2017 WAC women's soccer tournament

2017 WAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,155
Site	GCU Stadium Phoenix, Arizona
Champions	Utah Valley (2nd title)
Winning coach	Chris Lemay (1st title)
Broadcast	WAC Digital Network
WAC women's soccer tournament «2016  2018»

2017 WAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
UMKC  ‍†‍‍	7	–	0	–	0		1.000			12	–	7	–	1		.625
Utah Valley  ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	2	–	0		.714			10	–	12	–	1		.457
UTRGV  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	1		.643			9	–	8	–	3		.525
Seattle  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	2		.571			10	–	8	–	4		.545
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	1		.500			9	–	10	–	2		.476
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	1		.357			6	–	13	–	2		.333
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	1		.214			6	–	12	–	1		.342
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	0		.000			1	–	19	–	0		.050
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2017 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 11, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC

The 2017 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 1–5, 2017. The five match tournament took place at GCU Stadium in Phoenix on the campus of Grand Canyon University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Seattle Redhawks, but they failed to defend their title after losing the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the Utah Valley Wolverines in the final.^[1] This was the second WAC women's soccer tournament championship for the Utah Valley women's soccer program and the first for first-year head coach Chris Lemay.^[2][3]

Seeds

The top six teams qualify for the tournament. Teams receive three points for each win and one point for each tie within their seven-game conference schedule. Teams will be seeded by total points earned, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two seeds will receive byes to the semifinals.

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Points
1	UMKC	7–0–0	21
2	Utah Valley	5–2–0	15
3	UTRGV	4–2–1	13
4	Seattle U	3–2–2	11
5	New Mexico State	3–3–1	10
6	Grand Canyon	2–4–1	7

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, Nov. 1					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 3					Final Sunday, Nov. 5
						1	UMKC	0
	4	Seattle	3			4	Seattle	1
	5	New Mexico State	0								4	Seattle	1 (1)
											2	Utah Valley	1 (3)
						2	Utah Valley	1
	3	UTRGV	1			6	Grand Canyon	0
	6	Grand Canyon	2^OT

Schedule

First round

#4 Seattle v #5 New Mexico State

November 1, 2017	#4 Seattle	3–0	#5 New Mexico State	Phoenix, Arizona
4:00 p.m. MST	Laura Hooper 43' Holly Rothering 48' Natasha Howe 57'	Report		Stadium: GCU Stadium Referee: Will Niccolls Assistant referees: Mario Coss Assistant referees: Noah Kenyawani Fourth official: Charles Farr

#3 UTRGV v #6 Grand Canyon

November 1, 2017	#3 UTRGV	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#6 Grand Canyon	Phoenix, Arizona
7:00 p.m. MST	Sarah Bonney 90' (pen.)	Report	5', 95' McKenzie Cook  90' Grand Canyon staff	Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 1033 Referee: Masoud Rasti Assistant referees: Robi Hullner Assistant referees: Cuong Dinh Fourth official: Robert Thomas

Semifinals

#1 UMKC v #4 Seattle

November 3, 2017	#1 UMKC	0–1	#4 Seattle	Phoenix, Arizona
4:00 p.m. MST		Report	17' Jessie Ray	Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 136 Referee: Masoud Rasti Assistant referees: Anthony Bersano Assistant referees: Cuong Dinh Fourth official: Robert Defibaugh

#2 Utah Valley v #6 Grand Canyon

November 3, 2017	#2 Utah Valley	1–0	#6 Grand Canyon	Phoenix, Arizona
7:00 p.m. MST	Breanna McCarter 74'	Report		Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 881 Referee: Will Niccolls Assistant referees: Mike Ambrose Assistant referees: Nicholas Gastelum Fourth official: Noah Kenyawani

Final

#4 Seattle v #2 Utah Valley

November 5, 2017	#4 Seattle	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	#2 Utah Valley	Phoenix, Arizona
1:00 p.m. MST	Natasha Howe 30'	Report	90' Siri Dahl	Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 241 Referee: Daniel Vehabovic Assistant referees: Nicholas Gastelum Assistant referees: Mario Coss Fourth official: Benjamin Scott
	Penalties
	Laura Hooper Natasha Howe Olivia Ovenell Holly Rothering		Breanna DeWaal Libby Weber Tori Smith

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• McKenzie Cook - Grand Canyon
• Natasha Howe - Seattle

1 Goal

• Sarah Bonney - UTRGV
• Siri Dahl - Utah Valley
• Laura Hooper - Seattle
• Breanna McCarter - Utah Valley
• Jessie Ray - Seattle
• Holly Rothering - Seattle

References

1. Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
2. "WAC Tournament Results" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
3. "2017 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". Utah Valley University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2017.