2021 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament

2021 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
2021 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	11
Matches	10
Attendance	1,490
Site	Foley Sports Complex; Foley, Alabama
Champions	South Alabama (8th title)
Winning coach	Richard Moodie (4th title)
MVP	Gracie Wilson (South Alabama)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
«2020	2022»

The 2021 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from November 1 to November 7, 2021. The ten-match tournament took place at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The eleven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the South Alabama Jaguars.^[1] South Alabama successfully defended their title with a 1–0 championship game win over Georgia Southern in the final.^[2] This was the eighth Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for the South Alabama women's soccer program and the fourth for head coach Richard Moodie. Eight of the last nine Sun Belt Women's Soccer Tournaments have been won by South Alabama.^[3]^[4] As tournament champions, South Alabama earned the Sun Belt's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Arkansas State ‍†‍‍	7	–	2	–	1	.750	10	–	6	–	2	.611
South Alabama ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	2	–	2	.700	12	–	5	–	3	.675
Georgia State ‍‍‍	4	–	1	–	5	.650	10	–	4	–	6	.650
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3	.550	11	–	7	–	4	.591
Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1	.450	6	–	9	–	2	.412
Texas State ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1	.450	7	–	7	–	2	.500
Little Rock ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3	.450	7	–	7	–	6	.500
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0	.400	8	–	12	–	0	.400
Troy ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0	.400	8	–	10	–	1	.447
Louisiana ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	6	–	10	–	3	.395
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0	.200	7	–	11	–	1	.395

† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Sun Belt Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Sun Belt

Seeding

All eleven teams in the Sun Belt Conference participated in the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds of the tournament as Coastal Carolina and Texas State both finished with 4–5–1 conference records. Coastal Carolina was awarded the fifth seed and Texas State earned the sixth seed. It is unclear why this was the case as Texas State defeated Coastal Carolina on September 16. A tiebreaker was also required to determine the eighth and ninth seeds as Louisiana–Monroe and Troy finished with identical 4–6–0 regular season records. Troy defeated Louisiana-Monroe on October 28, but was awarded the ninth seed and Louisiana-Monroe was given the eight seed in the tournament.^[5]^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Arkansas State	7–2–1	22
2	South Alabama	6–2–2	20
3	Georgia State	4–1–5	17
4	Georgia Southern	4–3–3	15
5	Coastal Carolina	4–5–1	13
6	Texas State	4–5–1	13
7	Little Rock	3–4–3	12
8	Louisiana–Monroe	4–6–0	12
9	Troy	4–6–0	12
10	Louisiana	3–5–2	11
11	Appalachian State	2–8–0	6

Bracket

Source:^[7]

First round Monday, Nov. 1			Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 3			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 5			Final Sunday, Nov. 7

			1	Arkansas State	1
8	Louisiana–Monroe	1	8	Louisiana–Monroe	2
9	Troy	0				8	Louisiana–Monroe	1
						4	Georgia Southern	2
			4	Georgia Southern	1
			5	Coastal Carolina	0
									4	Georgia Southern	0
									2	South Alabama	1
			3	Georgia State (a.e.t.)	2
6	Texas State	1	11	Appalachian State	1
11	Appalachian State (a.e.t.)	2				3	Georgia State	0
						2	South Alabama	1
			2	South Alabama (p)	1 (3)
7	Little Rock (p)	1 (3)	7	Little Rock	1 (1)
10	Louisiana	1 (0)

Schedule

First round

November 1, 2021	#6 Texas State	1–2	#11 Appalachian State	Foley, AL
1:30 p.m. CT	Kiara Gonzales 21'	Report	10' Breckyn Monteith 53' Audrey Viso	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 150 Referee: Katarzyna Wasiak Assistant referees: Ryan Starr Assistant referees: Larry Pachon Fourth official: Jennifer Politz

November 1, 2021	#7 Little Rock	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	#10 Louisiana	Foley, AL
4:00 p.m. CT	Abril Lucio 77', 83' Julia Edholm 79'	Report	85' Karleen Bedre 94' Lucy Ortiz	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 150 Referee: Shannon O'Carroll Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell Assistant referees: Craig Lowery Fourth official: Ryan Starr
	Penalties
	Abril Lucio Bergros Asgeirsdottir Fanney Einarsdottir		Alyssa Abbott Carol Rodriguez Hailey Daigle

November 1, 2021	#8 Louisiana–Monroe	1–0	#9 Troy	Foley, AL
6:30 p.m. CT	Allison Worley 29' Theoni Zerva 38' (pen.)	Report	3' Mara Grutkamp 42' Eva Lauret	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 150 Referee: Jonathan Weiner Assistant referees: Matthew Rodman Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: Samantha Martinez

