Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament

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Missouri Valley Conference
women's soccer tournament
NCAA Tournament Qualifier
Missouri Valley Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Allison South Stadium
Current location Springfield, Missouri
Played1996–present
Last contest2025
Current champion UIC Flames (1st. title)
Most championships Evansville
Illinois State
(7 titles each)
TV partner ESPN+
Official website mvc-sports.com/wsoc

The Missouri Valley Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The tournament has been held every year since the MVC began women's soccer competition in 1996. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season conference records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

Champions

Key

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

By Year

Source: [1]

Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue / cityMVPRef.
11996 Evansville (1)5–0 Creighton Black Beauty Field • Evansville, IN Sally Meek, Evansville
21997Evansville(2)2–2 (5–4 p) Eastern Illinois Cooper Park • Springfield, MO Laura Poland, Evansville
31998Evansville(3)2–1 Illinois State Black Beauty Field • Evansville, INKari Sunderhaus, Evansville
41999Evansville(4)3–2 ( a.e.t. ) Missouri State Cooper Complex • Springfield, MOTina Allwardt, Evansville
52000Missouri State(1)1–0EvansvilleSportPort • Maryland Heights, MO Jennifer Grocki, Missouri State
62001Evansville(5)2–1Missouri StateJessica Schwartz, Evansville
72002Creighton(1)1–0 ( a.e.t. )Illinois StateKelan Brill, Creighton
82003Illinois State(1)0–0 (5–4 p)CreightonChrystal Johnston, Illinois State
92004Creighton(2)3–1 Drake Cownie Complex • Des Moines, IA Katie Brennan, Creighton
102005Creighton(3)1–0Drake Morrison StadiumOmaha, NE Marcy Gans, Creighton
112006Drake(1)1–0 ( a.e.t. )EvansvilleMelissa Nelson, Drake [2]
122007Creighton(4)0–0 (5–4 p)Illinois StateBlack Beauty Field • Evansville, INMarcy Gans, Creighton [3]
132008Evansville(6)2–0 Indiana State Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NEKayla Lambert, Evansville [4]
142009Illinois State(2)1–0CreightonJessica Carlson, Illinois State [5]
152010Creighton(5)2–1 ( a.e.t. )Missouri StateLauren Cingoranelli, Creighton [6]
162011Illinois State(3)5–0Missouri StateCooper Field • Springfield, MIKyla Cross, Illinois State [7]
172012Illinois State (4)5–1Indiana StateMorrison Stadium • Omaha, NERachel Tejada, Illinois State [8]
182013Illinois State(5)5–0Indiana StateMcCutchan Stadium • Evansville, INHannah Leinert, Illinois State [9]
192014Illinois State(6)2–1EvansvilleAdelaide Street Field • Normal, IL Rachel Tejada, Illinois State [10]
202015Evansville(7)0–0 (5–3 p) Loyola Chicago McCutchan Stadium • Evansville, INWhitney Biggs, Evansville [11]
21 2016 Illinois State(7)2–1EvansvilleAdelaide Street Field • Normal, ILLauren Koehl, Illinois State [12]
22 2017 Missouri State(2)1–0 Northern Iowa Allison South Stadium • Springfield, MOBrooke Zimmerman, Missouri State [13]
23 2018 Loyola Chicago(1)3–2Drake Loyola Soccer ParkChicago, IL Jenna Szczesny, Loyola Chicago [14]
24 2019 Loyola Chicago(2)2–0Illinois StateAllison South Stadium • Springfield, MOSienna Cruz, Loyola Chicago [15]
252020Loyola Chicago(3)1–0 Valparaiso Loyola Soccer Park • Chicago, ILMegan Nemec, Loyola Chicago [16]
26 2021 Loyola Chicago(4)4–0EvansvilleAmanda Cassidy, Loyola Chicago [17]
27 2022 Missouri State(3)1–0 Murray State Brown Field • Valparaiso, IN Kaeli Benedict, Missouri State [18]
28 2023 Valparaiso(1)1–0DrakeCownie Complex • Des Moines, IANikki Coryell, Valparaiso [19] [20]
29 2024 Missouri State(4)4–0DrakeAllison South Stadium • Springfield, MOGrace O'Keefe, Missouri State [21] [22]
302025 UIC Flames (1)0–0 (2–1 p)Illinois StateAdelaide Street Field • Normal, ILHannah Gryzik, UIC [23]

By school

Source: [1]

As of November 2025
SchoolApps.WLTPct.FinalsTitlesWinning years
Belmont 4140.20000
Creighton 1720104.647852002, 2004, 2005,
2007, 2010
Drake 2112193.397612006
Drury 4040.00000
Eastern Illinois 3221.50010
Evansville 2421158.5681271996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2001, 2008, 2015
UIC 3122.400112025
Illinois State 2520138.5851172003, 2009, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2016
Indiana State 146133.34130
Little Rock 1010.00000
Loyola Chicago 81123.781542018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Missouri State 2520186.523842000, 2017, 2022, 2024
Murray State 2411.75010
Northern Iowa 166153.31300
Southern Illinois 2020.00000
Valparaiso 9571.423212023

Teams in Italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Missouri Valley.

References

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