Big East Conference women's soccer tournament

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Big East Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Big East Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Big East Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination
Current stadium Maryland SoccerPlex
Current location Boyds, Maryland
Played1993–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Connecticut
Most championships Notre Dame (11)
TV partner(s) Big East Digital Network, Fox Sports 1
Official website bigeast.com/wsoc

The Big East Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big East Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1993. It is played under a single-elimination format 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. [1]

Notre Dame is the most winning team with 11 titles.

Format

The teams are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference's round robin regular season. The top six finishers qualify for the tournament. Tiebreakers begin with the result of the head-to-head matchup. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top two seeds receiving a first round bye, until meeting in a final championship game. After two overtime period, ties are broken by shootout rounds, with the winner of the shootout advancing. [2]

Champions

Key

Finals

YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue / CityOff. MVPDef. MVP
1993 Providence (1)1–0 Connecticut Glay Field • Providence, RI Jen Mead, Providence
1994 St. John's (1)1–0 Boston College Morrone StadiumStorrs, CT Cristin Burtis, St. John's
1995 Notre Dame (1)1–0Connecticut Owen T. Carroll FieldSouth Orange, NJ Amy Van Lacke, Notre Dame
1996 Notre Dame(2)4–3Connecticut Alumni StadiumNotre Dame, IN Cindy Daws, Notre Dame
1997 Notre Dame(3)6–1Connecticut Yurcak FieldPiscataway, NJ Anne Makinen, Notre Dame
1998 Notre Dame (4)1–0ConnecticutMorrone Stadium • Storrs, CTAnne Makinen, Notre Dame
1999 Notre Dame(5)4–2ConnecticutYurcak Field • Piscataway, NJJenny Streiffer, Notre Dame
2000 Notre Dame(6)1–0ConnecticutAlumni Stadium • Notre Dame, INMia Sarkesian, Notre Dame
2001 Notre Dame(7)2–1 West Virginia Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJAmanda Guertin, Notre Dame
2002 Connecticut(1)1–0West VirginiaMorrone Stadium • Storrs, CTSalla Ranta, UConn
2003 Villanova (1)1–1 (7–6 p)Boston CollegeYurcak Field • Piscataway, NJBeth Totman, Boston CollegeLaura Koch, Villanova
2004 Connecticut (2)2–1Notre DameMorrone Stadium • Storrs, CTKristen Gracyk, UConnZahra Jalalian, UConn
2005 Notre Dame(8)5–0Connecticut Valley FieldsMilwaukee, WI Katie Thorlakson, Notre DameJill Krivacek, Notre Dame
2006 Notre Dame(9)4–2 Rutgers Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CTKerri Hanks, Notre DameKim Lorenzen, Notre Dame
2007 West Virginia (1)1–1 (5–3 p)Notre Dame Dick Dlesk StadiumMorgantown, WV Kim Bonilla, West VirginiaCarolyn Blank, West Virginia
2008 Notre Dame(10)1–0 ( a.e.t. )ConnecticutAlumni Stadium • Notre Dame, INMelissa Henderson, Notre Dame Carrie Dew, Notre Dame
2009 Notre Dame(11)2–1 Marquette Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CTLauren Folkes, Notre DameJessica Schuveiller, Notre Dame
2010 West Virginia (2)1–0 South Florida Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJMeghan Lewis, West VirginiaKerri Butler, West Virginia
2011 West Virginia(3)2–0 Louisville Dick Dlesk Stadium • Morgantown, WVBlake Miller, West VirginiaBry McCarthy, West Virginia
2012 Marquette (1)1–0 Georgetown Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT Taylor Madigan, MarquetteAlly Miller, Marquette
2013 Marquette(2)2–0 DePaul Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WIMary Luba, MarquetteEmily Jacobson, Marquette
2014 DePaul(1)2–0Georgetown Belson StadiumQueens, NY Amber Paul, DePaulSarah Gorden, DePaul
2015 Butler (1)1–0Providence Morrison StadiumOmaha, NE Catherine Zimmerman, ProvidenceRandi DeLong, Butler
2016 Georgetown (1)2–0MarquetteShaw Field • Washington, D.C. Grace Damaska, GeorgetownMarian Paul, Georgetown
2017 Georgetown(2)3–0ButlerCampus Sites [n 1] Rachel Corboz, GeorgetownElizabeth Wenger, Georgetown
2018 Georgetown(3)1–0ButlerCampus Sites [n 1] Caitlin Farrell, GeorgetownKelly Ann Livingstone, Georgetown
2019 Xavier (1)2–0GeorgetownMorrison Stadium • Omaha, NE [n 2] Brooke Sroka, XavierGrace Bahr, Xavier
2021 (Spring) Georgetown(4)2–1 ( a.e.t. )Butler Chapey FieldProvidence, RI Jenna Menta, Georgetown Julia Leas, Georgetown
2021 Georgetown (5)1–0 St. John's Corcoran FieldCincinnati, OH [n 2] Sydney Cummings, Georgetown Julia Leas, Georgetown
2022 Georgetown(5)1–0Xavier Maryland SoccerPlexBoyds, MD [n 2] Tatum Lenain, Georgetown Julia Leas, Georgetown
2023 Georgetown(6)2–0XavierAllie Winstanley, GeorgetownBrianne Riley, Georgetown
2024 Connecticut (3)2–1 ( a.e.t. )Xavier Lucy Cappadona, ConnecticutChioma Okafor, Connecticut
Notes
  1. 1 2 Hosted by higher seed.
  2. 1 2 3 Venue for semifinals and final.

By school

As of 2024 tournament
SchoolApps.WLTPct.FinalsTitlesTitle Years
Boston College 9881.50020
Butler 11782.471412015
Cincinnati 1110.50000
Connecticut 2425186.5711232002, 2004, 2024
Creighton 3021.16700
DePaul 11575.441212014
Georgetown 221684.643107 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 (Spring),
2021, 2022, 2023
Louisville 7452.45510
Marquette 1314101.580322012, 2013
Miami (FL) 5050.00000
Notre Dame 173751.87213111995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Pittsburgh 5050.00000
Providence 116103.395211993
Rutgers 153143.22510
Seton Hall 6260.25000
St. John's 189141.396211994
South Florida 4332.50010
Syracuse 6260.25000
Villanova 185164.280112003
West Virginia 121674.667532007, 2010, 2011
Xavier 7561.45841 2019

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Big East.

References

  1. 2015 Record Book. Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. "2015 Big East Women's Soccer Championship". Big East Conference. Retrieved November 15, 2015.