Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament

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Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Sun Belt Conference 2020 logo and name.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Number of teams10
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadiumFoley Sports Complex
Current locationFoley, Alabama
Played2000–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Old Dominion
Most championships South Alabama (8)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website sunbeltsports.org/wsoc

The Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The tournament has been held every year since 2000. It is a single-elimination tournament with seeding based on conference records. The field expanded from eight to eleven teams for the 2020 and 2021 editions. Starting in 2022, the tournament reduced back to ten total participating teams. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

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] [2]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMVPReference
2000 FIU (1)3–1 North Texas The Cage • Mobile, Alabama None
2001 Denver (1)2–1North Texas FIU Soccer StadiumMiami, Florida Kristin Warren, Denver
2002Denver(2)3–0North TexasThe Cage • Mobile, AlabamaKate Antongiovanni, Denver
2003Denver(3)1–0*(OT)North TexasWKU Soccer Complex • Bowling Green, Kentucky Lleane Grimditch, Denver
2004North Texas (1)1–0FIUFIU Soccer Stadium • Miami, FloridaAlyssa Carrier, North Texas
2005North Texas(2)2–0 South Alabama The Cage • Mobile, AlabamaHeather Hutyra, North Texas
2006Denver(4)4–0North Texas Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track FacilityLafayette, Louisiana Taryn Hemmings, Denver
2007Denver (5)2–0North TexasThe Cage • Mobile, AlabamaMackenzie Snyder, Denver
2008Denver(6)2–0 Western Kentucky Soccer and Track & Field Stadium • Denton, Texas Taryn Hemmings, Denver
2009Denver (7)1–0 Little Rock FAU Soccer StadiumBoca Raton, Florida Kaitlin Bast, Denver
2010 Middle Tennessee (1)0–0†
(3–2 pen.)
DenverWKU Soccer Complex • Bowling Green, KentuckyRebecca Cushing, Middle Tennessee
2011FIU (2)0–0†
(4–3 pen.)
Western KentuckyDean A. Hayes Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee Nicole DiPerna, FIU
2012North Texas(3)1–0FIUThe Cage • Mobile, AlabamaJackie Kerestine, North Texas
2013South Alabama (1)1–0Western KentuckyBobcat Soccer Complex • San Marcos, Texas Lauren Allison, South Alabama
2014South Alabama(2)1–0 Troy Chardé Hannah, South Alabama
2015South Alabama(3)4–0 Georgia State GSU Soccer FieldEmerson, Georgia
2016 South Alabama(4)2–0 Coastal Carolina Foley Sports Complex • Foley, Alabama Jemma Purfield, South Alabama [3]
2017 South Alabama(5)5–0Coastal CarolinaRio Hardy, South Alabama [4]
2018 Little Rock (1)0–0†
(6–5 pen.)
Texas State Jaclyn Purvine, Little Rock [5]
2019 South Alabama(6)5–1 Arkansas State Briana Morris, South Alabama [6]
2020 South Alabama (7)2–1Arkansas StateMorgan Cross, South Alabama [7]
2021 South Alabama (8)1–0 Georgia Southern Gracie Wilson, South Alabama [8]
2022 Old Dominion (1)4–3*(2OT) James Madison Carla Morich, Old Dominion [9]
2023 Old Dominion (2)2–1*(2OT)James MadisonEce Turkoglu, Old Dominion [10] [11]

By school

Source: [1]

SchoolWLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Arkansas State 4125.31020
Appalachian State 481.34600
Coastal Carolina 460.40020
Denver 2641.855872001, 2002, 2003, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009
Florida Atlantic 240.33300
FIU 1072.579422000, 2011
Georgia Southern 471.37510
Georgia State 980.52910
James Madison 420.66720
Little Rock 5107.386212018
Louisiana 2161.13200
Louisiana–Monroe 231.41700
Marshall 110.50000
Middle Tennessee 6104.400112010
North Texas 2470.774932004, 2005, 2012
Old Dominion 501.917222022, 2023
South Alabama 29114.705982013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Southern Miss 020.00000
Texas State 383.32110
Troy 4112.29410
Western Kentucky 13112.53830

Teams in italics not longer sponsor women's soccer in the Sun Belt.

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