Big West Conference women's soccer tournament
The Big West women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer , organised by the Big West Conference . The tournament has been held every year since 2003.
It is played under a single-elimination format 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 .
Cal State Fullerton is the most winning team of the competition with 8 titles.
Champions
Finals
Source:[ 1]
Key
(1) — Title number
— Match went to extra time
– Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold – Winning team won regular season
Year
Champion
Score
Runner-up
Venue / City
MVP
Ref.
1996
Cal Poly (1)
2–0
UC Irvine
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
(None)
1997
UC Irvine (1)
3–2 (a.e.t. )
Cal Poly
Spanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, Ca
(None)
2003
Cal Poly (2)
2–0
UC Santa Barbara
Spanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, Ca
Sharon Day, Cal Poly
2004
Cal Poly (3)
2–0
UC Santa Barbara
Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, Ca
Liz Hill, Cal Poly
2005
Cal State Fullerton (1)
4–1
UC Riverside
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
Lauryn Welch, Cal State Fullerton
2006
Cal State Fullerton (2)
2–1
Cal Poly
George Allen Field • Long Beach, Ca
Kristen Boujos, Cal State Fullerton
2007
Cal State Fullerton (3)
0–0 (4–3 p )
Cal Poly
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
Shayla Sabin, Cal State Fullerton
2008
UC Santa Barbara (1)
1–1 (6–5 p )
Long Beach State
George Allen Field • Long Beach, Ca
Sami Svrcek, UC Santa Barbara
2009
UC Santa Barbara (2)
1–1 (5–4 p )
Cal Poly
Spanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, Ca
Katy Roby, UC Santa Barbara
2010
Long Beach State (1)
1–0
UC Irvine
Anteater Stadium • Irvine, Ca
Emily Kingsborough, Long Beach
2011
Long Beach State (2)
1–0
UC Irvine
Anteater Stadium • Irvine, Ca
Sara Balcer, Long Beach
2012
Cal State Northridge (1)
1–0 (a.e.t. )
Cal State Fullerton
Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, Ca
Melissa Fernandez, Cal State
2013
Cal State Fullerton (4)
1–1 (2–1 p )
UC Riverside
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
Katie Pulliam, Cal State
2014
Cal State Fullerton (5)
2–1
Long Beach State
Spanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, Ca
Christina Burkenroad, Cal State
2015
Cal State Fullerton (6)
1–0
Long Beach State
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
2016
Long Beach State (3)
3–0
UC Irvine
George Allen Field • Long Beach, Ca
Mimi Rangel, Long Beach State
[ 2]
2017
Cal State Fullerton (7)
1–1 (4–3 p )
Cal State Northridge
Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, Ca
Morgan Bertsch, Cal State
[ 3]
2018
Long Beach State (4)
2–0
UC Santa Barbara
Anteater Stadium • Irvine, Ca
Dana Fujikuni, Long Beach
[ 4]
2019
Cal State Fullerton (8)
4–0
Cal State Northridge
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
Atlanta Primus , Cal State
[ 5]
2020
2021
UC Irvine (2)
1–0
Cal Poly
Anteater Stadium • Irvine, Ca
Maddy Chavez, UC Irvine
[ 6]
2022
UC Irvine (3)
3–0
Long Beach State
Spanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, Ca
Glo Hinojosa, UC Irvine
[ 7]
2023
UC Irvine (4)
1–0
Cal Poly
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
Emilie Castanga, UC Irvine
[ 8] [ 9]
2024
UC Santa Barbara (3)
2–2 (8–7 p )
Cal State Bakersfield
[Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium]] • Waipahu, HI
Devin Greer & Sofie Rodriguez, UC Santa Barbara
[ 10] [ 11]
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:[ 12]
As of 2024 tournament
School
W
L
T
Pct.
Finals
Titles
Title years
Cal Poly
11
5
5
.643
9
3
1996, 2003, 2004
Cal State Bakersfield
2
0
1
.833
1
0
—
Cal State Fullerton
12
6
6
.625
9
8
2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Cal State Northridge
4
7
1
.375
3
1
2012
Hawaii
0
2
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
4
0
.000
0
0
—
UC Irvine
9
11
2
.455
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
6
7
4
.471
6
3
2008, 2009, 2024
Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Big West.
References
^ "Women's Soccer Championship History" . bigwest.org . Big West Conference . Retrieved March 27, 2024 .
^ Big West Conference . "2016 Big West Tournament Recap" . Retrieved 2017-10-29 .
^ Big West Conference . "2017 Big West Tournament" . Retrieved 2017-10-29 .
^ Big West Conference (November 4, 2018). "Long Beach State Claims Big West Tournament Title" . bigwest.org . Retrieved 2018-11-15 .
^ Big West Conference . "2019 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT" . Retrieved 2019-12-19 .
^ Big West Conference . "2021 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT" . Retrieved December 13, 2021 .
^ Big West Conference . "2022 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT" . bigwest.org . Retrieved February 8, 2023 .
^ Big West Conference . "2023 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT" . bigwest.org . Retrieved December 18, 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ Big West Conference . "2024 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT" . bigwest.org . Retrieved December 16, 2024 .
^ Zant, John (November 12, 2024). "UC Santa Barbara Women's Soccer Heads to NCAA Tournament for First Time in 15 Years" . Santa Barbara Independent . Retrieved December 16, 2024 .
^ "Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF) . bigwest.org . Big West Conference . p. 24. Retrieved March 27, 2024 .
External links
NCAA women's college soccer tournaments
Division I
Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Division III