WAC women's soccer tournament

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WAC women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Western Athletic Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium CBU Soccer Field
Current location Riverside, California
Played1995–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Grand Canyon
Most championships SMU (6)
Official website wacsports.com/wsoc

The WAC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Western Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1995. It is a single-elimination tournament with seeding based on conference records. The tournament field has been six teams for the entirety of its history. 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: [1]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMVPReference
1995 San Diego State (1)2–1 New Mexico SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, California Laurie Hegedorn, New Mexico
1996 BYU (1)3–2San Diego State South Field • Provo, Utah Shauna Rohbock, BYU
1997 SMU (1)2–0BYU Westcott Field • Dallas, Texas Kim Brown, SMU
Shauna Rohbock, BYU
1998San Diego State(2)2–1*(OT)BYUSouth Field • Provo, UtahMaren Hendershot, BYU
1999SMU (2)1–0*(2OT) Fresno State Westcott Field • Dallas, TexasNicole Lamb, SMU
2000 San José State (1)3–1 Tulsa Fresno State Soccer Stadium • Fresno, California Kristina Jacob, San José State
2001SMU(3)2–0 Hawai‘i Westcott Field • Dallas, TexasTara Comfort, SMU
2002SMU(4)3–1 UTEP Holloway Field • Houston, Texas Holly Cohen, UTEP
2003SMU(5)2–1 Rice Westcott Field • Dallas, TexasKim Harvey, SMU
2004SMU(6)2–0Rice Waipiʻo Peninsula Soccer Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii Olivia O’Rear, SMU
2005Fresno State (1)1–0San José StateBoas Soccer Complex • Boise, Idaho Kortney Lewis, Fresno State
2006 Nevada (1)0–0†
(4–2 pen.)		Fresno State Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada Caitlin Holmes, Nevada
2007Hawai‘i (1)1–0Fresno StateBoas Soccer Complex • Boise, IdahoChelsea Deptula, Hawai‘i
2008Fresno State (2)2–1*(OT) Utah State Mackay Stadium • Reno, NevadaAli Sill, Fresno State
2009 Boise State (1)1–0NevadaBoas Soccer Complex • Boise, IdahoErica Parks, Boise State
2010Fresno State (3)0–0†
(3–1 pen.)		San José State Robert Mack Caruthers Field • Ruston, Louisiana Katie Lee, Fresno State
2011Utah State(1)1–0Fresno StateFresno State Soccer Stadium • Fresno, CaliforniaMolli Merrill, Utah State
2012Utah State(2)1–0 Denver Bell Soccer Field • Logan, Utah Natalie Norris, Utah State
2013 Seattle (1)3–0 Kansas City NM State Soccer Athletic Complex • Las Cruces, New Mexico Monique Escalera, Seattle U
2014Seattle(2)5–0Kansas City Championship Field • Seattle, Washington Stephanie Verdoia, Seattle
2015 Utah Valley (1)2–0SeattleMain Soccer Field • Bakersfield, California Jessica Duffin, Utah Valley
2016 Seattle(3)2–1Kansas City Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, Missouri Natasha Howe, Seattle
2017 Utah Valley (2)1–1†
(3–1 pen.)		Seattle GCU Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona Breanna DeWaal, Utah Valley [2]
2018 Seattle (4)1–0Kansas CityClyde Field • Orem, Utah Ariana Romero, Seattle [3]
2019 Seattle(5)2–1*(OT)Utah ValleyChampionship Field • Seattle, WashingtonJessie Ray, Seattle [4]
2020 Utah Valley(3)1–0SeattleGCU Stadium • Phoenix, ArizonaCassidy McCormick, Utah Valley [5]
2021 Grand Canyon (1)3–0Utah Valley Elmer Gray Stadium • Abilene, Texas Lindsey Prokop, Grand Canyon [6]
2022 New Mexico State (1)1–0Utah ValleyChampionship Field • Seattle, WashingtonMakenna Gottschalk, New Mexico State [7]
2023 Grand Canyon (2)4–2SeattleCBU Soccer Field • Riverside, California Gianna Gourley, Grand Canyon [8] [9]

By school

Source: [1]

SchoolWLTPCTFinalsChampionshipsTitle Years
Air Force 010.00000—
Boise State 561.458112009
BYU 830.727311996
Cal State Bakersfield 132.33300—
California Baptist 020.00000—
Chicago State 010.00000—
Denver 110.50010—
Fresno State 16133.547732005, 2008, 2010
Grand Canyon 840.667222021, 2023
Hawai‘i 481.346212007
Idaho 140.20000–
Lamar 110.50000—
Louisiana Tech 020.00000—
Kansas City 770.50040—
Nevada 641.591212006
New Mexico 130.25010—
New Mexico State 680.429112022
Rice 440.50020—
Sam Houston 010.00000—
San Diego State 710.875321995, 1998
San José State 8102.450312000
Seattle 1751.7611052013, 2014, 2016,
2018, 2019
SMU 1430.824661997, 1999, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004
Southern Utah 010.00000—
Stephen F. Austin 010.00000—
TCU 030.00000—
Texas State 110.50000—
Tulsa 271.25010—
Utah 020.00000—
Utah State 660.500322011, 2012
Utah Tech 020.00000—
Utah Valley 1281.595632015, 2017, 2020
UTEP 341.43810—
UT Rio Grande Valley 052.14300—
Wyoming 010.00000—

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

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References

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  2. ↑ Western Athletic Conference. "WAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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