2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

The 2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2021 season held from October 31 to November 7, 2021. The seven-match tournament took place at the home side of the higher seeded team and teams were seeded based on regular season conference play. Michigan won the title by defeating Rutgers 1–0 in the final.^[1] As the tournament champion, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament. This was the third overall title for Michigan and first for head coach Jennifer Klein.^[2]

2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	12,273
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	Yurcak Field Piscataway, New Jersey
Finals site	Yurcak Field Piscataway, New Jersey
Champions	Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jennifer Klein (1st title)
MVP	Raleigh Loughman (offensive) Alia Martin (defensive) (Michigan)
Broadcast	BTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 3 Rutgers  ‍†‍‍y	10	–	0	–	0		1.000			19	–	3	–	2		.833
No. 24 Purdue  ‍‍‍y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			15	–	4	–	3		.750
No. 7 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			18	–	4	–	3		.780
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			10	–	5	–	3		.639
Iowa  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			12	–	6	–	2		.650
No. 23 Penn State  ‍‍‍y	5	–	5	–	0		.500			12	–	8	–	1		.595
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y	3	–	4	–	2		.444			9	–	9	–	2		.500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y	3	–	3	–	4		.500			10	–	6	–	6		.591
Indiana  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			9	–	5	–	4		.611
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			8	–	6	–	3		.559
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			7	–	9	–	2		.444
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	1		.389			7	–	9	–	1		.441
Illinois  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1		.150			5	–	11	–	1		.324
Maryland  ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	3		.150			4	–	9	–	5		.361
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:2021 Women's Soccer Standings

Seeding

Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. A tiebreaker was required to determine which school would host a Quarterfinal between Michigan State and Iowa as both teams finished the regular season with 16 points. Michigan State won the tiebreaker by virtue of their 2–1 victory at Iowa on October 23.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference	Points
1	Rutgers	10–0–0	30
2	Purdue	8–2–0	24
3	Michigan	6–2–2	20
4	Michigan State	5–4–1	16
5	Iowa	5–4–1	16
6	Penn State	5–5–0	15
7	Ohio State	4–4–2	14
8	Wisconsin	3–3–4	13

Bracket

	Quarterfinals October 31[4]					Semifinals November 4					Championship November 7
	1	Rutgers	1
	8	Wisconsin	0
						1	Rutgers	2
						5	Iowa	0
	4	Michigan State	0
	5	Iowa	1
											1	Rutgers	0
											3	Michigan	1
	3	Michigan	3
	6	Penn State	1
						3	Michigan	4
						2	Purdue	1
	2	Purdue	1
	7	Ohio State	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#4 Michigan State v #5 Iowa

October 31	#4 Michigan State	0–1	#5 Iowa	East Lansing, MI
1:00 p.m.		Report	69' Alyssa Walker	Stadium: DeMartin Stadium Attendance: 1,988

#3 Michigan v #6 Penn State

October 31	#3 Michigan	3–1	#6 Penn State	Ann Arbor, MI
1:00 p.m.	Nicki Hernandez 10' Raleigh Loughman 21' Kacey Lawrence 90'	Report	86' Ally Schlegel	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 801 Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Jaafar Rasul Assistant referees: Ramiro Talavera Fourth official: Tomas Zarco

#2 Purdue v #7 Ohio State

October 31	#2 Purdue	1–0	#7 Ohio State	West Lafayette, IN
3:00 p.m.	Sarah Griffith 55'	Report	56' Kitty Jones-Black  68' Caitlin Foley	Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 940 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: David Avignone Assistant referees: Sergio Alvarez Fourth official: Nick Thompson

#1 Rutgers v #8 Wisconsin

October 31	#1 Rutgers	1–0	#8 Wisconsin	Piscataway, NJ
3:30 p.m.	Sarah Brocious 33' Allison Lowrey  37' Riley Tiernan  58'	Report	78' Joyelle Washington	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Ernest Zielinski Assistant referees: Nick Zegestowsky Fourth official: Pete Mandell

Semifinals

#1 Rutgers v #5 Iowa

November 4	#1 Rutgers	2–0	#5 Iowa	Piscataway, NJ
1:30 p.m.	Allison Lowrey 67' Amirah Ali 82'	Report	33' Kenzie Roling  48' Alyssa Walker	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Donocan Noocha Assistant referees: Keith Fisher Assistant referees: Ernest Zielinski Fourth official: Pete Mandell

#2 Purdue v #3 Michigan

November 4	#2 Purdue	1–4	#3 Michigan	Piscataway, NJ
4:00 p.m.	Nicole Kevdzija  56' Callie Ingram 84'	Report	23' Emily Leyson 27' Meredith Haakenson 40' Hannah Blake 56' (pen.) Danielle Wolfe 58' Nicki Hernandez	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Michael McBride Fourth official: Daun White

Final

#1 Rutgers v #3 Michigan

November 17	#1 Rutgers	0–1	#3 Michigan	Piscataway, NJ
2:00 p.m.		Report	27' Raleigh Loughman  80' Avery Kalitta  85' Sydney Shepherd	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Rachel Smith Assistant referees: Scarlet Keane Fourth official: Maggie Short

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.14 goals per match.

2 goals

• Nicki Hernandez – Michigan
• Raleigh Loughman – Michigan

1 goal

• Alyssa Walker – Iowa
• Hannah Blake – Michigan
• Meredith Haakenson – Michigan
• Kacey Lawrence – Michigan
• Danielle Wolfe – Michigan
• Ally Schlegel – Penn State
• Sarah Griffith – Purdue
• Callie Ingram – Purdue
• Amirah Ali – Rutgers
• Sarah Brocious – Rutgers
• Allison Lowrey – Rutgers

All-Tournament team

Player	Team[5]
Riley Whitaker	Iowa
Hillary Beall	Michigan
Raleigh Loughman*
Alia Martin^
Ava Cook	Michigan State
Bailey Kolinski	Ohio State
Sam Coffey	Penn State
Sarah Griffith	Purdue
Amirah Ali	Rutgers
Gabby Provenzano
Emma Jaskaniec	Wisconsin

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP