2025 WAC women's soccer tournament

2025 WAC women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	3,540
Site	UCCU Stadium Orem, Utah
Champions	California Baptist (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kristen St. Clair (2nd title)
MVP	Mikayla O’Brien (California Baptist)
Broadcast	ESPN+
WAC women's soccer tournament «2024   2026»

2025 WAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Utah Valley  ‍†‍‍	9	–	0	–	1		.950			14	–	5	–	3		.705
California Baptist  ‍‍‡‍y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			10	–	9	–	4		.522
Utah Tech  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			8	–	7	–	5		.525
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			6	–	11	–	3		.375
Tarleton State  ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	4		.300			7	–	7	–	6		.500
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			3	–	12	–	3		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC

The 2025 Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held on November 5 and November 8, 2025. The three-match tournament took place at UCCU Stadium in Orem, Utah on the campus of Utah Valley University. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. The defending champions were the California Baptist Lancers. ^{[1] [2]} Cal Baptist successfully defended its title as the second seed, defeating first seed and tournament host Utah Valley 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the Final. ^{[3] [4]} This was the second WAC Tournament victory in California Baptist program history, and the second tournament title for head coach Kristen St. Clair. ^[5] As tournament champions, California Baptist earned the WAC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top four teams from regular season play qualified for the 2025 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and the top two seeds earned a bye into the semifinal round. No tiebreakers were required as all of the top six teams finished with unique regular season conference records. ^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Utah Valley	9–0–1	28
2	California Baptist	6–3–1	19
3	Utah Tech	4–4–2	14
4	Abilene Christian	2–5–3	9

Bracket

	Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 5					Final Saturday, Nov. 8
	1	Utah Valley	7
	4	Abilene Christian	0
						1	Utah Valley	2 (3)
						2	California Baptist (pen.)	2 (4)
	2	California Baptist (pen.)	2 (2)
	3	Utah Tech	2 (1)

Matches

Semifinals

(2) California Baptist v (3) Utah Tech

November 5	(2) California Baptist	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	(3) Utah Tech	Orem, UT
3:00 p.m. MST	Anja Jestrovic 13' Summer Allen  60' Ava Westlund 90' Ava Lopez  99' Team  108'	Report	19' California Baptist Own Goal  61' Abby Olsen 78' Ella Cotter	Stadium: UCCU Stadium Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Rachel Swett Assistant referees: Karsten Gillwald Assistant referees: Wendell W. Ashby Fourth official: Michael Anglin
	Penalties
	Anja Jestrovic Rainie Clark Kaylee Hauck Mikayla O'Brien		Lacy Fox Kyah Le Bre Koscielski Abby Olsen Jocelyn Wright

(1) Utah Valley v (4) Abilene Christian

November 5	(1) Utah Valley	7–0	(4) Abilene Christian	Orem, UT
6:00 p.m. MST	Bailey Peterson 11' Josie Shepherd 29' Jacey Wood 36' Faith Webber 49', 55' Ruby Hladek 53' Taylor Nelson 65'	Report		Stadium: UCCU Stadium Attendance: 1,193 Referee: Irving Navarro Assistant referees: Karsten Gillwald Assistant referees: Wendell W. Ashby Fourth official: Alex Krelo

Final

(1) Utah Valley v (2) California Baptist

November 8	(1) Utah Valley	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	(2) California Baptist	Orem, UT
4:00 p.m. MST	Josie Shepherd 35' Faith Webber 54' Tylie Miller  61'	Report	61' (pen.) Anja Jestrovic 71' Taylor Held	Stadium: UCCU Stadium Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Kelsey Harms Assistant referees: Joshua Mills Assistant referees: Daniel Reading Fourth official: Jordan Downs
	Penalties
	Marie Quentel Faith Webber Ruby Hladek Josie Shepherd Mia Owens		Anja Jestrovic Jessica Ramirez Kaylee Hauck Ava Westlund Mikayla O'Brien

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match (as of November 8, 2025).

3 goals

• Faith Webber – Utah Valley

2 goals

• Anja Jestrovic – California Baptist
• Josie Shepherd – Utah Valley

1 goal

• Taylor Held – California Baptist
• Ava Westlund – California Baptist
• Ella Cotter – Utah Tech
• Ruby Hladek – Utah Valley
• Taylor Nelson – Utah Valley
• Bailey Peterson – Utah Valley
• Jacey Wood – Utah Valley

1 own goal

• California Baptist (vs Utah Tech)

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[7]

Player	Team
Mikayla O’Brien	California Baptist
Taylor Held
Anja Jestrovic
Ava Lopez
Ava Westlund
Ruby Hladek	Utah Valley
Mia Owens
Bailey Peterson
Josie Shepherd
Faith Webber
Ella Cotter	Utah Tech

MVP in bold

References

1. Western Athletic Conference. "2024 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
2. Pope, Dennis (November 12, 2024). "Inland college notes: Morgan Witz leads California Baptist women's soccer team into NCAA Tournament" . The Press-Enterprise . Retrieved January 18, 2025.
3. Western Athletic Conference. "2025 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
4. Pope, Dennis (November 12, 2025). "Inland college sports: CBU women's soccer team headed back to NCAA Tourney". The Press-Enterprise . Retrieved January 25, 2026.
5. Western Athletic Conference. "2025 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
6. Western Athletic Conference (November 2, 2025). "Utah Valley Claims No. 1 Seed for the 2025 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
7. "California Baptist Wins Back-to-Back WAC Women's Soccer Tournament Championships". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. November 8, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2026.