Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer tournament

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Atlantic 10 women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Atlantic 10 Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1993–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Saint Louis Billikens
Most championships Dayton Flyers (10)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website atlantic10.com/wsoc

The Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's soccer for the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The tournament has been held every year since 1993. It is a single-elimination tournament, and seeding is based on regular season records.

Contents

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship. Historically, six teams qualified for the championship, but in 2012 the tournament expanded to its current eight teams. [1]

Dayton Flyers is the most winning team of the competition with 10 championships won.

Champions

The following is a list of Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament winners: [2]

Finals

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  • Bold – Winning team won regular season
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team reached College Cup
  •   – Winning team won regular season
  •   – Winning team won National Championship
Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue/CityMVPRef,
1
1993 UMass (1)2–0 George Washington Yurcak FieldPiscataway, NJ Nicole Roberts, UMass
2
1994UMass(2)2–1George WashingtonGarber Field • Amherst, MA Rebecca Myers, UMass
3
1995UMass (3)6–0 Xavier Garber Field • Amherst, MARachel LeDuc, UMass
4
1996 Dayton (1)3–2UMassURI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RI Julie Wilde, Dayton
5
1997UMass(4)1–0George Washington Corcoran FieldCincinnati, Oh Erica Iverson, UMass
6
1998Xavier(1)1–1 (4–3 p)Dayton Baujan FieldDayton, Oh Christie Reinshagen, Xaver
7
1999Dayton(2)1–0XavierGarber Field • Amherst, MAAnnette Gruber, Xavier
8
2000Xavier (2)1–0DaytonCorcoran Field • Cincinnati, OhAnnette Gruber, Xavier
9
2001Dayton(3)2–1 Richmond URI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RISarah Walker, Dayton
10
2002Richmond (1)3–1 Rhode Island Baujan Field • Dayton, OhMeghan Ogilvie, Rhode Island
11
2003Dayton(4)3–0RichmondFirst Market Stadium • Richmond, Virginia Shannon Kuhl, Dayton
12
2004Dayton(5)1–0 ( a.e.t. )Rhode Island Rudd Field • Amherst, MATesla Kozlowski, Dayton
13
2005 Saint Louis (1)1–0Rhode IslandBaujan Field • Dayton, OhAbby Goellner, Saint Louis
14
2006Saint Louis(2)2–1 Fordham Hermann StadiumSt. Louis, MO Maureen Hughes, Saint Louis
15
2007 Charlotte (1)3–2Fordham Transamerica FieldCharlotte, NC Hailey Beam, Charlotte
16
2008Charlotte(2)1–0DaytonHermann Stadium • St. Louis, MOHailey Beam, Charlotte
17
2009Dayton(6)2–1CharlotteTransamerica Field • Charlotte, NCCara Cornacchia, Dayton
18
2010Dayton(7)4–3 ( a.e.t. )CharlotteURI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RIAlexis Garcia, Dayton
19
2011Dayton(8)5–1UMassBaujan Field • Dayton, OhColleen Williams, Dayton
20
2012 La Salle (1)2–1 ( a.e.t. ) VCU URI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RIJourdan McVicker, LaSalle
21
2013La Salle (2)1–1 (5–4 p)Dayton Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VARenee Washington, La Salle
22
2014Dayton (9)2–1La SalleBaujan Field • Dayton, OhErin O'Malley, Dayton
23
2015 Duquesne (1)2–0FordhamAlumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC Vanessa Perdomo, Duquesne
24
2016 Dayton(10)7–0 Saint Joseph's URI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RILibby Leedom, Dayton [3]
25
2017 La Salle(3)1–0 ( a.e.t. )VCUSports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VALarisa Zambelli, La Salle [4]
26
2018 Saint Louis(3)5–1VCUBaujan Field • Dayton, Oh Maddie Pokorny, Saint Louis [5]
27
2019 Saint Louis(4)3–1George WashingtonHermann Stadium • St. Louis, MOCourtney Reimer [6]
28
2020Saint Louis(5)2–1 Davidson Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MOHannah Friedrich, Saint Louis [7]
29
2021 Saint Louis(6)4–1UMassBaujan Field • Dayton, OhMattyn Summers, Saint Louis [8]
30
2022 Saint Louis(7)4–0DaytonHermann Stadium • St. Louis, MOLyndsey Heckel, Saint Louis [9]
31
2023 Saint Louis(8)3–0La SalleHermann Stadium • St. Louis, MOCaroline Kelly, Saint Louis [10] [11]
32
2024 Saint Louis(9)3–1UMassHermann Stadium • St. Louis, MOLyndsey Heckel, Saint Louis [12] [13]

By school

As of 2024 Tournament

Source: [2]

SchoolApps.Last AppWLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Butler 12012110.50000
Charlotte 82012760.538422007, 2008
Davidson 32024230.40010
Dayton 27202436133.72114111996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016
Duquesne 102023491.321112015
Fordham 1020245111.32430
George Mason 32018350.37500
George Washington 1220197160.30440
LaSalle 1220231591.620532012, 2013, 2017
Loyola-Chicago 22024020.00000
Richmond 82021770.500312002
Rhode Island 1020234100.28630
Saint Joseph's 1220248140.36410
Saint Louis 1320242551.823992005, 2006, 2018, 2019,
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
St. Bonaventure 82021280.20000
Temple 31995030.00000
UMass 21202416171.485841993, 1994, 1995, 1997
VCU 820246101.38230
Virginia Tech 000000
Xavier 72003750.583421998, 2000

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