Mountain West Conference women's soccer tournament

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Mountain West Conference
women's soccer tournament
Mountain West Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Mountain West Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Madrid Sports Complex
Current location Laramie, Wyoming
Played1999–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Utah State
Most championships BYU (7)
TV partner(s) MountainWest Sports Network
Official website themw.com/wsoc

The Mountain West Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Mountain West Conference (MW). The tournament has been held every year since the MW began women's soccer competition in 1999. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season conference records. [1] The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

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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: [2]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMVPReference
1999 BYU (1)2–1*(OT) San Diego State ARCO Olympic Training CenterChula Vista, California Maren Hendershot, BYU
2000BYU(2)2–1 Utah Peter Johann Memorial FieldLas Vegas, Nevada Michelle Jensen-Peterson, BYU
2001BYU(3)2–1 UNLV Lydia Ojuka, BYU
2002BYU(4)5–1 New Mexico South FieldProvo, Utah Jeni Viernes, BYU
2003Utah(1)2–0BYU Rice–Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, Utah Amber Brower, Utah
2004Utah (2)1–1†
(4–3 pen.)
San Diego StateSouth Field • Provo, UtahSophia Perez, San Diego State
2005UNLV (1)1–0*(OT)New MexicoPeter Johann Memorial Field • Las Vegas, NevadaKatie Carney, UNLV
2006UNLV (2)0–0†
(6–5 pen.)
Utah Ute Field • Salt Lake City, UtahTanya Roberts, UNLV
2007BYU (5)2–1UNLVSouth Field • Provo, UtahKatie Fellows, BYU
2008BYU(6)2–0UtahPeter Johann Memorial Field • Las Vegas, NevadaKatie Larkin, BYU
2009San Diego State (1)1–0BYUSouth Field • Provo, UtahCat Walker, San Diego State
2010BYU (7)1–0New Mexico SDSU Sports DeckSan Diego, California Jessica Ringwood, BYU
2011New Mexico(1)2–0 Wyoming UNM Soccer ComplexAlbuquerque, New Mexico Jennifer Williams, New Mexico
2012San Diego State(2)2–0New MexicoSDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CaliforniaCarli Johnson, San Diego State
2013San Diego State(3)1–0 Boise State UNM Soccer Complex • Albuquerque, New MexicoHannah Keane, San Diego State
2014San Diego State(4)1–0*(OT)WyomingSDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CaliforniaKatie Perry, San Diego State
2015 San Jose State (1)1–1†
(4–2 pen.)
San Diego StatePaige Simoneau, San Jose State
2016 UNLV(3)3–3†
(4–3 pen.)
San Diego StateDakota Blazak, UNLV [3]
2017 San Diego State (5)3–0New MexicoPeter Johann Memorial Field • Las Vegas, NevadaAliyah Utush, San Diego State [4]
2018 San Jose State (2)1–0New MexicoSpartan Soccer Complex • San Jose, California Paige Simoneau, San Jose State [5]
2019 Boise State(1)2–0San Diego State Boas Soccer ComplexBoise, Idaho [6]
2020None held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 New Mexico(2)2–1*(OT)Boise StateBoas Soccer Complex • Boise, IdahoZaria Katesigwa, New Mexico [7]
2022 San Jose State (3)0–0†
(6–5 pen.)
WyomingUNM Soccer Complex • Albuquerque, New MexicoBente Pernot, San Jose State [8]
2023 Utah State (1)1–0 Colorado State Madrid Sports ComplexLaramie, Wyoming Whitney Lopez, Utah State [9] [10]

By school

Source: [2]

SchoolApps.WLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Air Force 8480.33300
Boise State 10881.500312019
BYU 121941.813971999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2007, 2008, 2010
Colorado College 4231.41700
Colorado State 3122.40010
Fresno State 7053.18800
Nevada 3130.25000
New Mexico 2117157.526822011, 2021
San Diego State 2320136.5901052009, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2017
San Jose State 6425.591332015, 2018, 2022
TCU 5150.16700
UNLV 1612116532005, 2006, 2016
Utah 121393.580522003, 2004
Utah State 6542.545112023
Wyoming 184172.21730

Teams in Italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the Mountain West.

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