| 2021 SWAC women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Matches | 7 | ||||
| Attendance | 824 | ||||
| Site | PVA&M Soccer Stadium Prairie View, Texas | ||||
| Champions | Prairie View A&M (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Sonia Curvelo (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Savannah Powell (Prairie View A&M) | ||||
| Broadcast | SWAC Digital Network | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M †‡y | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .889 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M † | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .889 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .722 | 9 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .611 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .611 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 3 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 4 | – | 11 | – | 3 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .222 | 6 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .167 | 3 | – | 14 | – | 2 | .211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .000 | 1 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .077 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 SWAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SWAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 SWAC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference held November 4–7, 2021. The seven-match tournament took place at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Alabama State Hornets, however they were unable to defend their title, losing 3–0 to the Prairie View A&M Panthers in the Semifinals.[1] Prairie View A&M went on to win the tournament, defeating Grambling State in a penalty shoot-out in the Final.[2] The conference tournament title was the second in the history of the Paririe View A&M women's soccer program, both of which have come under head coach Sonia Curvelo.[3] As tournament champions, Prairie View A&M earned the SWAC's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
Seeding
Eight of the ten teams that compete in women's soccer qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference play. A tiebreaker was required to determine the number one and number two seeds in the tournament as Prairie View A&M and Alabama A&M both finished with identical 8–1–0 conference records. Prairie View A&M earned the first seed by virtue of their victory over Alabama A&M on October 1.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 8–1–0 | 24 |
| 2 | Alabama A&M | 8–1–0 | 24 |
| 3 | Grambling State | 6–2–1 | 19 |
| 4 | Alabama State | 5–3–1 | 16 |
| 5 | Texas Southern | 4–2–3 | 15 |
| 6 | Jackson State | 3–3–3 | 12 |
| 7 | Southern | 3–5–1 | 10 |
| 8 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 2–7–0 | 6 |
Bracket
Source:[5]
| Quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 4 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 5 | Final Sunday, Nov. 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Alabama State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Alabama State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas Southern | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M (pen.) | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Grambling State | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Grambling State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Jackson State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Grambling State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alabama A&M | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alabama A&M (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Southern | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 4, 2021 | #1 Prairie View A&M | 4–0 | #8 Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Prairie View, Texas |
| 11:00 a.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 176 Referee: Jordan Gray Assistant referees: Estefania Estrada Jalen Gray Fourth official: Deepak Lumba |
| November 4, 2021 | #4 Alabama State | 3–0 | #5 Texas Southern | Prairie View, Texas |
| 2:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Wes Caouette Assistant referees: Ricardo Hernandez Sean Caoutte Fourth official: Albert Kyei-Mensah |
| November 4, 2021 | #3 Grambling State | 2–1 | #6 Jackson State | Prairie View, Texas |
| 5:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Jalen Gray Assistant referees: Albert Kyei-Mensah Jordan Gray |
| November 4, 2021 | #2 Alabama A&M | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | #7 Southern | Prairie View, Texas |
| 8:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 67 Referee: Laith Dahhan Assistant referees: Ruben Campillo Albert Kyei-Mensah Fourth official: Jalen Gray |
Semifinals
| November 5, 2021 | #1 Prairie View A&M | 3–0 | #4 Alabama State | Prairie View, Texas |
| 3:00 p.m. CT |
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Report | Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 176 Referee: Jalen Gray Assistant referees: Jordan Gray Sean Caouette Fourth official: Laith Dahhan |
| November 5, 2021 | #2 Alabama A&M | 0–2 | #3 Grambling State | Prairie View, Texas |
| 5:30 p.m. CT | Report |
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Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 82 Referee: Wes Caouette Assistant referees: Albert Kyei-Mensah Laith Dahhan Fourth official: Sean Cauoette |
Final
| November 7, 2021 | #1 Prairie View A&M | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) | #3 Grambling State | Prairie View, Texas |
| 11:00 a.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: PVA&M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 167 Referee: Albert Kyei-Mensah Assistant referees: Laith Dahhan Wes Caouette Fourth official: Ruben Campillo |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).
3 goals
- Savannah Powell – Prairie View A&M
2 goals
- McKenna Wiscombe – Alabama State
- Lizbeth Aguero – Grambling State
1 goal
- Fernanda Valencia – Alabama A&M
- Grace Norbury – Alabama State
- Lindsay Jaiyseimi – Grambling State
- Kailey Pena – Grambling State
- Miranda Urbizu – Grambling State
- Annalise Brunson – Jackson State
- JoJo Bernal – Prairie View A&M
- Lesa Griffin – Prairie View A&M
- Jaiden Morgan – Prairie View A&M
- Andrea Nugent – Prairie View A&M
- D'Sanye Nugent – Prairie View A&M
All-Tournament team
Source:[6]
| Player | Team |
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| Savannah Powell | Prairie View A&M |
| Quinn Josiah | |
| Andrea Nugent | |
| D'Sanye Nugent | |
| JoJo Bernal | |
| Lizbeth Aguero | Grambling State |
| Kaydeen Jack | |
| Kailey Pena | |
| Tateyana Pitter | Alabama A&M |
| Makayla Rushing | |
| McKenna Wiscombe | Alabama State |
MVP in bold
References
- ↑ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "Spring 2021 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ Southwestern Athletic Conference. "2021 SWAC Soccer Tournament Central". swac.org. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ "Sonia Curvelo". pvpanthers.com. Prairie View A&M University. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ "SWAC Announces Soccer Tournament Seedings". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. October 30, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ "2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ "PVAMU Soccer Claims Second SWAC Championship Title in Three Years". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.