2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
| 2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 4 | ||||
| Matches | 3 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,706 | ||||
| Site | Anteater Stadium Irvine, California | ||||
| Champions | UC Irvine (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Scott Juniper (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Maddy Chavez[1] (UC Irvine) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine †‡y | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .800 | 16 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .800 | 13 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .475 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 9 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .500 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .333 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .250 | 3 | – | 14 | – | 2 | .211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .200 | 3 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 4 | – | 11 | – | 2 | .294 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Big West Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big West Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 4 and 7, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at Anteater Stadium in Irvine, California. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Cal State Fullerton Titans.[2] The Titans 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. Cal State Fullerton was unable to defend its crown, falling to Cal Poly in the Semifinals. The UC Irvine Anteaters won the title by defeating Cal Poly 1–0 in the final.[3] This was the second Big West tournament title for the UC Irvine program and the first for head coach Scott Juniper.[4] As tournament champions, UC Irvine earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
Seeding[edit]
Four Big West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine which school would be selected as the number one seed, and tournament host. UC Irvine and Cal Poly both finished the season with twenty four points, but UC Irvine was awarded the top seed by virtue of their 2–0 win over Cal Poly on October 31. A tiebreaker was also required to determine the fourth team in the tournament after both UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State after both teams finished the season with nineteen points. UC Santa Barbara defeated Long Beach State 2–1 on October 31, and therefore were awarded the fourth seed.[5]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | UC Irvine | 8–2–0 | 24 |
| 2 | Cal Poly | 8–2–0 | 24 |
| 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 7–3–0 | 21 |
| 4 | UC Santa Barbara | 6–3–1 | 19 |
Bracket[edit]
Source:[6]
| Semifinals Thursday, November 4 | Final Sunday, November 7 | ||||||||
| 1 | UC Irvine | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | UC Santa Barbara | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | UC Irvine | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Cal Poly | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Cal Poly | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 0 | |||||||
Schedule[edit]
Semifinals[edit]
| November 4, 2021 | #2 Cal Poly | 2–0 | #3 Cal State Fullerton | Irvine, CA |
| 5:00 p.m. PST |
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Report | Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 289 Referee: Karen DeLeon Assistant referees: Vincent Brizzolara Loren Barnett Fourth official: Magic Berenji |
| November 4, 2021 | #1 UC Irvine | 1–0 | #4 UC Santa Barbara | Irvine, CA |
| 7:30 p.m. PST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 687 Referee: William Hoffman Assistant referees: Magic Berenji Steve Skille Fourth official: Vincent Brizzolara |
Final[edit]
| November 7, 2021 | #1 UC Irvine | 1–0 | #2 Cal Poly | Irvine, CA |
| 1:00 p.m. PST |
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Report | Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 730 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Jaclyn Reilman Andrea Reyes Fourth official: Alana Ethridge |
Statistics[edit]
Goalscorers[edit]
There were 4 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.33 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).
1 goal
- Olivia Ortiz – Cal Poly
- Scarlett Camberos – UC Irvine
- Alex Jaquez – UC Irvine
1 own goal
- Cal State Fullteron (against Cal Poly)
References[edit]
- ^ Big West Conference. "Top-seeded UC Irvine Wins The Big West 2021 Women's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Big West Conference. "2019 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Big West Conference. "2021 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ "Big West Women's Soccer Tournament Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ "Matchups Locked for The Big West 2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Big West Conference. October 31, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Big West 2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Big West Conference. Retrieved December 13, 2021.