2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2016 Western Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference to be held from November 3 to November 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at Durwood Soccer Stadium in Kansas City. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions are the Utah Valley Wolverines, who defeated the Seattle Redhawks 2–0 in the 2015 tournament.[1]

2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteDurwood Soccer Stadium
Kansas City, MO
ChampionsSeattle (3rd title)
Winning coachJulie Woodward (3rd title)
MVPNatasha Howe (Seattle Redhawks)
BroadcastWAC Digital Network (All Games)
WAC Women's Soccer Tournament
«2015  2017»
2016 WAC women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Seattle  y 700 1.000  1461 .690
Cal State Bakersfield   421 .643  8102 .450
UMKC   322 .571  8104 .455
Grand Canyon*   322 .571  792 .444
Utah Valley   331 .500  1082 .550
New Mexico State   232 .429  5132 .300
Texas–Rio Grande Valley   250 .286  1081 .553
Chicago State   070 .000  1160 .059
Conference champion
2016 WAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament

* – Grand Canyon ineligible for postseason (D2 to D1 regulations)
As of 2016-11-14; Rankings from NSCAA

Bracket

[2][3]

  First Round
Thursday, Nov. 3
    Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 4
    Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
                           
        1 Seattle 2  
  4 Utah Valley 2     4 Utah Valley 1    
  5 New Mexico State 0         1 Seattle 2
      3 UMKC 1
        2 CSU Bakersfield 0    
  3 UMKC 4     3 UMKC 4  
  6 UTRGV 1  

Schedule

First Round

November 3, 2016 #4 Utah Valley 2–0 #5 New Mexico State Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT Lilly Weaver  12'
Sheridan Fox  59'
Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Dion Telting
November 3, 2016 #3 UMKC 4–1 #6 UTRGV Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT Niekie Pellens  30' (pen.)
Lilly Cobb  50'
Kara Priest  57'
Lexie Howard  71'
Report Marcela Ramirez  78' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Allen Chapman

Semifinals

November 4, 2016 #1 Seattle 2–1 #4 Utah Valley Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT Natasha Howe  11'
Isabelle Butterfield  14'
Report Sara Callister  72' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Allen Chapman
November 4, 2016 #2 CSU Bakersfield 0–4 #3 UMKC Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT Report Emily Herndon  21', 49' (pen.)
Niekie Pellens  40'
Abby Small  54'
Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Referee: Dion Telting

Final

November 6, 2016 #1 Seattle 2–1 #3 UMKC Kansas City, MO
1:00 p.m. CT Karli White  7'
Jessie Ray  71'
Report Lexie Howard  6' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 337
Referee: Christopher Calderon

All-Tournament Team

[4]

PlayerTeamPosition
Keneika WebsterCSU BakersfieldDF
Haley VicenteCSU BakersfieldFW
Libby WeberUtah ValleyMF
Linley BrownUtah ValleyDF
Lexie HowardUMKCFW
Emily HerndonUMKCMF
Niekie PellensUMKCDF
Karli WhiteSeattleFW
Brie HooksSeattleFW
Isabelle ButterfieldSeattleFW

References

  1. Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  2. Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  3. Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Women's soccer results". Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  4. Western Athletic Conference. "Seattle U Wins 2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
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