2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament

The 2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA held from November 1 through November 7, 2021. The nine-match tournament took place at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Rice Owls.^[1] Rice was unable to defend their title after being defeated by Middle Tennessee in the Quarterfinals. The Old Dominion Monarchs won the title by defeating Southern Miss in the final 1–0.^[2] The conference championship was the first for the Old Dominion women's soccer program and first for head coach Angie Hind.^[3] As tournament champions, Old Dominion earned C-USA's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Attendance	1,529
Site	FAU Soccer Stadium Boca Raton, Florida
Champions	Old Dominion (1st title)
Winning coach	Angie Hind (1st title)
MVP	Carla Morich (Offensive) Emily Roberts (Defensive) (Old Dominion)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Conference USA women's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Conference USA women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Old Dominion  ‍†‍‡‍^y	6	–	1	–	1		.813			13	–	5	–	1		.711
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	1		.688			10	–	5	–	1		.656
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			10	–	8	–	1		.553
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			6	–	7	–	5		.472
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	3		.563			7	–	5	–	4		.563
FIU  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	2		.250			2	–	12	–	2		.188
Marshall  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	1		.063			3	–	11	–	2		.250
West
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍	4	–	1	–	3		.688			10	–	4	–	3		.676
Rice  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1		.563			10	–	6	–	2		.611
UAB  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1		.563			7	–	9	–	3		.447
UTSA  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	3		.563			10	–	5	–	4		.632
North Texas  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	2		.500			8	–	5	–	4		.588
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	2		.375			6	–	8	–	3		.441
UTEP  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			4	–	12	–	0		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 C-USA Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Conference USA

Seeding

Ten teams qualified for the 2021 tournament based on their regular season records. The top five teams in each division were selected for tournament play. The tournament was set up so the first round matched the fourth seed and fifth seed of each conference and the quarterfinals featured cross-conference play. One tiebreaker was required between Rice and UAB, both of which finished 4–3–1 and tied for second place in the West Region. Rice won the tiebreaker and was awarded the second seed in the West based on their 2–1 overtime victory over UAB on October 8.^[4]

East Region

Finish	Team	Conference Record
1	Old Dominion	6–1–1
2	Western Kentucky	5–2–1
3	Middle Tennessee	5–3–0
4	Florida Atlantic	4–2–2
5	Charlotte	3–2–3

West Region

Finish	Team	Conference Record
1	Southern Miss	4–1–3
2	Rice	4–3–1
3	UAB	4–3–1
4	UTSA	3–2–3
5	North Texas	3–3–2

Bracket

Source:^[5]

First Round Monday, Nov. 1

Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 3

Semifinals Friday, Nov. 5

Final Sunday, Nov. 7

1E

Old Dominion (a.e.t.)

1

4W

UTSA (a.e.t.)

1

4W

UTSA

0

5W

North Texas

0

1E

Old Dominion

2

3E

Middle Tennessee

1

2W

Rice

0 (3)

3E

Middle Tennessee (pen.)

0 (4)

1W

Old Dominion

1

1E

Southern Miss

0

2E

Western Kentucky

0

4E

Florida Atlantic (pen.)

2 (5)

3W

UAB

1

5E

Charlotte

2 (4)

1W

Southern Miss

2

3W

UAB

1

1W

Southern Miss

2

4E

Florida Atlantic

1

Schedule

First Round

#4W UTSA v #5W North Texas

November 1, 2021	#4W UTSA	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#5W North Texas	Boca Raton, FL
4:30 p.m. ET	Own Goal   107'	Report		Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 179 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa Assistant referees: Irvin Castilla-Quija Fourth official: Jamie Herrera

#4E Florida Atlantic v #5E Charlotte

November 1, 2021	#4E Florida Atlantic	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	#5E Charlotte	Boca Raton, FL
7:00 p.m. ET	Miracle Porter   13' Emma Grissom   54'	Report	50' Piper Biziorek   64' Haley Shand	Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 312 Referee: Jamie Herrera Assistant referees: Mauro Gonzalez Assistant referees: Raidel Toledo Andino Fourth official: Andres Pfefferkorn
	Penalties
	Sammy Vitols   Bri Austin   Emma Grisson   Hailey Landrus   Miracle Porter   Maddison Krstec   Mia Sennes		Michaella Arteta   Macey Bader   Paige Rosenfeld   Haley Shand   Charlotte Harris   Kiara Pralle   Emma Wakeman

