SWAC women's soccer tournament

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SWAC women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Southwestern Athletic Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference SWAC
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination
Current stadiumPVA&M Soccer Stadium
Current location Prairie View, Texas
Played2003–present
Last contest2025
Current champion Grambling State (4th. title)
Most championshipsGrambling State (4 titles)
TV partnerSWAC Digital Network
Official website swac.org/wsoc

The SWAC women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in college soccer for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 2003. It is a single-elimination tournament with seeding based on conference records. [1] The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

Alabama State, Grambling State, Howard, Jackson State, and Mississippi Valley State are the most winning teams of the competition with 3 titles each.

Champions

Source: [2] [3]

Key

Finals

Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityMVPRef.
12003 Alabama A&M (1)2–0 Grambling State Bulldog Field Huntsville, AL
22004Grambling State(1)1–0Alabama A&M
32005 Mississippi Valley State (1)2–1 Jackson State GSU Soccer Complex Grambling, LA [4]
42006Grambling State(2)2–0Mississippi Valley StateBulldog FieldHuntsville, AL [5]
52007Alabama A&M (2)2–1Mississippi Valley StateCowgirl Field Lake Charles, LA [6]
62008Mississippi Valley State(2)2–1Jackson StateMississippi Soccer Complex Itta Bena, MS [7]
72009 Arkansas–Pine Bluff (1)1–0 Prairie View A&M Mississippi Soccer ComplexItta Bena, MS [8]
82010Jackson State(1)2–0Mississippi Valley StatePumphrey Soccer Complex Pine Bluff, AR [9]
92011Arkansas–Pine Bluff (2)3–0Mississippi Valley StateJohnny Downs Complex Alexandria, LA [10]
102012Mississippi Valley State (3)2–0Jackson StateJohnny Downs ComplexAlexandria, LAShanesse Spratt, Mississippi Valley State [11]
112013Jackson State (2)1–0 Alabama State Houston Sports Park Houston, TX [12]
122014 Howard (1)2–1Prairie View A&MJohn Hunt ParkHuntsville, ALNikanya Clark, Howard [13]
132015Howard (2)1–2Alabama StateJohn Hunt ParkHuntsville, ALDytria Ruddy, Howard [14]
14 2016 Alabama State (1)2–1Arkansas–Pine BluffPVA&M Soccer Stadium Prairie View, TX [15]
15 2017 Alabama State(2)0–0 (4–2 p)Grambling StateGianna Guyot, Alabama State [16]
16 2018 Howard (3)1–0Grambling StateJordan Taylor, Howard [17]
17 2019 Prairie View A&M (1)1–0HowardKalia Brown, Prairie View A&M [18]
182020Alabama State(3)2–2 (3–1 p)Grambling StateMcKenna Wiscombe, Alabama State [19]
19 2021 Prairie View A&M(2)1–1 (3–2 p)Grambling StateSavannah Powell, Prairie View A&M [20]
20 2022 Jackson State(3)4–2 ( a.e.t. )Grambling StateJordan Smith, Jackson State [21] [22]
21 2023 Grambling State(3)2–1Jackson StateSophia Lezizidis, Grambling State [23] [24]
222024 Southern (1)1–0 Texas Southern Alyssa Romero, Southern [25] [26]
232025Grambling State (4)2–1Jackson State [27]

By school

Source: [2]

As of 2025 tournament
SchoolFinalsTitlesTitle Years
Alabama A&M 322003, 2007
Alabama State 532016, 2017, 2020
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 322009, 2011
Grambling State 1042004, 2006, 2023, 2025
Howard 432014, 2015, 2018
Jackson State 732010, 2013, 2022
Mississippi Valley State 732005, 2008, 2012
Prairie View A&M 422019, 2021
Texas Southern 10
Southern 112024
Notes

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

References

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  2. 1 2 SWAC soccer archives at swac.org
  3. Past soccer champions
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