2020-21 West Coast Conference Women’S Soccer College Cup | May 11, 2021
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2020-21 WEST COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN’S SOCCER COLLEGE CUP | MAY 11, 2021 @WCCsports | #WCCsports Contact: Ryan McCrary | @RyMac_26 WCCsports.com Asst. Commissioner Communications | [email protected] WCC BY THE NUMBERS 132 11 19 / 3 NCAA Tournament Victories College Cup Appearances College Cups / NCAA Titles for WCC Programs for Santa Clara for WCC Soccer Programs 2020-21 WCC SOCCER SPRING SEASON STANDINGS WCC SOCCER COLLEGE CUP NOTES WCC NCAA SCHEDULE / RESULTS H Santa Clara’s 1-0 shutout of No. 14 Clemson was the fourth THURSDAY, MAY 13 straight triumph overall for the Broncos and their second straight No. 11 Santa Clara vs. No. 2 North Carolina ESPN2 5:30 p.m. NCAA Tournament shutout win. Santa Clara has outscored its MONDAY, MAY 17 last four opponents 11-1 and has surrendered just one goal in three NCAA Championship Game ESPN 2:30 p.m. NCAA postseason matches in Cary, N.C. PREVIOUS NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS H Santa Clara is set to make the program’s 11th College Cup SATURDAY, MAY 1 appearance and its first since 2004. The 2001 NCAA Champions No. 11 Santa Clara vs. Ohio State W 4-1 made their first College Cup appearance in 1989 - the same year No. 12 BYU vs. Virginia L 2-0 the Santa Clara men’s soccer program shared the NCAA Cham- pionship with Virginia. WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 No. 11 Santa Clara vs. No. 4 Arkansas W 2-0 H The Broncos previously appeared in the College Cup 1989-90, SUNDAY, MAY 9 1992, 1996-99, 2001-02 & 2004. Portland has appeared in eight No. 11 Santa Clara vs. No. 14 Clemson W 1-0 College Cups with NCAA Championships in 2002 & 2005. The last College Cup berth for the Pilots came in 2005. H No. 11 Broncos Storm to 11th College Cup BYU’s Mikayla Colohan, the 2020-21 WCC Offensive Player of the The 11th-seeded Broncos (10-1) beat No. 14 seed Clemson (12-5-2) Year, was named a semifinalist for the 2021 MAC Hermann Trophy 1-0 Sunday evening in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament Watch List. Four WCC student-athletes made the initial 2020-21 at WakeMed Soccer Park to make it to the national semifinals for watch list - Joelle Anderson, Pepperdine; Colohan, BYU; Alexis the first time since 2004. Santa Clara ties UCLA and Florida State, Loera, Santa Clara & Kelsey Turnbow, Santa Clara. which also advanced Sunday, for the third-most all-time trips to H No. 11 Santa Clara ranks in the top-10 in multiple offensive the College Cup. categories, including: assists/game (3rd/2.38), points per game Santa Clara Perfect in WCC Action (5th/8.25) and scoring offense (7th/2.60) - as of 5/10/21. Santa Clara rolled through the WCC slate, posting the first un- H No. 12 BYU also ranks in the top-10 in multiple offensive catego- beaten and untied record (7-0-0) since Portland accomplished ries, including: assists/game (9th/2.7), points per game (6th/7.90) the feat going 7-0-0 in three consecutive years from 2007-09. In and scoring offense (3rd/2.94) - as of 5/10/21. the process, the Broncos collected their 11th WCC regular season championship H Three WCC programs were ranked in the national top-25 polls this season with BYU (No. 17) and Santa Clara (11) in the top-20 in Cougars and Broncos Qualify for NCAAs the final regular season edition. Pepperdine spent five weeks in BYU made its eighth NCAA Tournament field as a WCC member the top-25. while WCC Champion Santa Clara made its 30th all-time appear- ance and 11th in the last 12 seasons. Both the Cougars (No. 12) and H No. 11 Santa Clara entered the preseason “Receiving Votes” the Broncos (No. 11) captured national seeds. Since 2015, four WCC category and reached as high as No. 9 in week five. The Broncos programs have won 21 NCAA Tournament matches: BYU (5), LMU went unbeaten in WCC play, outscoring opponents 18-4. (2), Pepperdine (2) & Santa Clara (12). FOLLOW THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE 2020-21 West Coast Conference Soccer 1 #WCCSPORTS COLLEGE CUP ARCHIVES - 2001-2020 #WCCSPORTS ARCHIVAL COLLEGE CUP RESULTS PORTLAND (8 Berths, 2 Championships) 2005 National Semifinals Portland 0, Penn State 0 (PK 4-3) National Championship Portland 4, UCLA 0 2002 National Semifinals Portland 2, Penn State 0 National Championship Portland 2, Santa Clara 1 2ot 2001 National Semifinals N. Carolina 2, Portland 1 2000 National Semifinals UCLA 1, Portland 0 1998 National Semifinals North Carolina 1, Portland 0 (4 OT) 1996 National Semifinals Notre Dame 3, Portland 2 1995 National Semifinals Portland 4, Southern Methodist 2 PORTLAND PILOTS - 2005 NCAA CHAMPIONS National Final Notre Dame 1, Portland 0 (OT) 1994 National Semifinals Notre Dame 1, Portland 0 SANTA