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 teams6
Format Single-elimination
Current stadium Sportsplex at Matthews
Current location Matthews, North Carolina
Played1993–Current
Last contest2025
Current champion High Point (8th. title)
Most championships Radford (9 titles)
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.

Contents

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
  • a.e.t. – Match went to extra time
  • p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team also won regular season
Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue / cityMVPRef.
11993 Campbell (1)2–1 UMBC Retriever Park • Catonsville, Md Ashley Gruno, Campbell
21994 UNC Greensboro (1)2–1 Charleston Southern Retriever Park • Catonsville, MdMargaret Malloy, UNC Greensboro
31995 UNC Asheville (1)1–0UNC Greensboro UNCG StadiumGreensboro, NC Alison Gehringer/Jill Young, UNC Asheville
41996UNC Greensboro(2)1–1 (4–3 p)UNC AshevilleUNCG Stadium • Greensboro, NCRaila Maisonlahti, UNC Greensboro
51997 South Alabama (1)2–1UMBC Cupp StadiumRadford, Virginia Leah Bridges, South Alabama
61998 Radford (1)1–0UNC AshevilleOsborne Stadium • Lynchburg, Va Stephanie Rico, Radford
71999 Elon (1)3–2 ( a.e.t. ) Liberty Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, VaErin Morse, Elon
82000Liberty(1)2–1ElonCupp Stadium • Radford, VirginiaNancy Davis, Liberty
92001Liberty(2)2–0Elon Blackbaud StadiumCharleston, SC Jenny Davis, Liberty
102002Radford(2)2–0UNC AshevilleBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCKelly Bertwell, Radford
112003 High Point (1)0–0 (3–2 p)UNC AshevilleVert Stadium • High Point, NC Stephanie Moenter, High Point
122004 Birmingham–Southern (1)0–0 (5–3 p)High PointBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCSharmaine Samules, Birmingham–Southern
132005Liberty(3)3–0UNC Asheville Eagle FieldRock Hill, SC Rachel Bendzolwicz, Liberty
142006UNC Asheville(2)0–0 (4–2 p)LibertyCCU Stadium • Conway, SC Ashleigh Carter, UNC Asheville
152007High Point(2)0–0 (5–3 p) Coastal Carolina Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCSara Rager, High Point
162008Radford(3)2–1Coastal CarolinaVert Stadium • High Point, NCCaitlyn Roan, Radford
172009High Point(3)0–0 (4–2 p) Winthrop Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCMarisa Abbott, High Point
182010High Point(4)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Gardner–Webb Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, VaJanay Whittaker, High Point
192011Radford(4)1–0CampbellBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, SCSahar Aflaki, Radford
202012Radford(5)1–0WintrhopEagle Field • Rock Hill, SCChe' Brown, Radford
212013Liberty(4)5–0RadfordCCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SCBrittany Aanderud, Liberty
222014High Point(5)2–2 (5–4 p)Liberty Bryan Park • Greensboro, NCJacky Kessler, High Point
232015Liberty(5)1–0CampbellBryan Park • Greensboro, NCAlex Mack, Liberty
24 2016 Liberty(6)2–1 ( a.e.t. )High PointBryan Park • Greensboro, NCJennifer Knoebel, Liberty [2]
25 2017 High Point(6)1–0 Longwood Bryan Park • Greensboro, NCAlex Hank, High Point [3]
26 2018 Radford(6)1–0Gardner–Webb SportsplexMatthews, NC Jasmine Casarez, Radford [4]
27 2019 Radford(7)1–0Gardner–WebbSportsplex • Matthews, NCNelia Perez, Radford [5]
282020Campbell(2)4–3High PointVert Stadium • High Point, NCElyssa Nowowieski, Campbell [6]
29 2021 High Point(7)2–1 ( a.e.t. )CampbellEakes Complex • Buies Creek, NC Skyler Prillaman, High Point [7]
30 2022 Radford(8)3–0Gardner-WebbSportsplex • Matthews, NCHelena Willson, Radford [8]
31 2023 Radford(9)2–1 USC Upstate Sportsplex • Matthews, NCLilly Short, Radford [9] [10]
32 2024 USC Upstate(1)3–0High PointSportsplex • Matthews, NCCatarina Dantas, USC Upstate [11] [12]
332025High Point(8)1–1 (7–8 p)USC UpstateSportsplex • Matthews, NCAubrey McKessy, High Point [13]

By school

Source: [1]

As of November 2025
SchoolWLTPct.FinalsTitlesTitle years
Birmingham–Southern 331.500112004
Campbell 1492.600521993, 2020
Charleston Southern 7247.27610
Coastal Carolina 7115.41320
Elon 224.500311999
High Point 29166.6271282003, 2007, 2009, 2010,
2014, 2017, 2021, 2025
Howard 020.00000
Gardner–Webb 594.38940
Liberty 2797.709962000, 2001, 2005,
2013, 2015, 2016
Longwood 383.32110
Presbyterian 031.12500
Radford 31186.6181091998, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2012,
2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
South Alabama 210.667111997
Towson State 020.00000
VMI 132.33300
UMBC 551.50020
UNC Asheville 12148.471721995, 2006
UNC Greensboro 322.571321994, 1996
USC Upstate 430.571212024
Winthrop 4156.28020

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

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.
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  5. "2019 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference . Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  6. "2020-21 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference.
  7. "2021 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference . Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  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.
  11. "2024 Women's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference . Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  12. "#1 USC Upstate Wins 2024 Big South Women's Soccer Championship". hbcufan.com. Big South Conference. November 11, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  13. #4 High Point Wins 2025 Big South Women's Soccer Championship at bigsouthsports.com. 9 Nov 2025