2021 SEC women's soccer tournament

2021 SEC women's soccer tournament
2021 SEC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Site	Orange Beach Sportsplex; Orange Beach, Alabama
Champions	Tennessee (5th title)
Winning coach	Brian Pensky (1st title)
MVP	Abbey Burdette (Tennessee)
Broadcast	SEC Network
SEC women's soccer tournament
«2020	2022»

2021 SEC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
East
No. 11 Tennessee ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	2	–	0	.800	20	–	3	–	0	.870
No. 10 South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1	.650	14	–	7	–	1	.659
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1	.550	8	–	8	–	3	.500
Georgia ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2	.500	11	–	5	–	3	.658
Florida ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1	.350	4	–	12	–	4	.300
Missouri ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0	.300	6	–	11	–	0	.353
Kentucky ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0	.100	7	–	10	–	2	.421
West
No. 6 Arkansas ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	1	–	0	.900	19	–	4	–	1	.813
No. 18 Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1	.650	12	–	6	–	3	.643
Auburn ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	12	–	7	–	1	.625
Alabama ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	11	–	10	–	1	.523
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1	.450	8	–	8	–	2	.500
LSU ‍‍‍^y	4	–	6	–	0	.400	11	–	8	–	1	.575
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1	.350	5	–	8	–	3	.406


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

The 2021 SEC women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southeastern Conference held from October 31 to November 7, 2021. The tournament was held at the Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. The ten-team single elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Vanderbilt Commodores are the defending champions.^[1] The Commodores were unable to defend their crown, losing to Florida in the First Round. Tennessee won the tournament with a 1–0 victory over Arkansas in the final.^[2] The conference championship is the fifth for the Tennessee women's soccer program and the first for head coach Brian Pensky.^[3] As tournament champions, Tennessee earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Qualification[edit]

The top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the 2021 Tournament.^[4]^[5] Tiebreakers were required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Ole Miss and South Carolina both finished with 6–3–1 regular season records. Ole Miss was awarded the third seed and South Carolina earned the fourth seed based on Ole Miss' 2–1 victory over South Carolina during the regular season. Another tiebreaker was required to determine the seeding for Alabama, Auburn, and Vanderbilt, as all three teams finished with a 5–4–1 conference record. Due to the fact that all three teams did not play each other during the regular season points earned against common opponents was used as the tiebreaker. Auburn was awarded the fifth seed based on their 4 points earned, Alabama was the 6th seed with 1 point earned, and Vanderbilt was the seventh seed with zero points earned. There was another three-way tie for the tenth, and final seed between Florida, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State as all three teams finished with a 3–6–1 conference record. Again, all three teams had not played each other during the regular season, so points against common opponents was used. All three teams scored 6 points against common opponents, so goal differential against common opponents was used. Florida won this tiebreaker with a 0 GD and was awarded the tenth seed. Texas A&M was the eleventh team with a -1 GD, and Mississippi State was the twelfth team with a -2 GD.^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Conference Points
1	Arkansas	9–1–0	27
2	Tennessee	8–2–0	24
3	Ole Miss	6–3–1	19
4	South Carolina	6–3–1	19
5	Auburn	5–4–1	16
6	Alabama	5–4–1	16
7	Vanderbilt	5–4–1	16
8	Georgia	4–4–2	14
9	LSU	4–6–0	12
10	Florida	3–6–1	10

Bracket[edit]

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			1	Arkansas	2
8	Georgia	0 (4)	9	LSU	1
9	LSU (pen.)	0 (5)				1	Arkansas	5
						5	Auburn	1
			4	South Carolina	1
			5	Auburn	2
									1	Arkansas	0
									2	Tennessee	3
			3	Ole Miss	1
7	Vanderbilt	1 (3)	6	Alabama	0
10	Florida (pen.)	1 (4)				3	Ole Miss	2
						2	Tennessee	3
			10	Florida	2
			2	Tennessee	5

Matches[edit]

First round[edit]

October 31 Match 1	Vanderbilt	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Florida	Orange Beach
1:00 p.m. CT	Maddie Elwell 72'	Report	89' (o.g.) Own Goal	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex
	Penalties
	Kate Devine Ella Shamburger Abi Brighton Alex Kerr Amber Nguyen		Madison Alexander Julianne Leskauskas Cameron Hall Maddy Rhodes

October 31 Match 2	Georgia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	LSU	Orange Beach
3:30 p.m. CT		Report		Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex
	Penalties
	Daniella Murguia Mollie Belisle Abby Boyan Emory Wegener Danielle Lewin Madison Haugen		Shannon Cooke Meghan Johnson Brenna McPartlan Tilly Wilkes Mollee Swift Jordan Johnson

