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.[1][2] 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.[3] 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
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance793
SiteUD Soccer Stadium
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (6th title)
Winning coachBrock Thompson (2nd title)
MVPRachel Preston (South Dakota State)
BroadcastOnline (TheSummitLeague.org)
Summit League women's soccer tournament
«2020  2022»
2021 Summit League women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Denver  ‍†‍‍ 8–0–1 .94413–6–2 .667
South Dakota State  ‍‍‡‍y 6–2–1 .72217–4–1 .795
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 6–3–0 .6679–8–2 .526
South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 5–3–1 .61110–4–4 .667
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5–4–0 .55611–6–1 .639
Kansas City  ‍‍‍ 4–5–0 .4446–13–0 .316
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍ 3–5–1 .3896–10–2 .389
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 3–6–0 .3333–12–1 .219
St. Thomas  ‍‍‍ 2–7–0 .2224–12–1 .265
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 1–8–0 .1113–13–1 .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.[4]

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:[5]

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
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 soccer ball with check mark
  • Ella Frost soccer ball with check mark
  • Kaitlyn Glover soccer ball with check mark
  • Vanessa Murray soccer ball with red X
  • Hannah Gallegos soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark Lindsay Farrell
  • soccer ball with red X Alexis Mitchell
  • soccer ball with check mark Joana Zanin
  • soccer ball with red X Abby Ostrem
November 4, 2021 #2 South Dakota State 1–0 (a.e.t.) #3 Omaha Denver, CO
4:00 p.m. MT
  • Kayal Anderson gold-colored soccer ball 107'
Report Stadium: UD Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 277
Referee: Marcelo Soto
Assistant referees: Sanitago Ramirez
Assistant referees: Doug Devine
Fourth official: Federico Ruiz

Final
November 6, 2021 #1 Denver 2–4 #2 South Dakota State Denver, CO
2:00 p.m. MT
  • Sydney Sharp 1', Yellow card 87'
  • Devan McSwain 86'
 Report
  • 24' Maya Hansen
  • 34' Laney Murdzek
  • 54' Rachel Preston
  • Yellow card 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:[6]

PlayerTeam
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

References
  1. "2020 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  2. "2021 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  3. "Summit League Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  4. "2021 #SummitWSOC Championship Bracket Set". thesummitleague.org. Summit League. October 31, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  5. "2021 Summit League Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. "South Dakota State captures #SummitWSOC Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. November 6, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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