2016 Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament

2016 Big Sky Conference Women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Site	EWU Soccer Complex Cheney, Washington
Champions	Eastern Washington (1st title)
Winning coach	Chad Bodnar (1st title)
Big Sky Conference Women's soccer tournament «2015  2017»

2016 Big Sky Conference women's soccer standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Idaho  ‍†‍‍	7	–	1	–	2		.800			10	–	5	–	4		.632
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			8	–	7	–	4		.526
Northern Arizona  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			10	–	7	–	5		.568
Montana  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	3		.650			9	–	6	–	5		.575
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‡‍y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			13	–	5	–	4		.682
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			10	–	8	–	2		.550
Portland State  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			6	–	11	–	1		.361
Idaho State  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			7	–	13	–	0		.350
Weber State  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			5	–	10	–	2		.353
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			3	–	12	–	2		.235
North Dakota  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			2	–	14	–	2		.167
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 Big Sky Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-17 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Sky Conference to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Northern Colorado Bears are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the Idaho Vandals in a penalty kick shootout in the championship match.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, Nov. 2					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 6
						2	Sacramento State	2
	3	Northern Arizona	2			3	Northern Arizona	3
	6	Northern Colorado	1								3	Northern Arizona	1 (3)
											5	Eastern Washington	1 (4)
						1	Idaho	0
	4	Montana	0			5	Eastern Washington	1
	5	Eastern Washington	1

Schedule

First Round

#3 Northern Arizona v #6 Northern Colorado

November 2, 2016	#3 Northern Arizona	2-1	#6 Northern Colorado	Cheney, Washington
1:00 p.m. EST	Adrian Nixt 2' Anna Goebel 58'	Report	Sydney Schroeder 17'	Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Saeed Askar

#4 Montana v #5 Eastern Washington

November 2, 2016	#4 Montana	0-1	#5 Eastern Washington	Cheney, Washington
4:00 p.m. EST		Report	Chloe Williams 13'	Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Jason Hutchinson

Semifinals

#2 Sacramento State v #3 Northern Arizona

November 4, 2016	#2 Sacramento State	2-3	#3 Northern Arizona	Cheney, Washington
1:00 p.m. EST	Regan Smithers 22' Jennifer Lum 65'	Report	Anna Goebel 40', 66' Lindsay Doyle 49'	Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Matthew Buckman

#1 Idaho v #5 Eastern Washington

November 4, 2016	#1 Idaho	0-1	#5 Eastern Washington	Cheney, Washington
4:00 p.m. EST		Report	Allison Raniere 88'	Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex

Final

#3 Northern Arizona v #5 Eastern Washington

November 6, 2016	#3 Northern Arizona	1-1 (a.e.t.) (3-4 p)	#5 Eastern Washington	Cheney, Washington
3:00 p.m. EST	Ali Lixandru 41'	Report	Jenny Chavez 49'	Stadium: EWU Soccer Complex Referee: Raymond Moffattee Jr
	Penalties
	Alexis Moest Adrian Nixt Lindsay Doyle Carly Gamble Ali Lixandru		Jenny Chavez Chloe Williams Laci Rennaker M'Kenna Hayes

References

• 2016 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Championship