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| 2024 WAC women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 534 | ||||
| Site | Elmer Gray Stadium Abilene, Texas | ||||
| Champions | California Baptist (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Kristen St. Clair (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Jayden Ramirez (California Baptist) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley † | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .929 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | 11 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .714 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 6 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist ‡y | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .500 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 3 | .575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .429 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Tech | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .357 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 0 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .143 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 8 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 0 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .143 | 2 | – | 10 | – | 5 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 3 to November 9, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at Elmer Gray Stadium in Abilene, Texas on the campus of Abilene Christian University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season divisional conference play. The defending champions were the Grand Canyon Antelopes.[1][2] Grand Canyon was the second seed in the 2024 tournament and reached the final. However, they fell in the Final to California Baptist 3–2.[3][4] This was the first WAC Tournament victory in California Baptist program history, and the first tournament title for head coach Kristen St. Clair.[5] As tournament champions, California Baptist earned the WAC's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Seeding
The top six teams from regular season play qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and the top two seeds earned a bye into the semifinal round. No tiebreakers were required as all of the top six teams finished with unique regular season conference records.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Utah Valley | 6–0–1 | 19 |
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 5–1–1 | 16 |
| 3 | Seattle | 4–1–2 | 14 |
| 4 | California Baptist | 3–3–1 | 10 |
| 5 | Tarleton State | 3–4–0 | 9 |
| 6 | Utah Tech | 2–4–1 | 7 |
Bracket
Source:[7]
| First round Sunday, Nov. 3 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 6 | Final Saturday, Nov. 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Utah Valley | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | California Baptist | 2 | 4 | California Baptist | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Tarleton State | 0 | 4 | California Baptist | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand Canyon (pen.) | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle | 2 | 3 | Seattle | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| 6 | Utah Tech | 0 | ||||||||||||
Matches
First round
| November 3, 2024 | #4 California Baptist | 2–0 | #5 Tarleton State | Abilene, TX |
| 4:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Attendance: 96 Referee: Brandon Gardner Assistant referees: Tony Obas Carlos De Dios Fourth official: Bert Green |
| November 3, 2024 | #3 Seattle | 2–0 | #6 Utah Tech | Abilene, TX |
| 7:00 p.m. CST |
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Report | Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Attendance: 96 Referee: Habeeb Hooshmand Assistant referees: Harry Baydear William Tomlinson Fourth official: Joshual Ell |
Semifinals
| November 6, 2024 | #1 Utah Valley | 2–3 | #4 California Baptist | Abilene, TX |
| 4:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Attendance: 96 Referee: Habeeb Hooshmand Assistant referees: Jessie McNeil III Geovany Martinez Fourth official: Ben Cuyler |
| November 6, 2024 | #2 Grand Canyon | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | #3 Seattle | Abilene, TX |
| 7:00 p.m. CST | Report | Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Attendance: 129 Referee: Arturo Ibarra Assistant referees: William Dixon Joseph Semus Fourth official: Stephen Barelme | ||
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Final
| November 9, 2024 | #2 Grand Caynon | 2–3 | #4 California Baptist | Abilene, TX |
| 2:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Elmer Gray Stadium Attendance: 117 Referee: William Hale Assistant referees: Kellen Schmidt Brian Cole Fourth official: Daniel Radford |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 9, 2024).
2 goals
- Lauren White – California Baptist
1 goal
- Grace Blumfeldt – California Baptist
- Quincy Bonds – Utah Valley
- Bella Bonnett – Seattle
- Natalia Castro – California Baptist
- Aleisha Ganief – Utah Valley
- Kaylee Hauck – California Baptist
- Ruby Hladek – Utah Valley
- AJ Loera – Utah Valley
- Jayden Ramirez – California Baptist
- Ava Westlund – California Baptist
- Kailee Wilson – Seattle
- Morgan Witz – California Baptist
All-Tournament team
Source:[8]
| Player | Team |
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| Summer Allen | California Baptist |
| Kaylee Hauck | |
| Jayden Ramirez | |
| Lauryn White | |
| Morgan Witz | |
| Aleisha Ganief | Grand Canyon |
| AJ Loera | |
| Sidney Roberts | |
| Kassidy Kirgan | Seattle |
| Kait Raffensperger | |
| Ruby Hladek | Utah Valley |
MVP in bold
References
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2023 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "SU women's soccer falls in WAC championship". The Seattle Times. November 4, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2024 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ Pope, Dennis (November 12, 2024). "Inland college notes: Morgan Witz leads California Baptist women's soccer team into NCAA Tournament". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2024 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference (October 26, 2024). "2024 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2024 WAC Women's Soccer Bracket" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "California Baptist Wins Program's First WAC Women's Soccer Championship". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 9, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2025.