Quarterfinals

November 3, 2021	#3 Georgia State	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#11 Appalachian State	Foley, AL
11:00 a.m. CT	Eva Diez Lois 26', 93'	Report	45' Breckyn Monteith 90' Mumu Guisasola	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 125 Referee: Matthew Thompson Assistant referees: Sam Bilbo Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell Fourth official: Shannon O'Carroll

November 3, 2021	#2 South Alabama	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	#7 Little Rock	Foley, AL
1:30 p.m. CT	Little Rock Own Goal 88' (o.g.)	Report	78' Jana Heinen	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 150 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic Assistant referees: Larry Pachon Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: Johnathan Weiner
	Penalties
	Imane Addi Morgan White Gabrielle Gayle Nora Sanchez		Abril Lucio Bergros Asgeirsdottir Fanney Einarsdottir Julia Edholm

November 3, 2021	#1 Arkansas State	1–2	#8 Louisiana–Monroe	Foley, AL
4:00 p.m. CT	Sarah Sodoma 73' Abigail Miller 85'	Report	10' Mara Grutkamp 54' Paula Guba 69' Taylor Henry 80' Daisy Drake	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 120

November 3, 2021	#4 Georgia Southern	1–0	#5 Coastal Carolina	Foley, AL
6:30 p.m. CT	Marcela Montoya 46'	Report		Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 150 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Larry Pachon Assistant referees: Katarzyna Wasiak Fourth official: Jennifer Politz

Semifinals

November 5, 2021	#2 South Alabama	1–0	#3 Georgia State	Foley, AL
4:00 p.m. CT	Claudia Gutierrez 50' Gracie Wilson 88'	Report		Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Mark Kadlecik Assistant referees: Kendall McCardell Assistant referees: Shannon O'Carroll Fourth official: Tim Chiasson

November 5, 2021	#4 Georgia Southern	2–1	#8 Louisiana–Monroe	Foley, AL
7:00 p.m. CT	ULM Own Goal 47' (o.g.) Vala Theodorsdottir 51'	Report	37' Paula Guba	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 120 Referee: Emma Richards Assistant referees: Larry Pachon Assistant referees: Jennifer Politz Fourth official: John Matto

Final

November 7, 2021	#2 South Alabama	1–0	#4 Georgia Southern	Foley, AL
1:00 p.m. CT	Gracie Wilson 56'	Report	80' Team	Stadium: Foley Sports Complex Attendance: 175 Referee: John Matto Assistant referees: Larry Pachon Assistant referees: Shannon O'Carroll Fourth official: Emma Richards

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

2 goals

Breckyn Monteith – Appalachian State
Eva Diez Lois – Georgia State

1 goal

Audrey Viso – Appalachian State
Sarah Sodoma – Arkansas State
Marcela Montoya – Georgia Southern
Vala Theodorsdottir – Georgia Southern
Jana Heinen – Little Rock
Abril Lucio – Little Rock
Karleen Bedre – Louisiana
Paula Guba – Louisiana-Monroe
Mara Grutkamp – Louisiana-Monroe
Taylor Henry – Louisiana-Monroe
Theoni Zerva – Louisiana-Monroe
Glaudia Gutierrez – South Alabama
Gracie Wilson – South Alabama
Kiara Gonzales – Texas State

2 own goals

Little Rock (vs. South Alabama)
Louisiana-Monroe (vs. Georgia Southern)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[8]

Player	Team
Gracie Wilson	South Alabama
Jaidy Gutierrez
Kate Nicolson
Monique Gray
Claudia Gutierrez
Marcela Montoya	Georgia Southern
Michaela English
Sade Heinrichs
Olivia Durham
Jimena Cabrero	Georgia State
Mara Grutkamp	Louisiana–Monroe

MVP in bold

References

^ Sun Belt Conference. "2020 Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ Sun Belt Conference. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ Sun Belt Conference. "Past Women's Soccer Champions". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ Sun Belt Conference. "Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ "Soccer Tie-Breaking Procedures". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ "2021 Sun Belt Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. October 28, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ "2021 Women's Soccer Championship" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^ "South Alabama Wins 2021 Sun Belt Women's Soccer Tournament". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. November 7, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

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[2] Sun Belt Conference. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[3] Sun Belt Conference. "Past Women's Soccer Champions". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[4] Sun Belt Conference. "Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[5] "Soccer Tie-Breaking Procedures". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[6] "2021 Sun Belt Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. October 28, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

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