The 2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament was held at Morrone Stadium, home field of the regular season champion Connecticut Huskies in Storrs, Connecticut.[1] The six team single-elimination tournament consists of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Cincinnati Bearcats were the defending tournament champions, after defeating the USF Bulls in a penalty kick shootout in the championship match the previous year.
2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Teams | 6 | ||||
Matches | 5 | ||||
Site | Morrone Stadium Storrs, Connecticut | ||||
Champions | Connecticut (2nd title) | ||||
Winning coach | Len Tsantiris (2nd title) | ||||
Broadcast | ESPNU (Final only) | ||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Connecticut †‡y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .944 | 19 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis y | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .889 | 14 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .725 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .722 | 13 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USF | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .556 | 12 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .711 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .556 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .500 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | 8 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 1 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .222 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 3 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .167 | 5 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .000 | 3 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 AAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-20 Rankings from NSCAA |
Bracket
editFirst round Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4 | Final Sunday, Nov. 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | USF | 0 (4) | 4 | USF | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Cincinnati | 0 (3) | 1 | Connecticut | 1 | |||||||||
3 | SMU | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Memphis | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | SMU | 1 (3) | 3 | SMU | 1 | |||||||||
6 | UCF | 1 (2) |
Schedule
editFirst round
editNovember 2, 2016 | #3 SMU | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) | #6 UCF | Storrs, Connecticut |
4:30 p.m. EST | Claire Oates 71' | Report | Carol Rodrigues 5' | Stadium: Morrone Stadium Referee: Mark Allatin |
Penalties | ||||
Vanessa Valadez Allie Thornton Hannah Fleet Claire Oates |
Carol Rodrigues Zandy Soree Morgan Ferrara Julia Moore Amanda Wilkin |
November 2, 2016 | #4 USF | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | #5 Cincinnati | Storrs, Connecticut |
7:00 p.m. EST | Report | Stadium: Morrone Stadium Referee: Michael Wallace | ||
Penalties | ||||
Grace Adams Trudi Carter Andrea Hauksdottir Evelyne Viens Yasmine Hall Leticia Skeete |
Julie Gavorski Cassie Wheldon Bailey Wilson Jordan Cotleur Taylor Pavlika Tiffany Huber |
Semifinals
editNovember 4, 2016 | #2 Memphis | 0–1 | #3 SMU | Storrs, Connecticut |
4:30 p.m. EST | Report | Claire Oates 85' | Stadium: Morrone Stadium Referee: Bruno Mozzo |
November 4, 2016 | #1 Connecticut | 2–0 | #4 USF | Storrs, Connecticut |
7:00 p.m. EST | Rachel Hill 38' Stephanie Ribeiro 50' |
Report | Stadium: Morrone Stadium Referee: Noel Cotterell |
Final
editNovember 6, 2016 | #1 Connecticut | 1–0 | #3 SMU | Storrs, Connecticut |
2:00 p.m. EST | Rachel Hill 40' | Report | Stadium: Morrone Stadium Referee: Cassio Ribeiro |
References
edit- ^ "Pairings for the 2016 American Women's Soccer Championship Announced". The American. October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.