2025 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament

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2025 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions UC Irvine (6th title)
Winning coachYossi Raz (2nd title)
MVP Nolan DiCenzo (UC Irvine)
Broadcast ESPN+
Big West Conference men's soccer tournament
«2024   2026»
2025 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
UCSB4 0 57 5 8
UC Irvine †‡ 4 0 511 3 6
Cal Poly5 2 29 6 5
Cal State Fullerton 5 3 18 6 6
UC Davis 4 3 24 9 6
UC San Diego 2 2 52 9 7
Cal State Bakersfield 3 4 23 11 3
UC Riverside 2 6 14 9 4
CSUN 1 5 36 6 6
Sacramento State 1 6 22 12 4
As of November 14, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big West

The 2025 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 5 through November 14, 2025. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the higher seeds home stadium. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the UC Davis Aggies. [1] UC Davis was unable to defend its crown as the fifth seed, falling to the first seed UC Santa Barbara in the Semifinals, 3–2. The UC Irvine Anteaters won their sixth title defeating UC Santa Barbara 2–1, and earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

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Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2025 tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. The first and second seeds earn a bye into the Semifinals, and hosted their Semifinal game. There was a three-way tie for the first, second, and third seeds in the tournament as UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, and Cal Poly all finished with 17 points in the conference regular season records. UC Santa Barbara defeated Cal Poly and tied UC Irvine during the regular season and is therefore the first seed. UC Irvine tied both UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly during the regular season and is therefore the second seed, while Cal Poly is the third seed. Another tiebreaker was required for the sixth and final seed in the tournament as UC San Diego and Cal State Bakersfield both finished with 11 points in the conference regular season records. UC San Diego received the sixth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over Cal State Bakersfield during the regular season. [2]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 UC Santa Barbara 4–0–517
2 UC Irvine 4–0–517
3 Cal Poly 5–2–217
4 Cal State Fullerton 5–3–116
5 UC Davis 4–3–214
6 UC San Diego 2–2–511

Bracket

Source: [3]

First round
Wednesday, Nov. 5
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 8
Final
Friday, Nov. 14
1 UC Santa Barbara 3
4 Cal State Fullerton 0 (4) 5 UC Davis 2
5 UC Davis (pen.)0 (5)1 UC Santa Barbara 1
2 UC Irvine2
2 UC Irvine 1
3 Cal Poly 23 Cal Poly 0
6 UC San Diego 0

Schedule

First Round

November 5, 2024#4 Cal State Fullerton 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
#5 UC Davis Fullerton, CA
7:00 p.m. PST
  • Avery Huggins Yellow card.svg 63'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Carson Hammond
Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 664
Referee: Brandon Stevis
Assistant referees: Edwar Hernandez, Tomik Baghramian
Fourth official: Michael Matson
Penalties
  • Fernando Valenzuela Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Jose de la Torre Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Mario Carlos Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Lucien Wa Bwanda Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Ulises Grado Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Cason Goodman
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Gavin House
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Chase Tanon
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Luke Goodman
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Zack Lillington
November 5, 2024 #3 Cal Poly 2–0#6 UC San Diego San Luis Obispo, CA
7:00 p.m. PST
  • Finn Linas Soccerball shade.svg53'
  • Jackson Miller Yellow card.svg 62'
  • Team Soccerball shade.svg71'
  • Keagan Rhoades Yellow card.svg 84'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 14' Adam Hillis
  • Yellow card.svg 48' Woody Brown
  • Red card.svg 60' Adam Hillis
Stadium: Mustang Field
Attendance: 459
Referee: Matthew Tanious
Assistant referees: Isai Baltezar, Bernard Abousleiman
Fourth official: Eder Alvarez

Semifinals

November 8, 2024 #2 UC Irvine 1–0#3 Cal Poly Irvine, CA
6:00 p.m. PST
  • Brady Treinen Yellow card.svg 15'
  • Marcus Lee Yellow card.svg 27'
  • Braden Ferreira Yellow card.svg 46'
  • Hunny Yoo Yellow card.svg 65'
  • Gage Lyons Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report
  • Jackson Miller Yellow card.svg 61'
  • Benji Jimenez Yellow card.svg 85'
Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 681
Referee: Michael Zapata
Assistant referees: Wale Aminashaun, Emmanuel Padilla
Fourth official: Felix Granados
November 8, 2024 #1 UC Santa Barbara 3–2#5 UC Davis Santa Barbara, CA
7:00 p.m. PST
  • Thomas Noordegraaf Yellow card.svg 22'
  • Calle Mollerberg Soccerball shade.svg57', Yellow card.svg 90'
  • Kaden Standish Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • Dominick Phanco Soccerball shade.svg69'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg38' Ben Elkins
  • Yellow card.svg 42' Zack Lillington
  • Yellow card.svg 57' Team
  • Soccerball shade.svg81' Cason Goodman
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Ian Ngonethong
Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 1,697
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
Assistant referees: James Abi-Abdallah, Abdel Hakeem Wakil
Fourth official: Bernard Abousleiman

Final

November 14, 2024#1 UC Santa Barbara1–2 #2 UC Irvine Santa Barbara, CA
7:00 p.m. PST
  • Yellow card.svg 22' Jack Middleton
  • Yellow card.svg 26' Drew Kamienski
  • Soccerball shade.svg65' Buba Fofanah
  • Yellow card.svg 66' Calle Mollerberg
  • Red card.svg 81' Drew Kamienski
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg26' Travis Babineau
  • Soccerball shade.svg45' Hunny Yoo
Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 1,868
Referee: Servando Berna
Assistant referees: Tomik Baghramian, Christian Lara
Fourth official: Rene Nunez

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

1 goal

  • Cal Poly Men's Soccer Team
  • Travis Babineau
  • Ben Elkins
  • Buba Fofanah
  • Cason Goodman
  • Finn Linas
  • Gage Lyons
  • Calle Mollerberg
  • Dominick Phanco
  • Kaden Standish
  • Hunny Yoo

All-Tournament team

PlayerTeam
2025 Big West Men's Soccer All-Tournament team
Nico Baltazar Cal Poly
Jackson Miller
Luke Goodman UC Davis
Gavin House
Travis Babieau UC Irvine
Nolan DiCenzo
Isaac Powell
Brady Treinen
Owen Beninga UC Santa Barbara
Steinar Bjornsson
Kaden Standish

MVP in Bold

References

  1. Big West Conference (November 10, 2024). "No. 4 Seed UC Davis Advances to Men's Soccer Championship Final on Penalty Kicks". bigwest.org. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  2. "UC Santa Barbara Earns Top Seed as 2025 Big West Men's Soccer Championship Bracket Set". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  3. "2025 Big West Men's Soccer Championship". bigwest.org. Big West Conference. November 5, 2025. Retrieved November 12, 2025.