2015 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2015 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 7th edition of the tournament. It determined the Western Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

2015 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament
Country United States
Teams6
ChampionsSeattle
Runners-upUtah Valley
Matches played5
Best playerDavid Olsen
2014
2016

The Seattle Redhawks won the tournament, besting the Utah Valley Wolverines in the championship match.[1]

Qualification

2015 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Seattle 9 1 0  18 4 1
Utah Valley + 6 3 1  14 6 2
UNLV 5 4 1  12 7 1
Houston Baptist 5 4 1  9 8 2
Cal St. Bakersfield 4 3 3  7 6 6
San Jose State 4 4 2  6 11 1
Air Force 4 5 1  7 9 1
UMKC 4 5 1  6 9 2
Incarnate Word # 4 6 0  8 8 0
Grand Canyon # 3 7 0  7 10 0
UTRGV 2 8 0  5 12 1
As of November 29, 2015; Rankings from NSCAA

The top six teams in the Western Athletic Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Championship
                           
      1 Seattle 4  
  4 Houston Baptist  0 (2)      5 CSU Bakersfield 0    
  5 CSU Bakersfield (pen.)  0 (4)          1 Seattle (pen.)  1 (5) 
      2 Utah Valley  1 (4) 
      2 Utah Valley 1    
  3 UNLV 3     3 UNLV 0  
  6 San Jose State 1  

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 12, 2015 UNLV 3–1 San Jose State Kansas City, Missouri
4:30 PM ET Partida  18'
Takada  22'
Balelo  72'
Report Harte  86' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 32
Referee: Daniel Radford
November 12, 2015 Houston Baptist 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
CSU Bakersfield Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 PM ET Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 32
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Penalties
Acuna
Borgmann
Henke
Johnson
Vinales
Zamora
Duarte
Arana
Iniguez

Semifinals

November 13, 2015 Utah Valley 1–0 UNLV Kansas City, Missouri
4:30 PM ET Milne  66' Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 55
Referee: Josh Wilkens
November 13, 2015 Seattle 4–0 CSU Bakersfield Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 PM ET Roldan  25'
Olsen  27', 57'
Roberts  58'
Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 55
Referee: Daniel Radford

Championship

November 15, 2015 Seattle 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Utah Valley Kansas City, Missouri
1:00 PM ET Haddadi  87' Report Neff  64' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 60
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Penalties
Roldan
Langston
Olsen
Rivas
Haddadi
Milne
Buxton
Neff
Sackie
Harguindeguy

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank Player College Goals[2]
As of 15 November 2015

Tournament Best XI

  • Danny Musovski, So., F, UNLV
  • Kevin Partida, Jr., MF, UNLV
  • Nick Clever, Jr., GK, CSU Bakersfield
  • Mario Iniguez, Sr., D/MF, CSU Bakersfield
  • Alex Neff, Jr., D, Utah Valley
  • Skyler Milne, Jr., F, Utah Valley
  • Connor Salmon, So., MF, Utah Valley
  • Cameron Rohani, Jr., MF, Seattle U
  • Sergio Rivas, Fr., MF, Seattle U
  • Kyle Bjornethun, Jr., D, Seattle U
  • MVP: David Olsen, So., F, Seattle U

See also

References

  1. "2015 WAC Men's Soccer Bracket" (PDF). WACSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. "2015 WAC Conference Tournament Central". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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