Big West Conference women's soccer tournament

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Big West Conference
women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Big West Conference logo 2021.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Big West Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination
Current stadiumCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Played1996–1997, 2003–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion UC Irvine
Most championships Cal State Fullerton (8)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website bigwest.org/wsoc

The Big West women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer, organised by the Big West Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 2003.

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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.

Cal State Fullerton is the most winning team of the competition with 8 titles.

Champions

Finals

Source: [1]

Key
  • (1) — Title number
  •   — Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  • Bold – Winning team won regular season
YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue / CityMVPRef.
1996 Cal Poly (1)2–0 UC Irvine Titan StadiumFullerton, Ca (None)
1997UC Irvine (1)3–2 ( a.e.t. )Cal Poly Spanos StadiumS. Luis Obispo, Ca (None)
2003Cal Poly(2)2–0 UC Santa Barbara Spanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, CaSharon Day, Cal Poly
2004Cal Poly (3)2–0UC Santa Barbara Harder StadiumSanta Barbara, Ca Liz Hill, Cal Poly
2005 Cal State Fullerton (1)4–1 UC Riverside Titan Stadium • Fullerton, CaLauryn Welch, Cal State Fullerton
2006Cal State Fullerton (2)2–1Cal Poly George Allen FieldLong Beach, Ca Kristen Boujos, Cal State Fullerton
2007Cal State Fullerton(3)0–0 (4–3 p)Cal PolyTitan Stadium • Fullerton, CaShayla Sabin, Cal State Fullerton
2008UC Santa Barbara (1)1–1 (6–5 p) Long Beach State George Allen Field • Long Beach, CaSami Svrcek, UC Santa Barbara
2009UC Santa Barbara (2)1–1 (5–4 p)Cal PolySpanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, CaKaty Roby, UC Santa Barbara
2010Long Beach State (1)1–0UC Irvine Anteater StadiumIrvine, Ca Emily Kingsborough, Long Beach
2011Long Beach State (2)1–0UC IrvineAnteater Stadium • Irvine, CaSara Balcer, Long Beach
2012 Cal State Northridge (1)1–0 ( a.e.t. )Cal State Fullerton Matador Soccer FieldNorthridge, Ca Melissa Fernandez, Cal State
2013Cal State Fullerton (4)1–1 (2–1 p)UC RiversideTitan Stadium • Fullerton, CaKatie Pulliam, Cal State
2014Cal State Fullerton(5)2–1Long Beach StateSpanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, CaChristina Burkenroad, Cal State
2015Cal State Fullerton(6)1–0Long Beach StateTitan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca
2016 Long Beach State (3)3–0UC IrvineGeorge Allen Field • Long Beach, CaMimi Rangel, Long Beach State [2]
2017 Cal State Fullerton (7)1–1 (4–3 p)Cal State NorthridgeMatador Soccer Field • Northridge, CaMorgan Bertsch, Cal State [3]
2018 Long Beach State(4)2–0UC Santa BarbaraAnteater Stadium • Irvine, CaDana Fujikuni, Long Beach [4]
2019 Cal State Fullerton(8)4–0Cal State NorthridgeTitan Stadium • Fullerton, Ca Atlanta Primus, Cal State [5]
2020
(Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 UC Irvine(2)1–0Cal PolyAnteater Stadium • Irvine, CaMaddy Chavez, UC Irvine [6]
2022 UC Irvine (3)3–0Long Beach StateSpanos Stadium • S. Luis Obispo, CaGlo Hinojosa, UC Irvine [7]
2023 UC Irvine (4)1–0Cal PolyTitan Stadium • Fullerton, CaEmilie Castanga, UC Irvine [8] [9]

There was no Big West Tournament held from 1998-2002 and the regular season champion during those years received the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

By school

Source: [10]

SchoolWLTPct.FinalsTitlesTitle years
Cal Poly 1155.643931996, 2003, 2004
Cal State Bakersfield 00000
Cal State Fullerton 1256.652982005, 2006, 2007, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Cal State Northridge 471.375312012
Hawaii 010.00000
Long Beach State 1143.694642010, 2011, 2016, 2018
Pacific 050.00000
UC Davis 030.00000
UC Irvine 9102.476841997, 2021, 2022, 2023
UC Riverside 142.28620
UC San Diego 00000
UC Santa Barbara 473.393522008, 2009

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

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