jalen Gray Assistant referees: Albert Kyei-Mensah Assistant referees: Jordan Gray

November 4, 2021	#2 Alabama A&M	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#7 Southern	Prairie View, Texas
8:00 p.m. CT	Team 93' Makayla Rushing 102' Fernanda Valencia 104'	Report	83' Amina Booker	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 67 Referee: Laith Dahhan Assistant referees: Ruben Campillo Assistant referees: Albert Kyei-Mensah Fourth official: Jalen Gray

Semifinals

November 5, 2021	#1 Prairie View A&M	3–0	#4 Alabama State	Prairie View, Texas
3:00 p.m. CT	Savannah Powell 1' Lesa Griffin 23' Jaiden Morgan 30'	Report		Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 176 Referee: Jalen Gray Assistant referees: Jordan Gray Assistant referees: Sean Caouette Fourth official: Laith Dahhan

November 5, 2021	#2 Alabama A&M	0–2	#3 Grambling State	Prairie View, Texas
5:30 p.m. CT		Report	4' Lizbeth Aguero 67' Lindsay Jaiyesimi 89' Kailey Pena	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 82 Referee: Wes Caouette Assistant referees: Albert Kyei-Mensah Assistant referees: Laith Dahhan Fourth official: Sean Cauoette

Final

November 7, 2021	#1 Prairie View A&M	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	#3 Grambling State	Prairie View, Texas
11:00 a.m. CT	Sonia Fuentes 17' D'Sanye Nugent 68' (pen.) Andrea Nugent 74' Savannah Powell 109'	Report	17', 21' Lizbeth Aguero 37' Kaydeen Jack 55' Team 108' Mackenzie Rastatter	Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 167 Referee: Albert Kyei-Mensah Assistant referees: Laith Dahhan Assistant referees: Wes Caouette Fourth official: Ruben Campillo
	Penalties
	D'Sanye Nugent Samantha Moran Megan Howell Xandria Johnson Kalia Brown		Paula Burillo-Blasco Kambria Cash Kaydeen Jack CaLeigha Callahan Mackenzie Rastatter

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

3 goals

Savannah Powell – Prairie View A&M

2 goals

McKenna Wiscombe – Alabama State
Lizbeth Aguero – Grambling State

1 goal

Fernanda Valencia – Alabama A&M
Grace Norbury – Alabama State
Lindsay Jaiyseimi – Grambling State
Kailey Pena – Grambling State
Miranda Urbizu – Grambling State
Annalise Brunson – Jackson State
JoJo Bernal – Prairie View A&M
Lesa Griffin – Prairie View A&M
Jaiden Morgan – Prairie View A&M
Andrea Nugent – Prairie View A&M
D'Sanye Nugent – Prairie View A&M

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Savannah Powell	Prairie View A&M
Quinn Josiah
Andrea Nugent
D'Sanye Nugent
JoJo Bernal
Lizbeth Aguero	Grambling State
Kaydeen Jack
Kailey Pena
Tateyana Pitter	Alabama A&M
Makayla Rushing	Alabama A&M
McKenna Wiscombe	Alabama State

MVP in bold

References

^ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "Spring 2021 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2021 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ "Sonia Curvelo". pvpanthers.com. Prairie View A&M University. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ "SWAC Announces Soccer Tournament Seedings". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. October 30, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ "2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ "PVAMU Soccer Claims Second SWAC Championship Title in Three Years". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[1] Southwestern Athletic Conference. "Spring 2021 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[2] Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2021 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[3] "Sonia Curvelo". pvpanthers.com. Prairie View A&M University. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[4] "SWAC Announces Soccer Tournament Seedings". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. October 30, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[5] "2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[6] "PVAMU Soccer Claims Second SWAC Championship Title in Three Years". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

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