2022 WAC men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance3,911
SiteCBU Soccer Field
Riverside, California
ChampionsCalifornia Baptist (1st title)
Winning coachCoe Michaelson (1st title)
MVPNolan Premack (California Baptist)
BroadcastESPN+
WAC men's soccer tournament
«2021  2023»
2022 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Air Force 7 –1 –18 –6 –3
San Jose State 5 –2 –210 –5 –4
Seattle 5 –4 –07 –10 –1
Utah Valley 5 –4 –07 –8 –1
California Baptist† 4 –3 –210 –7 –4
Grand Canyon 4 –3 –27 –8 –3
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 4 –4 –17 –7 –3
Utah Tech # 2 –5 –24 –12 –2
Houston Christian 1 –5 –35 –8 –6
UNLV 0 –6 –31 –9 –7
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: WAC

The 2022 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 9 to November 13, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at CBU Soccer Field in Riverside, California on the campus of California Baptist University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season divisional conference play. The defending champions were the Seattle Redhawks.[1] Seattle was unable to defend their crown, falling 4–0 to San Jose State in the Semifinals. California Baptist went on to win the title in a penalty shoot-out against San Jose State.[2] This was California Baptist's first WAC Tournament victory in program history and first for head coach Coe Michaelson.[3] As tournament champions, California Baptist earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding

Six of the ten Western Athletic Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as both Seattle and Utah Valley finished with identical 5–4–0 records during the regular season. Seattle earned the third seed by virtue of their 1–0 victory over Utah Valley on October 21 during the regular season. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds after California Baptist and Grand Canyon finished with identical 4–3–2 regular season records. The two teams tied their regular season match, 0–0 on October 9. California Baptist earned the fifth seed while Grand Canyon was the sixth seed.[4]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Air Force 7–1–1 22
2 San Jose State 5–2–2 17
3 Seattle 5–4–0 15
4 Utah Valley 5–4–0 15
5 California Baptist 4–3–2 14
6 Grand Canyon 4–3–2 14

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, Nov. 9 		Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 11 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 13
1 Air Force 0
4 Utah Valley 1 5 California Baptist 2
5 California Baptist 3 5 California Baptist (pen.) 0 (3)
2 San Jose State 0 (1)
2 San Jose State 4
3 Seattle 2 3 Seattle 0
6 Grand Canyon 1

Schedule

First round

November 9 #3 Seattle 2–1 #6 Grand Canyon Riverside, CA
4:00 p.m. PT
  • Habib Barry 32'
  • Christian Koontz Yellow card 37'
  • Jesse Ortiz Yellow card 45'
  • Campbell Strong 66'
  • Taketo Onodera Yellow card 89'
 Report
  • Red card 13' Team
  • Shaun Joash 63' (pen.)
 Stadium: CBU Soccer Field
Attendance: 117
November 9 #4 Utah Valley 1–3 #5 California Baptist Riverside, CA
7:00 p.m. PT
  • Aaron Nixon 31'
 Report
  • 8', Yellow card 34' Adolfo Pino
  • Yellow card 51', 64' Leo Mendez
  • 70' Luis Mueller
 Stadium: CBU Soccer Field
Attendance: 953

Semifinals

November 11 #2 San Jose State 4–0 #3 Seattle Riverside, CA
1:00 p.m. PT
  • Josh Redfield Yellow card 17'
  • Ryota Nakashima 33'
  • Finlay Wood 34' (pen.)
  • Joel Garcia Yellow card 67'
  • Anthony Guzman 86', 87'
 Report
  • Yellow card 22' Christian Koontz
  • Yellow card 51' Bailey Letherman
  • Yellow card 67' Mo Mohamed
 Stadium: CBU Soccer Field
Attendance: 268
November 11 #1 Air Force 0–2 #5 California Baptist Riverside, CA
4:00 p.m. PT
  • Tyler Johnson Yellow card 83'
 Report
  • 56', Yellow card 83' Bryan Iliohan
  • 65' Leo Mendez
  • Yellow card 84' Nolan Premack
 Stadium: CBU Soccer Field
Attendance: 1,157

Final

November 13 #2 San Jose State 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 #5 California Baptist Riverside, CA
1:00 p.m. PT
  • David Sweeney Yellow card 10'
  • Mario Barocio Yellow card 43'
  • Diego Delgadillo Yellow card 53'
 Report
  • Yellow card 38' Anthony Vargas
  • Yellow card 41' Antonio Gomez
  • Yellow card 69' Georg Bjarnson
 Stadium: CBU Soccer Field
Penalties
  • Finlay Wood soccer ball with red X
  • Kasper Poulsgaard soccer ball with check mark
  • Athony Guzman soccer ball with red X
  • Herminio Padilla soccer ball with red X
  • soccer ball with check mark Bryan Iliohan
  • soccer ball with check mark Anthony Vargas
  • soccer ball with check mark Luis Mueller

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Leo Mendez – California Baptist
  • Anthony Guzman – San Jose State

1 goal

  • Bryan Iliohan – California Baptist
  • Luis Mueller – California Baptist
  • Adolfo Pino – California Baptist
  • Shaun Joash – Grand Canyon
  • Joel Garcia – San Jose State
  • Ryota Nakashima – San Jose State
  • Christian Kootnz – Seattle
  • Campbell Strong – Seattle
  • Aaron Nixon – Utah Valley

All-Tournament team

Source:[5]

PlayerTeam
Thomas Beecham California Baptist
Antonio Gomez
Leo Mendez
Nolan Premack
Shaun Joash Grand Canyon
Anthony Guzman San Jose State
Kasper Poulsgaard
Finlay Wood
Peter Kingston Seattle
Taketo Onodera

MVP in bold

References

  1. ↑ Western Athletic Conference. "2021 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament". Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ Pope, Dennis (November 13, 2022). "California Baptist University men's soccer team captures WAC tournament title". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ Western Athletic Conference. "2022 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "WACMSoc22Release12" (PDF). wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 8, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ "No. 5 CBU Wins 2022 WAC Men's Soccer Championship". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 13, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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