Big West Conference women's soccer tournament

Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceBig West Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Played1996–1997, 2003–present
Last contest2023
Current championUC Irvine
Most championshipsCal State Fullerton (8)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websitebigwest.org/wsoc

The Big West women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big West Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 2003. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
† Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Winning team won regular season

By year

Source:[1]

Year Champion Score Runner-up Site MVP Reference
1996 Cal Poly (1) 2–0 UC Irvine Titan Stadium • Fullerton, California None
1997 UC Irvine (1) 3–2*(2OT) Cal Poly Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, California
2003 Cal Poly (2) 2–0 UC Santa Barbara Sharon Day, Cal Poly
2004 Cal Poly (3) 2–0 UC Santa Barbara Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, California Liz Hill, Cal Poly
2005 Cal State Fullerton (1) 4–1 UC Riverside Titan Stadium • Fullerton, California Lauryn Welch, Cal State Fullerton
2006 Cal State Fullerton (2) 2–1 Cal Poly George Allen Field • Long Beach, California Kristen Boujos, Cal State Fullerton
2007 Cal State Fullerton (3) 0–0†
(4–3 pen.) 		Cal Poly Titan Stadium • Fullerton, California Shayla Sabin, Cal State Fullerton
2008 UC Santa Barbara (1) 1–1†
(6–5 pen.) 		Long Beach State George Allen Field • Long Beach, California Sami Svrcek, UC Santa Barbara
2009 UC Santa Barbara (2) 1–1†
(5–4 pen.) 		Cal Poly Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, California Katy Roby, UC Santa Barbara
2010 Long Beach State (1) 1–0 UC Irvine Anteater Stadium • Irvine, California Emily Kingsborough, Long Beach State
2011 Long Beach State (2) 1–0 UC Irvine Sara Balcer, Long Beach State
2012 Cal State Northridge (1) 1–0*(2OT) Cal State Fullerton Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, California Melissa Fernandez, Cal State Northridge
2013 Cal State Fullerton (4) 1–1†
(2–1 pen.) 		UC Riverside Titan Stadium • Fullerton, California Katie Pulliam, Cal State Fullerton
2014 Cal State Fullerton (5) 2–1 Long Beach State Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, California Christina Burkenroad, Cal State Fullerton
2015 Cal State Fullerton (6) 1–0 Long Beach State Titan Stadium • Fullerton, California
2016 Long Beach State (3) 3–0 UC Irvine George Allen Field • Long Beach, California Mimi Rangel, Long Beach State [2]
2017 Cal State Fullerton (7) 1–1†
(4–3 pen.) 		Cal State Northridge Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, California Morgan Bertsch, Cal State Fullerton [3]
2018 Long Beach State (4) 2–0 UC Santa Barbara Anteater Stadium • Irvine, California Dana Fujikuni, Long Beach State [4]
2019 Cal State Fullerton (8) 4–0 Cal State Northridge Titan Stadium • Fullerton, California Atlanta Primus, Cal State Fullerton [5]
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 UC Irvine (2) 1–0 Cal Poly Anteater Stadium • Irvine, California Maddy Chavez, UC Irvine [6]
2022 UC Irvine (3) 3–0 Long Beach State Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, California Glo Hinojosa, UC Irvine [7]
2023 UC Irvine (4) 1–0 Cal Poly Titan Stadium • Fullerton, California Emilie Castanga, UC Irvine [8][9]

There was no Big West Tournament held from 1998-2002 and the regular season champion during those years received the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

By school

Source:[10]

School W L T PCT Finals Championships Title Years
Cal Poly 11 5 5 .643 9 3 1996, 2003, 2004
Cal State Bakersfield 0 0 0 – 0 0 —
Cal State Fullerton 12 5 6 .652 9 8 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Cal State Northridge 4 7 1 .375 3 1 2012
Hawaii 0 1 0 .000 0 0 —
Long Beach State 11 4 3 .694 6 4 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018
Pacific 0 5 0 .000 0 0 —
UC Davis 0 3 0 .000 0 0 —
UC Irvine 9 10 2 .476 8 4 1997, 2021, 2022, 2023
UC Riverside 1 4 2 .286 2 0 —
UC San Diego 0 0 0 – 0 0 —
UC Santa Barbara 4 7 3 .393 5 2 2008, 2009

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Big West.

References

  1. ^ "Women's Soccer Championship History". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Big West Conference. "2016 Big West Tournament Recap". Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  3. ^ Big West Conference. "2017 Big West Tournament". Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  4. ^ Big West Conference (November 4, 2018). "Long Beach State Claims Big West Tournament Title". bigwest.org. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  5. ^ Big West Conference. "2019 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  6. ^ Big West Conference. "2021 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Big West Conference. "2022 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  8. ^ Big West Conference. "2023 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT". bigwest.org. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Stevens, Ashley (November 5, 2023). "UC Irvine Anteaters three-peat, ending Cal Poly women's soccer postseason run in Big West Championship". ksby.com. KSBY. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigwest.org. Big West Conference. p. 24. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
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