CLARA (11 Berths, 1 Championship) 2020 National Semifinals North Carolina vs. Santa Clara 2004 National Semifinals Notre Dame 1, Santa Clara 0 2002 National Semifinals Santa Clara 2, North Carolina 1 National Championship Portland 2, Santa Clara 1 2ot 2001 National Semifinals Santa Clara 3, Florida 2 National Championship Santa Clara 1, N. Carolina 0 1999 National Semifinals Notre Dame 1, Santa Clara 0 1998 National Semifinals Florida 1, Santa Clara 0 1997 National Semifinals North Carolina 2, Santa Clara 1 PORTLAND PILOTS - 2002 NCAA CHAMPIONS 1996 National Semifinals North Carolina 2, Santa Clara 1 1992 National Semifinals North Carolina 3, Santa Clara 0 *1990 National Semifinals Connecticut 2, Santa Clara 1 (OT) *1989 National Semifinals Colorado College 2, Santa Clara 0 *Santa Clara qualified for the 1989-90 College Cup before the WCC sponsored soccer #WCCSPORTS COLLEGE CUP MAJOR INDIVIDUAL HONORS College Cup Offensive MVP 2005 Christine Sinclair, Portland 2002 Christine Sinclair, Portland 2001 Aly Wagner, Santa Clara College Cup Defensive MVP 2005 Cori Alexander, Portland 2002 Jessica Ballweg, Santa Clara 2001 Danielle Slaton, Santa Clara SANTA CLARA BRONCOS - 2001 NCAA CHAMPIONS 2 WCCsports.com | @WCCsports | #WCCsports WCC WOMEN’S SOCCER NATIONAL POLLS AND NOTES #WCCSPORTS WOMEN’S SOCCER WCC Teams in Weekly 2021 Polls WCC In The Postseason MAJOR NATIONAL HONORS United Soccer Coaches National Poll MULTIPLE NCAA POSTSEASON BIDS 2007 Senior CLASS Award - Winner BYU GON PEP SCU 2020-21 BYU, Santa Clara Stephanie Lopez, Portland Preseason 14 -- 22 RV 2019 BYU, Pepperdine, Santa Clara 2005 MAC Hermann Trophy Poll 2 - 3/9 13 -- 25 23 2018 BYU, Santa Clara Christine Sinclair, Portland Poll 3 - 3/16 17 RV 25 13 2017 Pepperdine, Santa Clara 2005 Honda-Broderick Cup Poll 4 - 3/23 16 RV 24 11 2016 BYU, Pepperdine, Santa Clara Christine Sinclair, Portland Poll 5 - 3/30 13 -- RV 23 2015 BYU, LMU, Santa Clara 2005 Honda Award Poll 6 - 4/6 16 -- 25 13 2014 BYU, Pepperdine, San Diego Christine Sinclair, Portland Poll 7 - 4/13 17 -- RV 11 2013 BYU, Portland, Santa Clara 2004 NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year Poll 8 - 4/6 17 RV RV 10 2012 BYU, Pepperdine, Portland, Megan Kakadelas, Santa Clara Santa Clara 2004 MAC Hermann Trophy WCC NATIONAL POLL - MISCELLANEOUS 2011 Pepperdine, Portland, Christine Sinclair, Portland *WCC began sponsoring women’s soccer in San Diego, Santa Clara 2004 Honda Award the 1992 season. 2010 Portland, San Diego, Leslie Osborne, Santa Clara -- WCC has had at least two teams in the final Santa Clara 2002 MAC Hermann Trophy national polls every year except one - 2018 2009 Portland, San Diego, Ali Wagner, Santa Clara -- WCC set a conference record with four pro- Santa Clara 2002 Honda Award grams in the top-25 in 2001 2008 Portland, San Diego Christine Sinclair, Portland -- WCC has had three or more teams in the fi- 2007 Portland, San Diego, 2002 NSCAA National Coach of the Year nal top-25 poll 10 times - last in 2016 Santa Clara Clive Charles, Portland -- WCC programs have finished the season 2006 LMU, Portland, Santa Clara 2001 Honda Award & ranked in the top-5 22 times, last coming in 2005 Gonzaga, Pepperdine Portland, Soccer America PoY 2019 (BYU) Santa Clara Ali Wagner, Santa Clara -- No fewer than seven WCC programs have 2004 Pepperdine, Portland, 2001 NCAA Coach of the Year finished the season ranked in the top-25 San Diego, Santa Clara Jerry Smith, Santa Clara 2003 Pepperdine, Portland, 1999 MAC Hermann Trophy WCC Teams in the Final San Diego, Santa Clara Mandy Clemens, Santa Clara 2002 LMU, Pepperdine, Portland, National Polls San Diego, Santa Clara 1995 Soccer America PoY YEAR TEAMS 2001 Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Shannon Mac Millan, Portland 2020 11. Santa Clara 17. BYU Mary’s, San Diego, Santa Clara 1990 Honda Award 2019 5. BYU 14. Santa Clara 2000 Portland, San Diego, Brandi Chastain, Santa Clara 2018 12. Santa Clara Santa Clara 2017 16. Pepperdine 20. Santa Clara 1999 San Diego, Santa Clara 2016 9. BYU 17. Santa Clara 1998 Portland, Santa Clara 22. Pepperdine 1997 Portland, Santa Clara 2015 17. BYU 20. Santa Clara 1996 Portland, San Diego, 22. LMU Santa Clara WCC IN 2020-21 2014 10. Pepperdine 22. BYU 1995 Portland, Santa Clara 2013 7. Santa Clara 11. Portland 1994 Portland, Saint Mary’s, NCAA POSTSEASONS 23. BYU Santa Clara So Far… 2012 5. BYU 18. Santa Clara 1993 Portland, Santa Clara • BYU won the 2020 NCAA Women’s 24. Portland 1992 Portland, Santa Clara Cross Country Team Championship 2011 10. Pepperdine 20. Santa Clara • BYU’s Conner Mantz won the 2021 2010 8. Portland 19. Santa Clara WCC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS NCAA Men’s Cross Country Individual 2009 5. Portland 10. Santa Clara Year Champion WCC Record Rank Championship 2008 5. Portland 16.