2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2016 Western Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference to be held from November 3 to November 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at Durwood Soccer Stadium in Kansas City. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions are the Utah Valley Wolverines, who defeated the Seattle Redhawks 2–0 in the 2015 tournament.[1]

2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Site	Durwood Soccer Stadium Kansas City, MO
Champions	Seattle (3rd title)
Winning coach	Julie Woodward (3rd title)
MVP	Natasha Howe (Seattle Redhawks)
Broadcast	WAC Digital Network (All Games)
WAC Women's Soccer Tournament «2015  2017»

2016 WAC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Seattle  ‍†‍‡‍^y	7	–	0	–	0		1.000			14	–	6	–	1		.690
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	1		.643			8	–	10	–	2		.450
UMKC  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	2		.571			8	–	10	–	4		.455
Grand Canyon*  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	2		.571			7	–	9	–	2		.444
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	1		.500			10	–	8	–	2		.550
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	2		.429			5	–	13	–	2		.300
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	0		.286			10	–	8	–	1		.553
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	0		.000			1	–	16	–	0		.059
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament * – Grand Canyon ineligible for postseason (D2 to D1 regulations) As of 2016-11-14; Rankings from NSCAA

Bracket

[2][3]

	First Round Thursday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 6
						1	Seattle	2
	4	Utah Valley	2			4	Utah Valley	1
	5	New Mexico State	0								1	Seattle	2
											3	UMKC	1
						2	CSU Bakersfield	0
	3	UMKC	4			3	UMKC	4
	6	UTRGV	1

Schedule

First Round

#4 Utah Valley v #5 New Mexico State

November 3, 2016	#4 Utah Valley	2–0	#5 New Mexico State	Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT	Lilly Weaver  12' Sheridan Fox  59'	Report		Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Referee: Dion Telting

#3 UMKC v #6 UTRGV

November 3, 2016	#3 UMKC	4–1	#6 UTRGV	Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT	Niekie Pellens  30' (pen.) Lilly Cobb  50' Kara Priest  57' Lexie Howard  71'	Report	Marcela Ramirez  78'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Referee: Allen Chapman

Semifinals

#1 Seattle v #4 Utah Valley

November 4, 2016	#1 Seattle	2–1	#4 Utah Valley	Kansas City, MO
4:00 p.m. CT	Natasha Howe  11' Isabelle Butterfield  14'	Report	Sara Callister  72'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Referee: Allen Chapman

#2 CSU Bakersfield v #3 UMKC

November 4, 2016	#2 CSU Bakersfield	0–4	#3 UMKC	Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CT		Report	Emily Herndon  21', 49' (pen.) Niekie Pellens  40' Abby Small  54'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Referee: Dion Telting

Final

#1 Seattle v #3 UMKC

November 6, 2016	#1 Seattle	2–1	#3 UMKC	Kansas City, MO
1:00 p.m. CT	Karli White  7' Jessie Ray  71'	Report	Lexie Howard  6'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 337 Referee: Christopher Calderon

All-Tournament Team

[4]

Player	Team	Position
Keneika Webster	CSU Bakersfield	DF
Haley Vicente	CSU Bakersfield	FW
Libby Weber	Utah Valley	MF
Linley Brown	Utah Valley	DF
Lexie Howard	UMKC	FW
Emily Herndon	UMKC	MF
Niekie Pellens	UMKC	DF
Karli White	Seattle	FW
Brie Hooks	Seattle	FW
Isabelle Butterfield	Seattle	FW

References

1. Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
2. Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
3. Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Women's soccer results". Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
4. Western Athletic Conference. "Seattle U Wins 2016 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.