Quarterfinals[edit]

November 2 Match 3	Tennessee	5–2	Florida	Orange Beach
12:00 p.m. CT	Jaida Thomas 18', 90' Abbey Burdette 20' Taylor Huff 59' Mackenzie George 86'	Report	24' Georgia Eaton-Collins 81' Julianne Leskauskas	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex

November 2 Match 4	Ole Miss	1–0	Alabama	Orange Beach
2:30 p.m. CT	Molly Martin 11'	Report		Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex

November 2 Match 5	Arkansas	2–1	LSU	Orange Beach
5:00 p.m. CT	Anna Podojil 18', 61'	Report	Shannon Cooke 90'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex

November 2 Match 6	South Carolina	1–2	Auburn	Orange Beach
7:30 p.m. CT	Catherine Barry 72' (pen.)	Report	M.E. Craven 41' Sydney Richards 64'	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex

Semifinals[edit]

November 4 Semifinal 1	Arkansas	5–1	Auburn	Orange Beach
5:00 p.m. CT	Kayla McKeon 41', 47' Taylor Malham 76' Bea Franklin 81' Ava Benedetti 83'	Report	48' Sydnie Thibodaux	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex

November 4 Semifinal 2	Tennessee	3–2	Ole Miss	Orange Beach
7:30 p.m. CT	Jaida Thomas 18', 70' Own Goal 86' (o.g.)	Report	46' (pen.) Channing Foster 76' Saydie Holland	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex

Final[edit]

November 7 Final	Arkansas	0–3	Tennessee	Orange Beach
1:00 p.m. CT		Report	43' Wrenne French 51' Jaida Thomas 68' Hannah Tillett	Stadium: Orange Beach Sportsplex

Statistics[edit]

There were 30 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

5 goals

Jaida Thomas – Tennessee

2 goals

Kayla McKeon – Arkansas
Anna Podojil – Arkansas

1 goal

Ava Benedetti – Arkansas
Bea Franklin – Arkansas
Taylor Malham – Arkansas
M.E. Craven – Auburn
Sydney Richards – Auburn
Sydnie Thibodaux – Auburn
Georgia Eaton-Collins – Florida
Julianne Leskauskas – Florida
Shannon Cooke – LSU
Channing Foster – Ole Miss
Saydie Holland – Ole Miss
Molly Martin – Ole Miss
Catherine Barry – South Carolina
Abbey Burdette – Tennessee
Wrenne French – Tennessee
Mackenzie George – Tennessee
Taylor Huff – Tennessee
Hannah Tillett – Tennessee
Maddie Elwell – Vanderbilt

1 own goal

Ole Miss (against Tennessee)
Vanderbilt (against Florida)

All-Tournament team[edit]

Player	Team
Parker Goins	Arkansas
Kayla McKeon
Haley VanFossen
Olivia Candelino	Auburn
M.E. Craven	Auburn
Molly Martin	Ole Miss
Taylor Radecki	Ole Miss
Abbey Burdette	Tennessee
Wrenne French
Mackenzie George
Jaida Thomas

MVP in bold
Source:^[7]

References[edit]

^ "SEC Championships - Soccer 2020". www.secsports.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "SEC Championships - Soccer 2021". www.secsports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "2021 Soccer Record Book" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
^ Tourism, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach. "2021 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament". Gulf Shores & Orange Beach. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ Kristensen, Anthony. "Teams desperate as SEC soccer tournament approaches". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "SEC Soccer Tournament:Road to Orange Beach" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "WSOC Week 15" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. November 23, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

[1] "SEC Championships - Soccer 2020". www.secsports.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

[2] "SEC Championships - Soccer 2021". www.secsports.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

[3] "2021 Soccer Record Book" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

[4] Tourism, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach. "2021 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament". Gulf Shores & Orange Beach. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

[5] Kristensen, Anthony. "Teams desperate as SEC soccer tournament approaches". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

[6] "SEC Soccer Tournament:Road to Orange Beach" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[7] "WSOC Week 15" (PDF). secsports.com. SEC. November 23, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

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v t e 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
Regular season	ACC America East American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Sun Belt SWAC Summit League WAC West Coast
Conference tournaments	ACC America East American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Patriot League SEC Southern Southland Sun Belt SWAC Summit League WAC
National tournaments	NCAA tournament Final
Rankings	Rankings

v t e Southeastern Conference women's soccer
Teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Texas A&M Aggies Vanderbilt Commodores
Future teams	Oklahoma Sooners Texas Longhorns (both joining in 2024)
Championship	Tournament