The 2017 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 1–5, 2017. The five match tournament took place at GCU Stadium in Phoenix on the campus of Grand Canyon University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Seattle Redhawks, but they failed to defend their title after losing the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the Utah Valley Wolverines in the final. This was the second WAC women's soccer tournament championship for the Utah Valley women's soccer program and the first for first-year head coach Chris Lemay.
Seeds The top six teams qualify for the tournament. Teams receive three points for each win and one point for each tie within their seven-game conference schedule. Teams will be seeded by total points earned, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two seeds will receive byes to the semifinals. SeedSchoolConf. RecordPoints1UMKC7–0–0212Utah Valley5–2–0153UTRGV4–2–1134Seattle U3–2–2115New Mexico State3–3–1106Grand Canyon2–4–17
Bracket
Schedule
First round
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
2 Goals McKenzie Cook - Grand Canyon Natasha Howe - Seattle
1 Goal Sarah Bonney - UTRGV Siri Dahl - Utah Valley Laura Hooper - Seattle Breanna McCarter - Utah Valley Jessie Ray - Seattle Holly Rothering - Seattle
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