2025 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament

2025 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	1,825
Site	Maryland SoccerPlex, Boyds
Champions	Xavier (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dean Ward (1st title)
MVP	Elizabeth Powell (Defensive) Samantha Erbach (Offensive) (Xavier)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Big East Conference women's soccer tournament «2024   2026»

2025 Big East Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 10 Georgetown  ‍†‍‍y	10	–	0	–	0		1.000			15	–	3	–	2		.800
No. 22 Xavier  ‍‍‡‍y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			15	–	3	–	2		.800
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	7	–	1	–	2		.800			11	–	4	–	3		.694
Creighton  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	3		.550			7	–	8	–	4		.474
Villanova  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			9	–	8	–	1		.528
Providence  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			6	–	6	–	4		.500
Marquette  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Butler  ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	5		.450			5	–	4	–	8		.529
St. John's  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			3	–	9	–	5		.324
DePaul  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			4	–	12	–	2		.278
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			3	–	10	–	5		.306
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 Big East Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 10, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big East Conference

The 2025 Big East Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference that was held from November 6 to 9, 2025. ^[1] The three-match tournament took place at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were Connecticut. ^[2] Connecticut failed to defend their title, as they were knocked out in the semifinals by Xavier. ^[3] Xavier would go on to win the title, defeating Georgetown 2−0 in the final. ^[4] It was the second title for Xavier since 2019, and the first title for head coach Dean Ward. ^[5]

As tournament champions, Xavier earned the Big East's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top four teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. No tiebreakers were required as the top seven teams all finished with unique conference records. ^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Georgetown	10–0–0	30
2	Xavier	8–1–1	25
3	Connecticut	7–1–2	23
4	Creighton	4–3–3	15

Bracket

Source: ^[1]

	Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 6					Final Sunday, Nov. 9
	1	Georgetown	2
	4	Creighton	0
						1	Georgetown	0
						2	Xavier	2
	2	Xavier	7
	3	Connecticut	0

Schedule

Semifinals

#2 Xavier v #3 Connecticut

November 6, 2025	#2 Xavier	7–0	#3 Connecticut	Boyds, MD
17:00 EST	Samantha Erbach 30', 44', 72' Elin Hansson 47' Regan Dancer 55' Presley Pennekamp 76' Penny Brill 89'	Report	Anaya Johnson  31'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 506 Referee: Aaron Rawlins Assistant referees: Justin Geho Assistant referees: Kyle Radziewicz Fourth official: Joe Law

#1 Georgetown v #4 Creighton

November 6, 2025	#1 Georgetown	2–0	#4 Creighton	Boyds, MD
19:30 EST	Henley Tippins 33' Maja Lardner 62'	Report		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 541 Referee: Adam Klipatrick Assistant referees: Josh Pitt Assistant referees: Jeffrey Skinker Fourth official: Angelo Petruccy

Final

#1 Georgetown v #2 Xavier

November 9, 2025	#1 Georgetown	0–2	#2 Xavier	Boyds, MD
12:00 EST	Henley Tippins  70'	Report	Samantha Erbach 10' (pen.) Presley Pennekamp  36' Regan Dancer 79'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 778 Referee: Mike De Felice Assistant referees: Randal Von Steuben Assistant referees: Kyle Zach Fingerhut Fourth official: Gary Gutierrez

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match (as of November 9, 2025 ^[7] ).

4 goals

• Samantha Erbach – Xavier

2 goals

• Regan Dancer – Xavier

1 goal

• Penny Brill – Xavier
• Elin Hansson – Xavier
• Maja Lardner – Georgetown
• Presley Pennekamp – Xavier
• Henley Tippins – Georgetown

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[8]

Player	Team
Anna Carson	Connecticut
Chioma Okafor
Tori Gillis	Creighton
Alyssa Zalac
Kaya Hanson	Georgetown
Maja Lardner
Henley Tippins
Regan Dancer	Xavier
Samantha Erbach*
Emma Flick
Elizabeth Powell^

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

1. "2025 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship Bracket Announced". Big East Conference. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
2. Gorski, Brayden (November 11, 2024). "Women's Soccer: Huskies win double overtime thriller to punch NCAA tournament ticket". The Daily Campus . Retrieved November 14, 2025.
3. "No. 22 Women's Soccer Advances to BIG EAST Championship Match with 7-0 Win Over UConn". Xavier University Athletics. November 6, 2025. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
4. Adamec, Carl (November 13, 2025). "How this Connecticut native rebounded from tough loss to become a Big East women's soccer champion". The News-Times . Retrieved November 14, 2025.
5. "2025 Big East Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big East Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
6. "2025 Women's Soccer Standings". Big East Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
7. "2025 Women's Soccer Overall Statistics" (PDF). Big East Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
8. "No. 2 Xavier Wins 2025 BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 25, 2025.