2021 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament explained

The 2021 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was held from November 3 to November 7, 2021. The six-match tournament took place at the Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas. The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Southeastern Louisiana Lions, but they were unable to defend their title falling in the Semifinals to Northwestern State 1–0.^[1] Northwestern State went on to win the tournament, defeating Incarnate Word 1–0 in the Final.^[2] The title was the fifth overall for the Northwestern State program, and first under head coach Stuart Gore.^[3] As tournament champions, Northwestern State earned the Southland Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seeding

All seven Southland Conference teams participated in the 2021 Tournament. Seeding was based on regular season conference records. No tiebreakers were required as each team finished with a unique number of points in conference play.^{[4] [5]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Northwestern State	10–2–0	30
2	McNeese State	9–2–1	28
3	Incarnate Word	7–4–1	22
4	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	5–6–1	16
5	Southeastern Louisiana	4–5–3	15
6	Houston Baptist	4–8–0	12
7	Nicholls	0–12–0	0

Bracket

Source:^[6]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:^[7]

Player	Team
Acelya Aydogmus	Northwestern State
Nicole Henry
Olivia Draguicevich
Delaney Wells
Eve Clarkson	Incarnate Word
Sierra Wannamaker
Isabella Beletic
Keely Morrow	McNeese State
Anna Watson
Darby Gillette	Southeastern Louisiana
Jamie Raines

MVP in bold

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 Southland Conference soccer tournament. Southland Conference. southland.org. January 12, 2022.
2. Web site: 2021 Southland Conference soccer tournament. Southland Conference. southland.org. January 12, 2022.
3. Web site: 2021 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Record Book. Southland Conference. southland.org. January 12, 2022.
4. Web site: Southland Conference soccer tournament Seeds Finalized. southland.org. Southland Conference. October 29, 2021. January 12, 2022.
5. Web site: Soccer Tie-Breaking Procedures. southland.org. Southland Conference. January 12, 2022.
6. Web site: 2021 Southland Conference soccer tournament. Southland Conference. January 12, 2021.
7. Web site: No. 1 Northwestern State Claims Southland Tournament Title Over No. 3 UIW on Faith Adams’ Winner. Southland Conference. southland.org. January 12, 2021. November 7, 2021.