2025 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

2025 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Matches	9
Attendance	3,374
Quarterfinals site	Folk Field West Lafayette, Indiana
Semifinals site	Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri
Finals site	Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	Washington (1st title)
Winning coach	Nicole Van Dyke (1st title)
MVP	Samiah Shell (Washington)
Broadcast	BTN, B1G+
Big Ten women's soccer tournament «2024   2026»

2025 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 13 Washington  ‍†‍‡‍y	8	–	1	–	2		.818			13	–	2	–	6		.762
No. 9 Michigan St  ‍‍‍y	7	–	1	–	3		.773			12	–	3	–	6		.714
No. 21 Iowa  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	3		.682			11	–	4	–	4		.684
No. 17 UCLA  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	3		.682			11	–	5	–	3		.658
No. 15 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y	6	–	3	–	2		.636			13	–	5	–	2		.700
Illinois  ‍‍‍y	5	–	4	–	2		.545			13	–	5	–	2		.700
Penn St  ‍‍‍y	5	–	4	–	2		.545			9	–	7	–	3		.553
Northwestern  ‍‍‍y	4	–	2	–	5		.591			9	–	4	–	7		.625
Ohio St  ‍‍‍y	4	–	2	–	5		.591			8	–	4	–	6		.611
USC  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			7	–	7	–	3		.500
Michigan  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	4		.455			6	–	8	–	4		.444
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	3		.409			8	–	5	–	5		.583
Indiana  ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	5		.409			5	–	6	–	6		.471
Purdue  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	1		.318			6	–	10	–	3		.395
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	3		.318			6	–	8	–	3		.441
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	2		.273			4	–	7	–	5		.406
Maryland  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	1		.227			6	–	11	–	1		.361
Oregon  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	4		.273			3	–	10	–	5		.306
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 10, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Big Ten

The 2025 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from October 30 through November 9, 2025. The tournament was hosted by Purdue University at Folk Field for the First Round and the Quarterfinals then at Energizer Park in St. Louis, Missouri for the Semifinals and Finals. ^[1] The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. UCLA were the defending champions. ^{[2] [3]} UCLA was unable to defend its title, falling to Michigan State in the semifinals. The Washington Huskies would go on to defeat Michigan State in a penalty shoot-out in the Final and complete the regular season and tournament double. ^{[4] [5]} The conference tournament title was the first for Washington and first Big Ten title for head coach Nicole Van Dyke. ^[6] As tournament champions, Washington earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top ten teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. A tiebreaker was required between Iowa and UCLA as both teams finished with 6–2–3 regular season conference records. UCLA won the regular season matchup between the two teams 3–0 on October 16, and was therefore the third seed. A four-team tiebreaker was required between Illinois, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Penn State as all four teams finished with seventeen conference points. Penn State won the tiebreaker and was the sixth seed, Northwestern was the seventh seed, Ohio State was the eighth seed, and Illinois was the ninth seed. ^[7]

Seed	School	Conference	Points
1	Washington	8–1–2	26
2	Michigan State	7–1–3	24
3	UCLA	6–2–3	21
4	Iowa	6–2–3	21
5	Wisconsin	6–3–2	20
6	Penn State	5–4–2	17
7	Northwestern	4–2–5	17
8	Ohio State	4–2–5	17
9	Illinois	5–4–2	17
10	USC	4–5–2	14

Bracket

Source: ^[8]

	1st Round Friday, Oct 30					Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov 1 Sunday, Nov 2					Semifinals Thursday, Nov 6					Final Sunday, 9
						1	Washington	2
	8	Ohio State	0			9	Illinois	0
	9	Illinois	1								1	Washington	2
											5	Wisconsin	1
						4	Iowa	0
						5	Wisconsin	3
																1	Washington (pen.)	1 (4)
																2	Michigan State	1 (1)
						2	Michigan State	1
	7	Northwestern	1			7	Northwestern	0
	10	USC	0								2	Michigan State (a.e.t.)	2
											3	UCLA	1
						3	UCLA	2
						6	Penn State	1

Schedule

First Round

(8) Ohio State v (9) Illinois

October 30	(8) Ohio State	0–1	(9) Illinois	West Lafayette, IN
4:30 p.m. EDT		Report	55',  89' Lia Howard	Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 157 Referee: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Ryan Homik Assistant referees: Vasilios Vouris Fourth official: Christopher Koloffon

(7) Northwestern v (10) USC

October 30	(7) Northwestern	1–0	(10) USC	West Lafayette, IN
7:30 p.m. EDT	Megan Norkett 85'	Report	25' Molly McDougal	Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 132 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi Assistant referees: Grace Barrett Fourth official: Abdu Bensalah

