Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament

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Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Mid-American Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Mid-American Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium WMU Soccer Complex
Current location Kalamazoo, Michigan
Played1997–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Ohio (1)
Most championships Bowling Green (6)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website getsomemaction.com/wsoc

The Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's soccer for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1997. It is a single-elimination tournament that features the conference's top six teams, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship. Through the 2022 season, the Bowling Green Falcons have won the most championships with six, followed by the Toledo Rockets with five titles.

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Format

The top six teams from the regular season qualify for the tournament and are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference play. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top seed playing the lowest seed, until meeting in a final championship game. The tournament begins in late October at campus sites and concludes in early November at the highest remaining seed's home field. Prior to 2020 the tournament consisted of eight teams, and for the 2020 season was the top team of the East Division vs the top team in the West Division.

Champions

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

Source: [1]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteReference
1997 Northern Illinois (1)3–2*(OT) Eastern Michigan NIU Soccer and Track & Field ComplexDeKalb, Illinois
1998Northern Illinois (2)2–1*(2OT) Ohio Chessa FieldAthens, Ohio
1999 Eastern Michigan (1)0–0†
(5–3 pen.)
Miami (OH) Scicluna Field • Ypsilanti, Michigan
2000Miami (OH) (1)1–0*(OT) Bowling Green UB StadiumBuffalo, New York
2001Miami (OH) (2)3–1 Central Michigan Chessa Field • Athens, Ohio
2002Miami (OH)(3)5–3OhioBobby Kramig Field • Oxford, Ohio
2003 Western Michigan (1)4–1Bowling Green WMU Soccer ComplexKalamazoo, Michigan
2004Bowling Green (1)2–0Central MichiganChessa Field • Athens, Ohio
2005Bowling Green(2)0–0†
(3–2 pen.)
Kent State Mickey Cochrane StadiumBowling Green, Ohio
2006 Toledo (1)2–1Northern IllinoisPaul Hotmer Field • Toledo, Ohio
2007Toledo (2)2–2†
(3–2 pen.)
Bowling GreenBriner Sports Complex • Muncie, Indiana
2008Toledo(3)1–0Eastern MichiganPaul Hotmer Field • Toledo, Ohio
2009Central Michigan(1)1–0Miami (OH)CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex • Mount Pleasant, Michigan
2010Central Michigan(2)3–1Western MichiganPaul Hotmer Field • Toledo, Ohio
2011Toledo(4)1–0Western Michigan
2012Miami (OH)(4)2–1Central MichiganBobby Kramig Field • Oxford, Ohio
2013Western Michigan (2)1–0 Ball State Scicluna Field • Ypsilanti, Michigan
2014Buffalo(1)1–0Western MichiganUB Stadium • Buffalo, New York
2015Western Michigan (3)2–0Miami (OH)WMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, Michigan
2016 Kent State (1)1–0Northern Illinois Dix StadiumKent, Ohio [2]
2017 Toledo (5)2–1*(OT)Bowling Green [3]
2018 Bowling Green(3)1–1†
(5–4 pen.)
Ball StateMickey Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio [4]
2019 Bowling Green(4)0–0†
(3–1 pen.)
Eastern Michigan [5]
2020Bowling Green (5)2–0Ball State [6]
2021 Bowling Green(6)3–0Kent State [7]
2022 Buffalo(2)2–0Ball StateUB Stadium • Buffalo, New York [8]
2023 Ohio (1)2–1Kent StateWMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, Michigan [9] [10]

By school

Records as of the 2023 tournament. [1]

SchoolAppearancesWLTPct.FinalsChampionshipsYears won
Akron 6061.07100
Ball State 187129.41140
Bowling Green 162289.6791062004, 2005, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021
Buffalo 1610141.420222014, 2022
Central Michigan 2017152.529522009, 2010
Eastern Michigan 199155.385411999
Kent State 1912164.438412016
Marshall 1010.00000
Miami (OH) 1822123.635742000, 2001,
2002, 2012
Northern Illinois 139112.455421997, 1998
Ohio 2113201.397312023
Toledo 141575.648552006, 2007, 2008,
2011, 2017
Western Michigan 2316203.449632003, 2013, 2015

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

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