2019 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 Western Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 6 to November 10, 2019. The five match tournament took place at Championship Field in Seattle, Washington on the campus of Seattle University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Seattle Redhawks, who successfully defended their title, defeating Utah Valley 2–1 in the final.[1][2] This was the fifth WAC women's soccer tournament championship for the Seattle women's soccer program, all of which have come under head coach Julie Woodward.[3][4]

2019 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,558
Site	Championship Field Seattle, Washington
Champions	Seattle (5th title)
Winning coach	Julie Woodward (5th title)
MVP	Jessie Ray (Seattle)
Broadcast	WAC Digital Network
WAC Women's Soccer Tournament «2018  2020»

2019 WAC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Seattle  ‍†‍‡‍^y	6	–	1	–	1		.813			12	–	8	–	2		.591
California Baptist  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	0		.750			13	–	5	–	1		.711
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			11	–	9	–	1		.548
Kansas City  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			13	–	4	–	4		.714
CSU Bakersfield  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			9	–	9	–	2		.500
UTRGV  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			9	–	8	–	3		.525
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			4	–	12	–	2		.278
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			4	–	14	–	1		.237
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0		.000			0	–	19	–	0		.000
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC

Bracket

Source:[5]

	First Round Wednesday, Nov. 6					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 8					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
						1	Seattle	1
	4	CSU Bakersfield	1 (0)			5	UTRGV	0
	5	UTRGV	1 (2)								1	Seattle	2^OT
											2	Utah Valley	1
						2	Utah Valley	3
	3	Kansas City	2			3	Kansas City	1
	6	Grand Canyon	0

Schedule

First Round

November 6, 2019	#4 CSU Bakersfield	1–1 (a.e.t.) (0–2 p)	#5 UTRGV	Seattle, Washington
4:00 p.m.	Eszter Toth  36'	Report	53' Emily Zapata  79' Dianna Ansah	Stadium: Championship Field Referee: Kelsey Harms Assistant referees: Baboucarr Jallow Assistant referees: Ramond Mendez Fourth official: Scott Lawrence
	Penalties
	Sophie Freeman Caitlin Goetjen Dana Neff Chelsee Duran		Emily Zapata Katherine Stokely Elina Seppala Sarah Bonney

November 6, 2019	#3 Kansas City	2–0	#6 Grand Canyon	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m.	Claire Larson  20' Emma Wilson  28' Amanda Sampson  77'	Report	40' Camryn Larson	Stadium: Championship Field Attendance: 350 Referee: Karen Callado Ferreira Assistant referees: Will Niccolls Assistant referees: Joe Tompkins Fourth official: Jesus Hernandez-Balbas

Semifinals

November 8, 2019	#1 Seattle	1–0	#5 UTRGV	Seattle, Washington
4:00 p.m.	Lauren Brown  76' Leahi Manthei  89'	Report		Stadium: Championship Field Referee: Karen Callado Ferreira Assistant referees: Christopher Turner Assistant referees: Cameron Siler Fourth official: Christine Suter

November 8, 2019	#2 Utah Valley	3–1	#3 Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m.	Katie Haskins  32' Jocelyn Bybee  42' Megan Sullivan  63' Amber Tripp  80'	Report	27' Lindsey Prokop  63' Claire Larson	Stadium: Championship Field Attendance: 572 Referee: Kelsey Harms Assistant referees: Cuahutemoc Delgadillo Assistant referees: Cephas Quartson Fourth official: John Snyder

Final

November 10, 2019	#1 Seattle	2–1	#2 Utah Valley	Seattle, Washington
1:00 p.m.	Leahi Manthei  86' Jessie Ray  98'	Report	31' Amber Tripp	Stadium: Championship Field Attendance: 636 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Will Niccolls Assistant referees: Cameron Siler Fourth official: Levi Rippy

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Amber Tripp (Utah Valley)

1 Goal

• Lauren Brown (Seattle)
• Jocelyn Bybee (Utah Valley)
• Katie Haskins (Utah Valley)
• Claire Larson (Kansas City)
• Leahi Manthei (Seattle)
• Lindsey Prokop (Kansas City)
• Jessie Ray (Seattle)
• Amanda Sampson (Kansas City)
• Eszter Toth (CSU Bakersfield)
• Emily Zapata (UT Rio Grande Valley)

All-Tournament Team

Source:[1]

Player	Team
Lindsey Prokop	Kansas City
Claire Larson
Kinga Szemik	UT Rio Grande Valley
Emily Zapata
Amber Tripp	Utah Valley
Katie Haskins
Jocelyn Bybee
Leahi Manthei	Seattle
Holly Rothering
Lauren Brown
Jessie Ray

MVP in bold

References

1. Western Athletic Conference. "2019 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved February 12, 2020.
2. Western Athletic Conference. "2018 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
3. "WAC Tournament Results" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
4. "Julie Woodward Bio". Seattle University Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
5. "2019 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 12, 2020.