Quarterfinals

(4) Iowa v (5) Wisconsin

November 1	(4) Iowa	0–3	(5) Wisconsin	West Lafayette, IN
4:30 p.m. EDT		Report	11' Adee Boer 51' Brooke Allen 74' Taylor Gordon	Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 382 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Brian Alvarez Assistant referees: Sao Kamara Fourth official: William Delois

(3) UCLA v (6) Penn State

November 1	(3) UCLA	2–1	(6) Penn State	West Lafayette, IN
7:30 p.m. EDT	Bella Winn 62' Jordan Geis 77' Payten Cooper  82'	Report	26' Kaitlyn MacBean  40' Team	Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 215 Referee: Cassidy Moulton Assistant referees: Besnik Rexhepi Assistant referees: Peter Charpenter Fourth official: Dana Hackney

(1) Washington v (9) Illinois

November 2	(1) Washington	2–0	(9) Illinois	West Lafayette, IN
12:30 p.m. EST	Samiah Shell 8' Alex Buck 39'	Report		Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 203 Referee: Youssef Elmessoussi Assistant referees: Fernando Pina Assistant referees: Dana Hackney Fourth official: Aaron Rawlins

(2) Michigan State v (7) Northwestern

November 2	(2) Michigan State	1–0	(7) Northwestern	West Lafayette, IN
3:30 p.m. EST	Renee Watson  70' Kayla Briggs 73'	Report	51' Kate Hennen	Stadium: Folk Field Attendance: 365 Referee: John Kennedy Assistant referees: Adam Herges Assistant referees: Sean West Fourth official: Abdu Bensalah

Semifinals

(1) Washington v (5) Wisconsin

November 6	(1) Washington	2–1	(5) Wisconsin	St. Louis, MO
4:00 p.m. EST	Samiah Shell 38',  88' Maylen Montoya 39' Enora Matté  78' Maya Loudd  88'	Report	34' Jenna Baumann  50' Kiara Gilmore  59' Anya Gulbrandsen  78' Brooke Allen  79' Hailey Baumann 84' Adee Boer  88' Jadea Collin	Stadium: Energizer Park Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Cory Richardson Assistant referees: Braeden Frey Fourth official: Velimir Milovic

(2) Michigan State v (3) UCLA

November 6	(2) Michigan State	2–1 (a.e.t.)	(3) UCLA	St. Louis, MO
7:00 p.m. EST	Samantha Maroni  25' Emerson Sargeant 67', 94'	Report	11' Emma Egizii  71' Jennie Immethun	Stadium: Energizer Park Referee: Erin Patterson Assistant referees: Josh Few Assistant referees: Laura Snyder Fourth official: Shane Butler

Final

(1) Washington v (2) Michigan State

November 9	(1) Washington	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	(2) Michigan State	St. Louis, MO
2:00 p.m. EST	Kalea Eichenberger 4' Samiah Shell  86'	Report	11' (pen.) Kayla Briggs  110' Sofia Beerworth	Stadium: Energizer Park Attendance: 787 Referee: Adriana Contreras Assistant referees: Morgan Abbitt Assistant referees: Audra Fullen Fourth official: Nick Balcer
	Penalties
	Jadyn Holdenried Laura Cetina Alex Buck Julia Hüsch		Maleeya Martin Kennedy Bell Kayla Briggs

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.11 goals per match (as of November 9, 2025).

2 goals

• Kayla Briggs – Michigan State
• Emerson Sargeant – Michigan State
• Samiah Shell – Washington
• Adee Boer – Wisconsin

1 goal

• Lia Howard – Illinois
• Megan Norkett – Northwestern
• Kaitlyn MacBean – Penn State
• Emma Egizii – UCLA
• Jordan Geis – UCLA
• Bella Winn – UCLA
• Alex Buck – Washington
• Kalea Eichenberger – Washington
• Maylen Montoya – Washington
• Brooke Allen – Wisconsin
• Taylor Gordon – Wisconsin

All-Tournament team

Source: ^{[9] [10]}

Player	Team
Lia Howard	Illinois
Sofia Bush	Iowa
Emerson Sargeant	Michigan State
Megan Norkett	Northwestern
Ava Bramblett	Ohio State
Mackenzie Gress	Penn State
Emma Egizii	UCLA
Edra Bello	USC
Alex Buck	Washington
Tanner Ijams
Samiah Shell
Adee Boer	Wisconsin

MVP in bold

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