2024 WAC men's soccer tournament
| 2024 WAC men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,725 | ||||
| Site | GCU Stadium Phoenix, Arizona | ||||
| Champions | Seattle University (6th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Nate Daligcon (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Demian Alvarez (Seattle University) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle U ‡ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Baptist | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Tech | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 2 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTRGV | 2 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 15 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: WAC Due to uneven number of matches played, standings based on points per game.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 10 to November 16, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at GCU Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona on the campus of Grand Canyon 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 Cal Baptist Lancers.[2][3] California Baptist was unable to successfully defend their title as the third overall seed, losing to Seattle University in the Semifinals. Seattle would go on to win the tournament, defeating fifth seed San Jose State 3–0 in the Final.[4][5] This was Seattle's sixth WAC Tournament victory in program history, the most in conference history. It was the first title for second-year head coach Nate Daligcon.[6] As tournament champions, Seattle earned the WAC's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
Seeding
Six of the ten Western Athletic Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season points per game due to an uneven number of games being played by each team. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical points per game. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a different points per game.[7][8]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points | Points per game |
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| 1 | San Diego State | 7–0–1 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 2 | Seattle University | 7–1–1 | 22 | 2.44 |
| 3 | Cal Baptist | 4–4–1 | 13 | 1.44 |
| 4 | Utah Valley | 3–3–2 | 11 | 1.38 |
| 5 | San Jose State | 3–3–3 | 12 | 1.33 |
| 6 | Utah Tech | 3–4–2 | 11 | 1.22 |
Bracket
Source:[9]
| First round Sunday, Nov. 10 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13 | Final Sunday, Nov. 16 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Utah Valley | 0 | 5 | San Jose State | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | San Jose State | 1 | 5 | San Jose State | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Seattle University | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle University | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cal Baptist | 1 | 3 | Cal Baptist | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Utah Tech | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
First round
| November 10, 2024 | #4 Utah Valley | 0–1 | #5 San Jose State | Phoenix, AZ |
| 4:00 p.m. MST |
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Report |
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Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 327 Referee: Killian Richardson Assistant referees: Jason Ulrich Mario Cross Fourth official: Cody Lofgren |
| November 10, 2024 | #3 Cal Baptist | 1–0 | #6 Utah Tech | Phoenix, AZ |
| 7:00 p.m. MST |
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Report |
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Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 287 Referee: Robi Hunter Assistant referees: Paul Nothman Edwin Jimenez Fourth official: Sam McConnell |
Semifinals
| November 13, 2024 | #1 San Diego State | 2–3 | #5 San Jose State | Phoenix, AZ |
| 4:00 p.m. MST |
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Report |
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Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 171 Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Mersha Kisiel Ben Scott Fourth official: Ashton Ching |
| November 13, 2024 | #2 Seattle University | 3–1 | #3 Cal Baptist | Phoenix, AZ |
| 7:00 p.m. MST |
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Report |
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Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 195 Referee: Killian Richardson Assistant referees: Jeff Vance Nicholas Gastelum Fourth official: Mark Novosel |
Final
| November 16, 2024 | #2 Seattle University | 3–0 | #5 San Jose State | Phoenix, AZ |
| 6:00 p.m. MST |
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Report | Stadium: GCU Stadium Attendance: 745 Referee: Travis Haight Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell Ryan Minturn Fourth official: Anthony Bersano |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).
3 goals
- Angel Iniguez – San Jose State
2 goals
- Edgar Leon – Seattle University
- Andre Puente – San Diego State
1 goal
- Demian Alvarez – Seattle University
- Cameron Cook – San Jose State
- Blake D'Agostino – Cal Baptist
- Luke Hammond – Seattle University
- Richy Lapointe-Guevara – Seattle University
- Leo Mendez – Cal Baptist
- Davis Mungomba – Seattle University
All-Tournament team
Source:[10]
| Player | Team |
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| Blake D'Agostino | Cal Baptist |
| Andre Puente | San Diego State |
| Cameron Cook | San Jose State |
| Angel Iniguez | |
| Gilberto Rivera | |
| Demian Alvarez | Seattle University |
| Luke Hammond | |
| Charlie Lanphier | |
| Edgar Leon | |
| Mo Mohamed | |
| Titus Washington |
MVP in bold
References
- ^ "Utah Valley's match at San Diego State canceled". Utah Valley Wolverines Men's Soccer. November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2023 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Zeigler, Mark (November 16, 2023). "Cal Baptist ends USD's soccer season with penalty shootout win". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2024 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ "Seattle U men's soccer clinches berth to NCAA tournament". The Seattle Times. November 16, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ Western Athletic Conference. "2024 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ "Utah Valley's match at San Diego State canceled". gouvu.com. Utah Valley Wolverines Athletics. November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "San Diego State Earns First Conference Title, Secures Top Seed In 2024 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 3, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ "2024 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 16, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ "No. 2 Seattle U Defeats No. 5 SJSU 3-0 In 2024 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament Final". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 16, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2025.