Big South Conference women's soccer tournament

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Big South Conference
women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Big South Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Big South Conference
Number of teams4
Format Single-elimination
Current stadium Sportsplex at Matthews
Current location Matthews, North Carolina
Played1993–Current
Last contest 2023
Current champion Radford
Most championships Radford (9)
TV partner(s) ESPN3, ESPN+
Official website bigsouthsports.com/wsoc

The Big South Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big South Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1993.

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The championship 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.

With 9 titles, Radford has won the most Big South tournaments of all members past and present.

Champions

Finals

Source: [1]

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 also won regular season
YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue / cityMVPRef.
1993 Campbell (1)2–1 UMBC Retriever Park • Catonsville, Md Ashley Gruno, Campbell
1994 UNC Greensboro (1)2–1 Charleston Southern Retriever Park • Catonsville, MdMargaret Malloy, UNC Greensboro
1995 UNC Asheville (1)1–0UNC Greensboro UNCG Stadium • Greensboro, NC Alison Gehringer/Jill Young, UNC Asheville
1996UNC Greensboro(2)1–1 (4–3 p)UNC AshevilleUNCG Stadium • Greensboro, NCRaila Maisonlahti, UNC Greensboro
1997 South Alabama (1)2–1UMBC Cupp Stadium • Radford, Virginia Leah Bridges, South Alabama
1998 Radford (1)1–0UNC AshevilleOsborne Stadium • Lynchburg, Va Stephanie Rico, Radford
1999 Elon (1)3–2 ( a.e.t. ) Liberty Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, VaErin Morse, Elon
2000Liberty (1)2–1ElonCupp Stadium • Radford, VirginiaNancy Davis, Liberty
2001Liberty (2)2–0Elon Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SC Jenny Davis, Liberty
2002Radford (2)2–0UNC AshevilleBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCKelly Bertwell, Radford
2003 High Point (1)0–0 (3–2 p)UNC AshevilleVert Stadium • High Point, NC Stephanie Moenter, High Point
2004 Birmingham–Southern (1)0–0 (5–3 p)High PointBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCSharmaine Samules, Birmingham–Southern
2005Liberty (3)3–0UNC Asheville Eagle Field • Rock Hill, SC Rachel Bendzolwicz, Liberty
2006UNC Asheville (2)0–0 (4–2 p)LibertyCCU Stadium • Conway, SC Ashleigh Carter, UNC Asheville
2007High Point (2)0–0 (5–3 p) Coastal Carolina Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCSara Rager, High Point
2008Radford (3)2–1Coastal CarolinaVert Stadium • High Point, NCCaitlyn Roan, Radford
2009High Point (3)0–0 (4–2 p) Winthrop Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCMarisa Abbott, High Point
2010High Point (4)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Gardner–Webb Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, VaJanay Whittaker, High Point
2011Radford(4)1–0CampbellBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCSahar Aflaki, Radford
2012Radford (5)1–0WintrhopEagle Field • Rock Hill, SCChe' Brown, Radford
2013Liberty (4)5–0RadfordCCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SCBrittany Aanderud, Liberty
2014High Point (5)2–2 (5–4 p)Liberty Bryan Park • Greensboro, NCJacky Kessler, High Point
2015Liberty(5)1–0CampbellBryan Park • Greensboro, NCAlex Mack, Liberty
2016 Liberty (6)2–1 ( a.e.t. )High PointBryan Park • Greensboro, NCJennifer Knoebel, Liberty [2]
2017 High Point(6)1–0 Longwood Bryan Park • Greensboro, NCAlex Hank, High Point [3]
2018 Radford(6)1–0Gardner–Webb Sportsplex • Matthews, NC Jasmine Casarez, Radford [4]
2019 Radford (7)1–0Gardner–WebbSportsplex • Matthews, NCNelia Perez, Radford [5]
2020Campbell (2)4–3High PointVert Stadium • High Point, NCElyssa Nowowieski, Campbell [6]
2021 High Point (7)2–1 ( a.e.t. )CampbellEakes Complex • Buies Creek, NC Skyler Prillaman, High Point [7]
2022 Radford (8)3–0Gardner-WebbSportsplex • Matthews, NCHelena Willson, Radford [8]
2023 Radford(9)2–1 USC Upstate Sportsplex • Matthews, NCLilly Short, Radford [9] [10]

By school

Source: [1]

SchoolWLTPct.FinalsTitlesTitle years
Birmingham–Southern 331.500112004
Campbell 1492.600521993, 2020
Charleston Southern 7247.27610—
Coastal Carolina 7115.41320—
Elon 224.500311999
High Point 28156.6331072003, 2007, 2009, 2010,
2014, 2017, 2021
Howard 020.00000—
Gardner–Webb 594.38940—
Liberty 2797.709962000, 2001, 2005,
2013, 2015, 2016
Longwood 382.30810—
Presbyterian 020.00000—
Radford 30176.6231091998, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2012,
2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
South Alabama 210.667111997
Towson State 020.00000—
VMI 132.33300—
UMBC 551.50020—
UNC Asheville 12138.485721995, 2006
UNC Greensboro 322.571321994, 1996
USC Upstate 230.40010—
Winthrop 4156.28020—

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

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References

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  2. ↑ "2016 Big South Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  3. ↑ "2017 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
  4. ↑ "2018 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
  5. ↑ "2019 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference . Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ "2020-21 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
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  8. ↑ "2022 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference . Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "2023 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference . Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ "In the region: Radford women win Big South final". The Roanoke Times . November 5, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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