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2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament
The 2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from October 29 through November 6, 2021. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the Western Division champions and Eastern Division champions home stadiums. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Liberty Flames were the defending tournament champions, and unable to defend their title, losing to Eastern Kentucky in the Quarterfinals.[1] The Lipscomb Bisons won the tournament after defeating Kennesaw State 1–0 in the final.[2] It was their third title in four years, and third title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Kevin O'Brien.[3] As tournament champions, Lipscomb earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
| 2021 ASUN women's soccer tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 8 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Attendance | 1,573 |
| Site | Campus Sites, #1 seeds |
| Champions | Lipscomb (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Kevin O'Brien (3rd title) |
| MVP | Shelby Craft (Lipscomb) |
| Broadcast | ESPN+ |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast † | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .778 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .667 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .556 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .278 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Florida | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .556 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lipscomb †‡y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .778 | 15 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .667 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | 9 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bellarmine | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .333 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 8 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .167 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 3 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 ASUN tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches poll Source:ASUN Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
Source:[4]
| Quarterfinals Sunday, October 29 | Semifinals Friday, October 31 | Final Sunday, November 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Florida Gulf Coast | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 4W | Bellarmine (pen.) | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 4W | Bellarmine | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3E | Kennesaw State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2W | Central Arkansas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3E | Kennesaw State (a.e.t.) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3E | Kennesaw State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Lipscomb | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Lipscomb | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 5W | Jacksonville State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | Lipscomb | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3W | Eastern Kentucky | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Liberty | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3W | Eastern Kentucky | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schedule edit
Quarterfinals edit
| October 29, 2021 | Lipscomb | 6–0 | Jacksonville State | Nashville, TN |
| 2:00 p.m. CT |
| Report | Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 135 Referee: Kayla Polonksy Assistant referees: Jarred Mosher Tarik Veleder Fourth official: Shane Butler |
| October 29, 2021 | Central Arkansas | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Kennesaw State | Fort Myers, FL |
| 4:00 p.m. ET |
| Report |
| Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 103 Referee: Richonne Clark Assistant referees: Edson Carvajal Ivan Cid Cruz Fourth official: John Ocampo |
| October 29, 2021 | Liberty | 0–1 | Eastern Kentucky | Nashville, TN |
| 6:00 p.m. CT | Report |
| Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 115 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Carmelo LoFaro Justin Higgins Fourth official: Kayla Polonsky |
| October 29, 2021 | Florida Gulf Coast | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Bellarmine | Fort Myers, FL |
| 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Report |
| Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 291 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn Assistant referees: John Ocampo Sergio Cabrera Fourth official: Richonne Clark |
| Penalties | ||||
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Semifinals edit
| October 31, 2021 | Kennesaw State | 1–0 | Bellarmine | Fort Myers, FL |
| 1:00 p.m. ET |
| Report | Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex Attendance: 56 Referee: Jaime Herrera Assistant referees: Irvin Castilla-Ouijana Raidel Toledo Andino Fourth official: Amiel Aleman |
| October 31, 2021 | Lipscomb | 4–0 | Eastern Kentucky | Nashville, TN |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
| Report |
| Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Kyle Johnston Assistant referees: Esteban Eordogh Gerson Castellanos Fourth official: Matthew Drew |
Final edit
| November 6, 2021 | Lipscomb | 1–0 | Kennesaw State | Nashville, TN |
| 6:00 p.m. CT |
| Report |
| Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex Attendance: 623 Referee: Esteban Rosano Assistant referees: Christopher Kloc Esteban Eordogh Fourth official: Kiah Haslett |
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
There were 22 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.14 goals per match (as of November 6, 2021).
4 goals
- Macie Rainwater – Kennesaw State
3 goals
- Molly Grant – Lipscomb
2 goals
- Emma Hawkins – Central Arkansas
- Kammy McGee – Lipscomb
- Cami Rogers – Lipscomb
1 goal
- Lauren Mackey – Bellarmine
- Abby Gibson – Central Arkansas
- Maddy Lemery – Eastern Kentucky
- Malaya Melancon – Florida Gulf Coast
- Tianna Rivera – Kennesaw State
- Noa Ganthier – Lipscomb
- Logan McFadden – Lipscomb
- Emanuela Schurch – Lipscomb
- Shadia Valenzuela – Lipscomb
All-Tournament team edit
Source:[5]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Shelby Craft | Lipscomb |
| CJ Graham | |
| Logan McFadden | |
| Kammy McGee | |
| Aila Swinton | Kennesaw State |
| Dylan Pixton | |
| Macie Rainwater | |
| Elyssa Francis | Bellarmine |
| Sarah Kraus | |
| Nerea de Diego | Eastern Kentucky |
| Lucy Ream |
MVP in bold
References edit
- ^ "2020 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "ASUN Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "2021 ASUN Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "Bisons Claim Program's Third Women's @ASUNSoccer Championship Title in Four Seasons". asunsports.com. The Atlantic Sun Conference. November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.