2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at Morrone Stadium, home field of the regular season champion Connecticut Huskies in Storrs, Connecticut.[1] The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Cincinnati Bearcats are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the USF Bulls in a penalty kick shootout in the championship match.

2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteMorrone Stadium
Storrs, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (2nd title)
Winning coachLen Tsantiris (2nd title)
BroadcastESPNU (Final only)
American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
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2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 20 Connecticut  y 801 .944  1931 .848
Memphis  y 810 .889  1451 .725
SMU  y 621 .722  1372 .636
USF   432 .556  1243 .711
Cincinnati   432 .556  1154 .650
UCF   441 .500  982 .526
Tulsa   450 .444  8101 .447
Houston   162 .222  673 .469
East Carolina   171 .167  5121 .306
Temple   090 .000  3160 .158
Conference champion
2016 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of 2016-11-20; Rankings from NSCAA

Bracket

  First 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

First Round

November 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

November 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

November 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

  1. "Pairings for the 2016 American Women's Soccer Championship Announced". The American. October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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