The 2021 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

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 Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

won the title by defeating Rutgers 1–0 in the final. As the tournament champion, Michigan earned the

's automatic berth into the

2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament The 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the 40th edition of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college soccer. The College Cup was play ...

. This was the third overall title for Michigan and first for head coach Jennifer Klein.

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 Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

and

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

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.

Bracket

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament Team

References

External links

Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer

Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Central
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