Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament

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Big Sky Conference
women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Big Sky Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Big Sky Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination
Current stadium Lumberjack Stadium
Current location Flagstaff, Arizona
Played1997–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Idaho
Most championships Montana (7)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website bigskyconf.com/wsoc

The Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big Sky Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1997. It is played under a single-elimination format and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

Montana is the most winning team of the competition with 7 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. [1]

Champions

Source: [1]

Finals

  • (1) – title number
  •   – match went to extra time
  •   – match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  • Bold – winning team won regular season

By year

YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue / CityMVPRef.
1997 Montana (1)4–2 Weber State South Campus Field • Missoula, Mt Karen Hardy, Montana
1998Weber State(1)2–1MontanaP.E. Playfield • Ogden, Ut Lisa Anthony, Weber State
1999Montana(2)2–0 Northern Arizona South Campus Field • Missoula, MtMisty Hall, Montana
2000Montana(3)1–0Northern ArizonaSouth Campus Field • Missoula, MtAmy Wronksi, Montana
2001 Idaho State (1)1–0Weber StateP.E. Playfield • Ogden, UtBrooke Alton, Idaho State
2002Idaho State(2)1–0 Portland State Davis Field • Pocatello, Id Shannon Boyle, Idaho State
2003Idaho State (3)1–0Montana St. Joseph's • Ogden, UtHollie Christensen, Idaho State
2004Weber State (2)1–0Montana PGE Park • Portland, Or Rochelle Hoover, Weber State
2005Weber State(3)4–1Northern ArizonaLew Joseph Field • Ogden, UtRochelle Hoover, Weber State
2006Idaho State(4)2–2 (4–3 p) Sacramento State Davis Field • Pocatello, IdLyndsay Gensler, Idaho State
2007Sacramento State(1)3–0 Northern Colorado Hornet Field • Sacramento, Ca Katie McCoy, Sacramento State
2008Northern Arizona (1)2–1Weber StateWildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, UtCee Cee Odorfer, Northern Arizona
2009Northern Arizona (2)4–0Idaho StatePCC Rock Field • Portland, OrJenna Samora, Northern Arizona
2010Sacramento State (2)1–0Northern ArizonaMax Spilsbury Field • Flagstaff, Az Elece McBride, Sacramento State
2011Montana (4)1–1 (4–3 p)Weber StateJackson Stadium • Greeley, Co India Watne, Montana
2012Idaho State(5)0–0 (4–3 p)MontanaDavis Field • Pocatello, IdSheridan Hapsic, Idaho State
2013Weber State (4)0–0 (3–0 p)Portland State Hillsboro Stadium • Hillsboro, Or Ryann Waldman, Weber State
2014Northern Arizona (3)2–1Idaho StateSouth Campus Field • Missoula, MtHaley Wingender, Northern Arizona
2015Northern Colorado (1)1–1 (3–0 p)Idaho Guy Wicks Field • Moscow, Id Madeline Burdick, Northern Colorado
2016 Eastern Washington (1)1–1 (4–3 p)Northern ArizonaEWU Soccer Complex • Cheney, Wa Chloe Williams, Eastern Washington [2]
2017 Eastern Washington(2)3–0Northern CoEWU Soccer Complex • Cheney, WaChloe Williams, Eastern Washington [3]
2018 Montana (5)1–0Northern ColoradoWildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, UtJanessa Fowler, Montana [4]
2019 Northern Colorado (2)1–0Eastern WashingtonJackson Stadium • Greeley, CoTaylor Bray, Northern Colorado [5]
2020Montana(6)CanceledNorthern ArizonaWildcat Soccer Field • Ogden, UtahTaylor Stoeger, Mt [6]
2021 Montana (7)1–0Weber StateJackson Stadium • Greeley, CoCamilla Xu, Montana [7]
2022 Northern Arizona(4)0–0 (4–3 p)IdahoJackson Stadium • Greeley, CoTrinity Corcoran, Northern Arizona [8]
2023 Idaho (1)1–0Northern ArizonaLumberjack Stadium • Flagstaff, AzRebekah Reyes, Idaho [9]

By school

Source: [1]

SchoolApps.WLTPct.FinalsTitlesTitle Years
Cal State Northridge 1010.00000—
Eastern Washington 11691.40632 2016, 2017
Idaho 7451.45031 2023
Idaho State 91043.676752001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012
North Dakota 0000–00—
Northern Arizona 1815124.5481142008, 2009, 2014, 2022
Northern Colorado 12992.500522015, 2019
Montana 2218134.5711171997, 1999, 2000, 2011,
2018, 2020, 2021
Portland State 154123.28920—
Sacramento State 146103.395322007, 2010
Southern Utah 0000–00—
Weber State 1712106.536941998, 2004, 2005, 2013

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

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