2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteMorrone Stadium
Storrs, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (2nd title)
Winning coachLen Tsantiris (2nd title)
BroadcastESPNU (Final only)
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
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2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 20 Connecticut  ‍y 8 0 1   .944 19 3 1   .848
Memphis  ‍‍‍y 8 1 0   .889 14 5 1   .725
SMU  ‍‍‍y 6 2 1   .722 13 7 2   .636
USF  ‍‍‍ 4 3 2   .556 12 4 3   .711
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 4 3 2   .556 11 5 4   .650
UCF  ‍‍‍ 4 4 1   .500 9 8 2   .526
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 4 5 0   .444 8 10 1   .447
Houston  ‍‍‍ 1 6 2   .222 6 7 3   .469
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 1 7 1   .167 5 12 1   .306
Temple  ‍‍‍ 0 9 0   .000 3 16 0   .158
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2016 AAC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of 2016-11-20
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament was held at Morrone Stadium, home field of the regular season champion Connecticut Huskies in Storrs, Connecticut.[1] The six team single-elimination tournament consists of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Cincinnati Bearcats were the defending tournament champions, after defeating the USF Bulls in a penalty kick shootout in the championship match the previous year.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, Nov. 2
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 4
Final
Sunday, Nov. 6
1 Connecticut 2
4 USF 0 (4) 4 USF 0
5 Cincinnati 0 (3) 1 Connecticut 1
3 SMU 0
2 Memphis 0
3 SMU 1 (3) 3 SMU 1
6 UCF 1 (2)

Schedule

First round

November 2, 2016 #3 SMU 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
#6 UCF Storrs, Connecticut
4:30 p.m. EST Claire Oates 71' Report Carol Rodrigues 5' Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Mark Allatin
Penalties
Vanessa Valadez
Allie Thornton
Hannah Fleet
Claire Oates
Carol Rodrigues
Zandy Soree
Morgan Ferrara
Julia Moore
Amanda Wilkin
November 2, 2016 #4 USF 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
#5 Cincinnati Storrs, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Michael Wallace
Penalties
Grace Adams
Trudi Carter
Andrea Hauksdottir
Evelyne Viens
Yasmine Hall
Leticia Skeete
Julie Gavorski
Cassie Wheldon
Bailey Wilson
Jordan Cotleur
Taylor Pavlika
Tiffany Huber

Semifinals

November 4, 2016 #2 Memphis 0–1 #3 SMU Storrs, Connecticut
4:30 p.m. EST Report Claire Oates 85' Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Bruno Mozzo
November 4, 2016 #1 Connecticut 2–0 #4 USF Storrs, Connecticut
7:00 p.m. EST Rachel Hill 38'
Stephanie Ribeiro 50'
Report Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Noel Cotterell

Final

November 6, 2016 #1 Connecticut 1–0 #3 SMU Storrs, Connecticut
2:00 p.m. EST Rachel Hill 40' Report Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Referee: Cassio Ribeiro

References

  1. ^ "Pairings for the 2016 American Women's Soccer Championship Announced". The American. October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.