Big South Conference women's soccer tournament

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Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Big South Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Big South Conference
Number of teams4
Format Single-elimination tournament
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. It is a single-elimination tournament 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

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

Champions

Source: [1]

Key

(2)Title number
*Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season

By year

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMVPReference
1993 Campbell (1)2–1 UMBC Retriever Soccer Park • Catonsville, Maryland Ashley Gruno, Campbell
1994 UNC Greensboro (1)2–1 Charleston Southern Margaret Malloy, UNC Greensboro
1995 UNC Asheville (1)1–0UNC Greensboro UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro, North Carolina Alison Gehringer/Jill Young, UNC Asheville
1996UNC Greensboro(2)1–1†
(4–3 pen.)
UNC AshevilleRaila Maisonlahti, UNC Greensboro
1997 South Alabama (1)2–1UMBC Cupp StadiumRadford, Virginia Leah Bridges, South Alabama
1998 Radford (1)1–0UNC AshevilleOsborne Stadium • Lynchburg, Virginia Stephanie Rico, Radford
1999 Elon (1)3–2*(OT) Liberty Erin Morse, Elon
2000Liberty (1)2–1ElonCupp Stadium • Radford, VirginiaNancy Davis, Liberty
2001Liberty (2)2–0Elon Blackbaud StadiumCharleston, South Carolina Jenny Davis, Liberty
2002Radford (2)2–0UNC AshevilleKelly Bertwell, Radford
2003 High Point (1)0–0†
(3–2 pen.)
UNC Asheville Vert StadiumHigh Point, North Carolina Stephanie Moenter, High Point
2004 Birmingham–Southern (1)0–0†
(5–3 pen.)
High PointBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, South CarolinaSharmaine Samules, Birmingham–Southern
2005Liberty (3)3–0UNC Asheville Eagle FieldRock Hill, South Carolina Rachel Bendzolwicz, Liberty
2006UNC Asheville (2)0–0†
(4–2 pen.)
LibertyCCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, South Carolina Ashleigh Carter, UNC Asheville
2007High Point (2)0–0†
(5–3 pen.)
Coastal Carolina Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, South CarolinaSara Rager, High Point
2008Radford (3)2–1Coastal CarolinaVert Stadium • High Point, North CarolinaCaitlyn Roan, Radford
2009High Point (3)0–0†
(4–2 pen.)
Winthrop Blackbaud Stadium • Charleston, South CarolinaMarisa Abbott, High Point
2010High Point (4)1–0*(OT) Gardner–Webb Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, VirginiaJanay Whittaker, High Point
2011Radford(4)1–0CampbellBlackbaud Stadium • Charleston, South CarolinaSahar Aflaki, Radford
2012Radford (5)1–0WintrhopEagle Field • Rock Hill, South CarolinaChe' Brown, Radford
2013Liberty (4)5–0RadfordCCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, South CarolinaBrittany Aanderud, Liberty
2014High Point (5)2–2†
(5–4 pen.)
Liberty Bryan Park • Greensboro, North CarolinaJacky Kessler, High Point
2015Liberty(5)1–0CampbellAlex Mack, Liberty
2016 Liberty (6)2–1*(OT)High PointJennifer Knoebel, Liberty [2]
2017 High Point(6)1–0 Longwood Alex Hank, High Point [3]
2018 Radford(6)1–0Gardner–Webb Sportsplex at MatthewsMatthews, North Carolina Jasmine Casarez, Radford [4]
2019 Radford (7)1–0Gardner–WebbNelia Perez, Radford [5]
2020Campbell (2)4–3High PointVert Stadium • High Point, North CarolinaElyssa Nowowieski, Campbell [6]
2021 High Point (7)2–1*(OT)Campbell Eakes Athletics ComplexBuies Creek, North Carolina Skyler Prillaman, High Point [7]
2022 Radford (8)3–0Gardner-WebbSportsplex at Matthews • Matthews, North CarolinaHelena Willson, Radford [8]
2023 Radford(9)2–1 USC Upstate Lilly Short, Radford [9] [10]

By school

Source: [1]

SchoolWLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle 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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