2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament

2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	1,706
Site	Anteater Stadium Irvine, California
Champions	UC Irvine (2nd title)
Winning coach	Scott Juniper (1st title)
MVP	Maddy Chavez (UC Irvine)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big West Conference women's soccer tournament «2019 2022»

2021 Big West Conference women's soccer standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
UC Irvine  ‍†‍‡‍y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			16	–	6	–	0		.727
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	0		.800			13	–	8	–	0		.619
Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0		.700			10	–	10	–	0		.500
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1		.650			8	–	9	–	3		.475
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1		.650			9	–	7	–	2		.556
UC Davis  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			10	–	8	–	0		.556
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			5	–	10	–	2		.353
Hawaii  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	2		.333			2	–	9	–	3		.250
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			3	–	14	–	2		.211
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0		.200			3	–	17	–	0		.150
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			4	–	11	–	2		.294
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Big West Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big West Conference

The 2021 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 4 and 7, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at Anteater Stadium in Irvine, California. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Cal State Fullerton Titans. The Titans won the tournament in 2019 and are classified as the defending champions because there was no tournament held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cal State Fullerton was unable to defend its crown, falling to Cal Poly in the Semifinals. The UC Irvine Anteaters won the title by defeating Cal Poly 1–0 in the final. This was the second Big West tournament title for the UC Irvine program and the first for head coach Scott Juniper. As tournament champions, UC Irvine earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

Four Big West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine which school would be selected as the number one seed, and tournament host. UC Irvine and Cal Poly both finished the season with twenty four points, but UC Irvine was awarded the top seed by virtue of their 2–0 win over Cal Poly on October 31. A tiebreaker was also required to determine the fourth team in the tournament after both UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State after both teams finished the season with nineteen points. UC Santa Barbara defeated Long Beach State 2–1 on October 31, and therefore were awarded the fourth seed.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	UC Irvine	8–2–0	24
2	Cal Poly	8–2–0	24
3	Cal State Fullerton	7–3–0	21
4	UC Santa Barbara	6–3–1	19

Bracket

Source:

	Semifinals Thursday, November 4					Final Sunday, November 7
	1	UC Irvine	1
	4	UC Santa Barbara	0
						1	UC Irvine	1
						2	Cal Poly	0
	2	Cal Poly	2
	3	Cal State Fullerton	0

Schedule

Semifinals

#2 Cal Poly v #3 Cal State Fullerton

November 4, 2021	#2 Cal Poly	2–0	#3 Cal State Fullerton	Irvine, CA
5:00 p.m. PST	Oliva Ortiz 14' Cal State Fullterton 51' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 289 Referee: Karen DeLeon Assistant referees: Vincent Brizzolara Assistant referees: Loren Barnett Fourth official: Magic Berenji

#1 UC Irvine v #4 UC Santa Barbara

November 4, 2021	#1 UC Irvine	1–0	#4 UC Santa Barbara	Irvine, CA
7:30 p.m. PST	Scarlett Camberos 46' (pen.)	Report	42' Team  46'  90' Evann Smith  65' Dylan Lewis	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 687 Referee: William Hoffman Assistant referees: Magic Berenji Assistant referees: Steve Skille Fourth official: Vincent Brizzolara

Final

#1 UC Irvine v #2 Cal Poly

November 7, 2021	#1 UC Irvine	1–0	#2 Cal Poly	Irvine, CA
1:00 p.m. PST	Alex Jaquez 32'	Report		Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 730 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Jaclyn Reilman Assistant referees: Andrea Reyes Fourth official: Alana Ethridge

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 4 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.33 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

1 goal

• Olivia Ortiz – Cal Poly
• Scarlett Camberos – UC Irvine
• Alex Jaquez – UC Irvine

1 own goal

• Cal State Fullteron (against Cal Poly)