2021 Summit League women's soccer tournament

The 2021 Summit League women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 4 and 6, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at University of Denver Soccer Stadium in Denver, Colorado. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Denver Pioneers were the defending champions, and were unable to defend their title losing to South Dakota State in the final. The tournament win was South Dakota State's sixth as a member of the conference, and the second for coach Brock Thompson. South Dakota State has now won two of the past three Summit League tournaments. As tournament champions, South Dakota State earned the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 Summit League women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	793
Site	UD Soccer Stadium Denver, Colorado
Champions	South Dakota State (6th title)
Winning coach	Brock Thompson (2nd title)
MVP	Rachel Preston (South Dakota State)
Broadcast	Online (TheSummitLeague.org)
Summit League women's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Summit League women's soccer standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Denver  ‍†‍‍	8	–	0	–	1		.944			13	–	6	–	2		.667
South Dakota State  ‍‍‡‍y	6	–	2	–	1		.722			17	–	4	–	1		.795
Omaha  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	0		.667			9	–	8	–	2		.526
South Dakota  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1		.611			10	–	4	–	4		.667
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0		.556			11	–	6	–	1		.639
Kansas City  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	0		.444			6	–	13	–	0		.316
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			6	–	10	–	2		.389
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0		.333			3	–	12	–	1		.219
St. Thomas  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	0		.222			4	–	12	–	1		.265
North Dakota  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	0		.111			3	–	13	–	1		.206
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Summit League Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Summit League

Seeding

The top four of the ten teams competing during the regular season qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference records. No tiebreakers were required as the top four teams each finished with unique conference records.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Denver	8–0–1	24
2	South Dakota State	6–2–1	19
3	Omaha	6–3–0	18
4	South Dakota	5–3–1	16

Bracket

Source:

	Semifinals Thursday, November 4					Final Saturday, November 6
	1	Denver (pen.)	1 (4)
	4	South Dakota	1 (2)
						1	Denver	2
						2	South Dakota State	4
	2	South Dakota State (a.e.t.)	1
	3	Omaha	0

Schedule

Semifinals

#1 Denver v #4 South Dakota

November 4, 2021	#1 Denver	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	#4 South Dakota	Denver, CO
1:00 p.m. MT	Sydney Sharp 54'	Report	81' Jordan Centineo	Stadium: UD Soccer Stadium Attendance: 210 Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos Assistant referees: Vince Kofa Assistant referees: Jason Hampton Fourth official: Federico Ruiz
	Penalties
	Natalie Beckman Ella Frost Kaitlyn Glover Vanessa Murray Hannah Gallegos		Lindsay Farrell Alexis Mitchell Joana Zanin Abby Ostrem

#2 South Dakota State v #3 Omaha

November 4, 2021	#2 South Dakota State	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#3 Omaha	Denver, CO
4:00 p.m. MT	Kayal Anderson 107'	Report		Stadium: UD Soccer Stadium Attendance: 277 Referee: Marcelo Soto Assistant referees: Sanitago Ramirez Assistant referees: Doug Devine Fourth official: Federico Ruiz

Final

#1 Denver v #2 South Dakota State

November 6, 2021	#1 Denver	2–4	#2 South Dakota State	Denver, CO
2:00 p.m. MT	Sydney Sharp 1',  87' Devan McSwain 86'	Report	24' Maya Hansen 34' Laney Murdzek 54' Rachel Preston  68' Avery Murdzek 85' Cecilia Limongi	Stadium: UD Soccer Stadium Attendance: 306 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Sara Renyer Assistant referees: Adam Rice Fourth official: Federico Ruiz

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

2 goals

• Sydney Sharp – Denver

1 goal

• Devan McSwain – Denver
• Jordan Centineo – South Dakota
• Kayal Anderson – South Dakota State
• Maya Hansen – South Dakota State
• Cecilia Limongi – South Dakota State
• Laney Murdzek – South Dakota State
• Rachel Preston – South Dakota State

All-Tournament team

Source:

Player	Team
Rachel Preston	South Dakota State
Katherine Jones
Karlee Manding
Katie Zabel
Sydney Sharp	Denver
Devan McSwain
Brittney Lewis
Grace Ostergaard	Omaha
Jordyn West
Maddison Sullivan	South Dakota
Joana Zanin

MVP in bold