2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
| 2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | Morrone Stadium Storrs, Connecticut | ||||
| Champions | Connecticut (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Len Tsantiris (2nd title) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPNU (Final only) | ||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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
- ^ "Pairings for the 2016 American Women's Soccer Championship Announced". The American. October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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