2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

The 2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2021 season held from October 31 to November 7, 2021. The seven-match tournament took place at the home side of the higher seeded team and teams were seeded based on regular season conference play. Michigan won the title by defeating Rutgers 1–0 in the final.[1] As the tournament champion, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament. This was the third overall title for Michigan and first for head coach Jennifer Klein.[2]

2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance12,273
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteYurcak Field
Piscataway, New Jersey
Finals siteYurcak Field
Piscataway, New Jersey
ChampionsMichigan (3rd title)
Winning coachJennifer Klein (1st title)
MVPRaleigh Loughman (offensive)
Alia Martin (defensive) (Michigan)
BroadcastBTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament
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2021 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Rutgers  ‍†‍‍y 10–0–0 1.00019–3–2 .833
No. 24 Purdue  ‍‍‍y 8–2–0 .80015–4–3 .750
No. 7 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 6–2–2 .70018–4–3 .780
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5–4–1 .55010–5–3 .639
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5–4–1 .55012–6–2 .650
No. 23 Penn State  ‍‍‍y 5–5–0 .50012–8–1 .595
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 3–4–2 .4449–9–2 .500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y 3–3–4 .50010–6–6 .591
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 3–4–3 .4509–5–4 .611
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 4–6–0 .4008–6–3 .559
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 3–5–2 .4007–9–2 .444
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 3–5–1 .3897–9–1 .441
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 1–8–1 .1505–11–1 .324
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 0–7–3 .1504–9–5 .361
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 Big Ten Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:2021 Women's Soccer Standings

Seeding

Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine which school would host a Quarterfinal between Michigan State and Iowa as both teams finished the regular season with 16 points. Michigan State won the tiebreaker by virtue of their 2–1 victory at Iowa on October 23.[3]

Seed School Conference Points
1 Rutgers 10–0–0 30
2 Purdue 8–2–0 24
3 Michigan 6–2–2 20
4 Michigan State 5–4–1 16
5 Iowa 5–4–1 16
6 Penn State 5–5–0 15
7 Ohio State 4–4–2 14
8 Wisconsin 3–3–4 13

Bracket
Quarterfinals
October 31[4] 		Semifinals
November 4 		Championship
November 7
         
1 Rutgers 1
8 Wisconsin 0
1 Rutgers 2
5 Iowa 0
4 Michigan State 0
5 Iowa 1
1 Rutgers 0
3 Michigan 1
3 Michigan 3
6 Penn State 1
3 Michigan 4
2 Purdue 1
2 Purdue 1
7 Ohio State 0

Schedule

Quarterfinals
October 31 #4 Michigan State 0–1 #5 Iowa East Lansing, MI
1:00 p.m. Report
  • 69' Alyssa Walker
 Stadium: DeMartin Stadium
Attendance: 1,988
October 31 #3 Michigan 3–1 #6 Penn State Ann Arbor, MI
1:00 p.m.
  • Nicki Hernandez 10'
  • Raleigh Loughman 21'
  • Kacey Lawrence 90'
 Report
  • 86' Ally Schlegel
 Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 801
Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Assistant referees: Jaafar Rasul
Assistant referees: Ramiro Talavera
Fourth official: Tomas Zarco
October 31 #2 Purdue 1–0 #7 Ohio State West Lafayette, IN
3:00 p.m.
Report
  • Yellow card 56' Kitty Jones-Black
  • Yellow card 68' Caitlin Foley
 Stadium: Folk Field
Attendance: 940
Referee: Eulogio Villalpando
Assistant referees: David Avignone
Assistant referees: Sergio Alvarez
Fourth official: Nick Thompson
October 31 #1 Rutgers 1–0 #8 Wisconsin Piscataway, NJ
3:30 p.m.
  • Sarah Brocious 33'
  • Allison Lowrey Yellow card 37'
  • Riley Tiernan Yellow card 58'
 Report
  • Yellow card 78' Joyelle Washington
 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,343
Referee: Michael Allie
Assistant referees: Ernest Zielinski
Assistant referees: Nick Zegestowsky
Fourth official: Pete Mandell

Semifinals
November 4 #1 Rutgers 2–0 #5 Iowa Piscataway, NJ
1:30 p.m.
Report
  • Yellow card 33' Kenzie Roling
  • Yellow card 48' Alyssa Walker
 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,049
Referee: Donocan Noocha
Assistant referees: Keith Fisher
Assistant referees: Ernest Zielinski
Fourth official: Pete Mandell
November 4 #2 Purdue 1–4 #3 Michigan Piscataway, NJ
4:00 p.m.
  • Nicole Kevdzija Yellow card 56'
  • Callie Ingram 84'
 Report
  • Yellow card 23' Emily Leyson
  • 27' Meredith Haakenson
  • 40' Hannah Blake
  • 56' (pen.) Danielle Wolfe
  • 58' Nicki Hernandez
 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,049
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
Assistant referees: Art Arustamyan
Assistant referees: Michael McBride
Fourth official: Daun White

Final
November 17 #1 Rutgers 0–1 #3 Michigan Piscataway, NJ
2:00 p.m. Report
  • 27' Raleigh Loughman
  • Yellow card 80' Avery Kalitta
  • Yellow card 85' Sydney Shepherd
 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 5,103
Referee: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Rachel Smith
Assistant referees: Scarlet Keane
Fourth official: Maggie Short

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.14 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Nicki Hernandez – Michigan
  • Raleigh Loughman – Michigan

1 goal

  • Alyssa Walker – Iowa
  • Hannah Blake – Michigan
  • Meredith Haakenson – Michigan
  • Kacey Lawrence – Michigan
  • Danielle Wolfe – Michigan
  • Ally Schlegel – Penn State
  • Sarah Griffith – Purdue
  • Callie Ingram – Purdue
  • Amirah Ali – Rutgers
  • Sarah Brocious – Rutgers
  • Allison Lowrey – Rutgers

All-Tournament team
PlayerTeam[5]
Riley Whitaker Iowa
Hillary Beall Michigan
Raleigh Loughman*
Alia Martin^
Ava Cook Michigan State
Bailey Kolinski Ohio State
Sam Coffey Penn State
Sarah Griffith Purdue
Amirah Ali Rutgers
Gabby Provenzano
Emma Jaskaniec Wisconsin

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

References
  1. "2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament". bigten.org. The Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  2. "2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigten.org. The Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. October 24, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  4. "Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  5. "Michigan Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". thebigten.org. The Big Ten Conference. November 7, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
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