The 2016 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represented BYU during the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars were coached for a 22nd consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. The Cougars entered the 2016 season having won four consecutive West Coast Conference championships and having made the NCAA Tournament each of the last four seasons and in 17 of the 21 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. The Cougars came off of a season were they advanced to the second round of the College Cup before being defeated by Stanford to finish the season 16–3–2. The Cougars split the WCC regular season title with Pepperdine and advanced to the third round of the NCAA College Cup before falling to South Carolina 1–0.
Media
Television & Internet Streaming Every BYU women's soccer game was shown live on BYUtv, TheW.tv, had a road television broadcast, or had a road internet stream. Information on these television broadcasts can be found under each individual match.
Nu Skin Cougar IMG Sports Network
For a third consecutive season the Cougar IMG Sports Network will air BYU Cougars women's soccer games. Greg Wrubell will provide play-by-play for most games with Robbie Bullough being the back-up play-by-play broadcaster. Former men's assistant coach Hugh Van Wagenen (typically home games) and Colette Smith (typically road games) will once again act as analysts. ESPN 960 and BYU Radio will act as the flagship stations for women's soccer.
Schedule
*- Denotes WCC game x- Denotes Cougar IMG Sports Network/ESPN 960 broadcast y- Television Broadcast z- Internet Stream
x-Exhibition: Blue/White Game Two 35 minutes halves were played. Broadcasters: Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960)
x-Exhibition: Alumni Game Two 40 minutes halves were played. Broadcasters: Greg Wrubell, Cody John Walker (1st Half), & Jaleah Tuttle (2nd Half) (ESPN 960)
x-Exhibition: UCLA Series History: BYU leads series 2–1–1 Broadcasters: Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Washington State Series History: BYU leads series 3–2–2 Broadcasters: Troy Clardy & Kyndra de St. Aubin (P12)Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Nebraska Series History: Nebraska leads series 3–2–0 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Penn State Series History: BYU leads series 1–0–0 Broadcasters: No commentary (GoPSUnow)Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Tennessee Series History: BYU leads series 2–1–0 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv) Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Utah Series History: BYU leads series 20–7–1 Broadcasters: Ann Schatz & Kyndra de St. Aubin (P12)Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-SMU Series History: BYU leads series 3–0–0 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv) Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Ohio State Series History: First Meeting Broadcasters: Kevin Neibecker & Nathan Rubinstein (BTN+)Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Utah State Series History: BYU leads series 12–0–0 Broadcasters: Chuck Longoria (MW Network)Robbie Bullough & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Denver Series History: BYU leads series 2–1–0 Broadcasters: Mitchell Marshall (TheW.tv)Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Long Beach State Series History: BYU leads series 6–2–0 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)Robbie Bullough & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Santa Clara* Series History: Santa Clara leads series 6–1–3 Broadcasters: Jarom Jordan, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-San Francisco* Series History: BYU leads series 5–1–0 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-Loyola Marymount* Series History: BYU leads series 6–1–0 Broadcasters: Trey Bender & Cat Whitehill (ESPNU)Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Pepperdine* Series History: BYU leads series 4–3–0 Broadcasters: Jen Karson (TheW.tv)Robbie Bullough & Colette Smith (ESPN 960)
xy-Portland* Series History: BYU leads series 6–4–0Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-San Diego* Series History: BYU leads series 6–2–0 Broadcasters: Jack Cronin (TheW.tv)Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Saint Mary's* Series History: BYU leads series 5–0–1 Broadcasters: Corey Crone & Anne Whipple (TheW.tv)Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Pacific* Series History: BYU leads series 6–1–0 Broadcasters: Paul Muyskens (YouTube)Robbie Bullough & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xz-Gonzaga* Series History: BYU leads series 8–0–0 Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Hugh Van Wagenen (TheW.tv/ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
xy-UNLV Series History: BYU leads series 15–1–2Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)Greg Wrubell & Hugh Van Wagenen (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
yz-Oklahoma Series History: Series tied 1–1–0Broadcasters: No commentary (ESPN3)Greg Wrubell & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
yz-South Carolina Series History: First MeetingBroadcasters: Brad Muller & Nancy Goffi (SEC+)Robbie Bullough & Colette Smith (ESPN 960/BYU Radio)
Roster
No.PositionPlayerHeightHometownYear1GKRachel BoazMurrieta, CA2DTaylor Campbell IsomSandy, UT3FCarla Swensen HaslamSouth Jordan, UT4MF, DBrittain Dearden SteinerMercer, NJ5FElise FlakeMapleton, UT6FNadia GomesSandy, UT7F, MFMichele Murphy VasconcelosSandy, UT8DElla JohnsonCenterville, UT9D, MFPaige Hunt BarkerBountiful, UT10MFElisabeth "Bizzy" Phillips BowenSandy, UT11GKHannah ClarkDanville, CA12DAvery Calton WalkerOgden, UT14DDanika BowmanRedlands, CA16MFKayci GriffinAustin, TX18GKSabrina MaciasLittleton, CO19MFLizzy BrabyMurray, UT20F, MFJocelyn LoomisSandy, UT21MFMadie SiddowayNorth Logan, UT22MF, DMiranda Bailey TophamLoomis, CA23MFRachel BinghamSpanish Fork, UT24MFStephanie Ringwood NeyCottonwood Heights, UT25DBrynlee WelchHyrum, UT26FMadie LyonsSandy, UT27MFElena MedeirosBountiful, UT29DAlyssa JeffersonSandy, UT32GKCassidy SmithAlpine, UT33FAshley HatchGilbert, AZ34MFBrianna HatchGilbert, AZ
Rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12Postseason Final NSCAA Coaches 16 14 10 7 6 4 3 5 8 6 5 4 4 9 Soccer America 16 13 12 9 8 7 5 811 9 8 6 6 6 Top Drawer Soccer 17 14 16 15 6 5 2 3 7 6 5 5 3 10 Hero Sports 13 10 10 9 6 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
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