Quarterfinals

#2W Rice v #3E Middle Tennessee

November 3, 2021	#2W Rice	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#3E Middle Tennessee	Boca Raton, FL
11:00 a.m. ET	Allison Padron   71'	Report		Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 135 Referee: Jorge Ramirez Assistant referees: Jamie Willis Fourth official: Alex Del Angel
	Penalties
	Delaney Schultz   Bella Killgore   Serena Pham   Mariana Elizondo   Catarina Albuquerque   Shiloh Miller		Eleanor Gough   Carolina Manley   Elizabeth Slavinsky   Kirstine Lykke   Hannah Suder   Alayna Lynchard

#1E Old Dominion v #4W UTSA

November 3, 2021	#1E Old Dominion	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#4W UTSA	Boca Raton, FL
1:30 p.m. ET	Riley Kennett   93'	Report		Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Alex Del Angel Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa Assistant referees: William Torres Fourth official: Jorge Ramirez

#2E Western Kentucky v #3W UAB

November 3, 2021	#2E Western Kentucky	0–1	#3W UAB	Boca Raton, FL
4:30 p.m. ET	Katie Erwin   65'	Report	28' Lexxe Lipsey	Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 123 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic Assistant referees: Raidel Toledo Andino Assistant referees: Gerson Castellanos Fourth official: Jamie Herrera

#1W Southern Miss v #4E Florida Atlantic

November 3, 2021	#1W Southern Miss	2–1	#4E Florida Atlantic	Boca Raton, FL
7:00 p.m. ET	Sam Stiglmair   2' Blessing Kingsley   39' Ilana Izquierdo   42'	Report	2' Lauren Holland   89' Miracle Porter	Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 233 Referee: Timothy Debysingh Assistant referees: Hayden Oscana Assistant referees: William Torres Fourth official: Jamie Willis

Semifinals

#1E Old Dominion v #3E Middle Tennessee

November 5, 2021	#1E Old Dominion	2–1	#3E Middle Tennessee	Boca Raton, FL
4:30 p.m.	Jasmine Crawley   5' Ryan Parncutt   8' Ece Turkoglu   29' Yuliia Khrystiuck   57'	Report	5' (pen.) Peyton DePriest	Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 104 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Irvin Castilla-Quijano Assistant referees: Jamie Willis Fourth official: Timothy Debysingh

#1W Southern Miss v #3W UAB

November 5, 2021	#1W Southern Miss	2–1	#3W UAB	Boca Raton, FL
7:00 p.m.	Madisyn Flammia   55',   67' Alice Campos   79' Ariel Diaz   87'	Report	16' Morgan Halliwill   43' Lucy Thrasher	Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 167 Referee: Cory Rockwell Assistant referees: Hayden Oscanoa Assistant referees: William Torres Fourth official: Alex Del Angel

Final

#1W Southern Miss v #1E Old Dominion

November 7, 2021	#1W Southern Miss	0–1	#1E Old Dominion	Boca Raton, FL
1:00 p.m. ET		Report	20' Morgan Hall   76' Yuliia Khrystiuk	Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 161 Referee: Matthew Thompson Assistant referees: William Torres Assistant referees: Gerson Castellanos Fourth official: Timothy Debysingh

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.89 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

2 goals

• Miracle Porter – Florida Atlantic

1 goal

• Piper Biziorek – Charlotte
• Haley Shand – Charlotte
• Emma Grissom – Florida Atlantic
• Peyton DePriest – Middle Tennessee
• Morgan Hall – Old Dominion
• Riley Kennett – Old Dominion
• Yuliia Khrystiuck – Old Dominion
• Ece Turkoglu – Old Dominion
• Ariel Diaz – Southern Miss
• Madisyn Flammia – Southern Miss
• Blessing Kingsley – Southern Miss
• Sam Stiglmair – Southern Miss
• Morgan Halliwill – UAB
• Lexxe Lipsey – UAB

1 own goal

• North Texas (vs. UTSA)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Carla Morich*	Old Dominion
Emily Roberts^
Kasey Perry
Ece Turkoglu
Peyton DePriest	Middle Tennessee
Caroline Manley
Ariel Diaz	Southern Miss
Ilana Izquierdo
Kendell Mindnich
Morgan Halliwill	UAB
Lexxe Lipsey

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

1. Conference USA. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 15, 2021.
2. Conference USA. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Retrieved December 15, 2021.
3. "Conference USA Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
4. "WSOC: 2021 Championship Bracket Set". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. October 29, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
5. "2019 CONFERENCE USAWOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
6. "WSOC: Old Dominion Wins First C-USA Title With 1-0 Victory Over Southern Miss". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 7, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.